Module Descriptors
UNDERSTANDING CONTEXTS FOR MINISTRY
OASS70027
Key Facts
School of Digital, Technologies and Arts
Level 7
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Helen Chapman
Email: H.C.Chapman@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 40
Independent Study Hours: 260
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- COURSEWORK - SECOND ESSAY weighted at 50%
- COURSEWORK -ESSAY weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
An ESSAY length 3500 WORDS weighted at 50%. [Learning Outcomes 1-3]
A 2ND ESSAY length 3500 WORDS weighted at 50%. [Learning Outcomes 3-5]
A 2ND ESSAY length 3500 WORDS weighted at 50%. [Learning Outcomes 3-5]
Module Indicative Content
This module provides the foundation for practical and theological reflection throughout the Ministry Development Programme. It offers an analysis of current social and political trends that sets the context for contemporary ministry. It draws upon contextual theology to enable students to reflect on their particular experiences and contexts of ministry. It explores selected biblical and theological resources for insights into ministry. It confronts the costs of, and griefs encountered in ministry and considers approaches to spirituality that may sustain ministry in the long term.
Module Resources
Oasis College Library
On-line access to Staffordshire University Library
Access to ICT
Rooms with access for disabled students
On-line access to Staffordshire University Library
Access to ICT
Rooms with access for disabled students
Module Texts
Augsburger, D. (2006), Dissident Discipleship: A Spirituality of Self-Surrender, Love of God and Love of Neighbor, Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos
Bevans, S. (2002), Models of Contextual Theology, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis
Gornick, M. R. (2002), To Live in Peace: Biblical Faith and the Changing Inner City, Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans
Pears, A. (2009), Doing Contextual Theology, London & New York: Routledge
Seamands, S. (2005), Ministry in the Image of God: The Trinitarian Shape of Christian Service, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
Thompson, J. et al (2008), SCM Studyguide to Theological Reflection, London: SCM
Van Gelder, C. ed. (2007), The Missional Church in Context: Helping Congregations Develop Contextual Ministry, Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans
Bevans, S. (2002), Models of Contextual Theology, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis
Gornick, M. R. (2002), To Live in Peace: Biblical Faith and the Changing Inner City, Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans
Pears, A. (2009), Doing Contextual Theology, London & New York: Routledge
Seamands, S. (2005), Ministry in the Image of God: The Trinitarian Shape of Christian Service, Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.
Thompson, J. et al (2008), SCM Studyguide to Theological Reflection, London: SCM
Van Gelder, C. ed. (2007), The Missional Church in Context: Helping Congregations Develop Contextual Ministry, Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans
Module Learning Strategies
This module continues the three inter-related learning strategies for the programme. Taught workshops consist of interactive presentations, discussion, and critical debate. Tutorials allow discussion of the individual research that students are undertaking to prepare their assignments. Independent study allows reading around selected topics, the development of individual responses to the reading and the preparation for the assessed presentation and essay.