EVANGELIZATION: FAITH AND CULTURE PMGR Monday 7:00-8:50 Fall Required Books

Transcription

1 1 EVANGELIZATION: FAITH AND CULTURE PMGR 8530 Tom Beaudoin, Ph.D. Fordham University, Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education Monday 7:00-8:50 Fall 2015 Office: Keating Hall 303, Rose Hill Campus Phone: Required Books The following books are required for the course. All other readings will be available through Blackboard. Leonardo Boff, Francis of Rome and Francis of Assisi: A New Spring in the Church? Translated by Dinah Livingstone (Maryknoll: Orbis, 2014), ISBN Leah Gunning Francis, Ferguson and Faith: Sparking Leadership and Awakening Community (St. Louis: Chalice, 2015), ISBN Avaren Ipsen, Sex Working and the Bible (Oakville: Equinox, 2009), ISBN Mi-Rang Kang, Interpretative Identity and Hermeneutical Community: A Biblical Hermeneutics for Women s Group Bible Study in the Korean Context (Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2011), ISBN Robert Kennedy, Zen Gifts to Christians (New York: Continuum, 2004), ISBN John C. Sivalon, God s Mission and Postmodern Culture: The Gift of Uncertainty (Maryknoll: Orbis, 2012), ISBN Donald Wuerl, New Evangelization: Passing on the Catholic Faith Today (Our Sunday Visitor, 2013), ISBN Introduction and Objective This class facilitates theological exploration of evangelization in its complex grounds, meanings, and effects, specifically with reference to evangelization s emplacement in faith traditions situated culturally. Along the way, and with continual reference to students contexts, we uncover significant features and dynamics of evangelization that have practical theological significance.

2 2 Course Objectives [1] Demonstrate the relationship between research on religious tradition and professional practice. [2] Understand how one s work in a situation is reconstructed through critical and appreciative engagement with theological discourse. Coursework Presence and Participation Successful completion of the course presumes that students will be active participants. Students should be fully prepared for all classes, practice respectful speaking and listening, and be ready to discuss the readings, specifically including critical and appreciative agreements, disagreements, questions, and connections made to theological matters in students professional/pastoral work. No personal digital devices (cell phones, etc) may be on during class. A presence and participation reflects the student s excellence in these practices; B presence and participation reflects superior work in these practices; C reflects adequate work. Short Papers Beginning in the second week of class, and every week thereafter, a short paper will be due. Papers should be: written in Microsoft Word; words, no more and no less; single-spaced; clearly written and cleanly edited; stylistically conformed to the Chicago/Turabian style manual for footnotes, etc; titled Student Lastname Paper# (for example, Beaudoin 1 ); and ed to the professor. The paper must include the following elements: select and excerpt one sentence from the reading that speaks significantly and simultaneously to the whole of the reading and to your situation (this sentence does not count toward the word count); explicate how the excerpt relates to the argument of the reading as a whole; explain how it relates to your situation; discuss what the interaction of the reading with your recollection of an aspect of your situation means for your situation/practice now and/or in the future. A papers reflect excellent grounded interpretation: meeting all editorial requirements (above), showing close and careful reading of the text, offering economical and thick description of a situation, and displaying clear reckoning with local implications; B papers are superior; C papers are adequate. (This coursework meets Course Objective 1.) Final Paper The final paper is a research paper, relating the coursework to a topic of the student s interest by way of additional research. GSRRE Research Readiness Review criteria will be distributed and discussed when the assignment is given and will be used in marking the paper. More information will be given in class. Due by 5:00 EST on Wednesday 16 December. (This coursework meets Course Objective 2.)

3 3 Note on Late Work, Technology, and Plagiarism Late work will be deducted one letter grade up to one week late, and will not be accepted after that. Cell phones and other devices that are not directly used for class work should not be on or used in class. Please be familiar with the GSRRE policy regarding plagiarism. Plagiarized work will result in failing the course. Note on Disabilities Under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973, all students, with or without disabilities, are entitled to equal access to the programs and activities of Fordham University. If you believe that you have a disabling condition that may interfere with your ability to participate in the activities, course work, or assessment of the object of this course, you may be entitled to accommodations. Please schedule an appointment to speak with someone at the Office of Disability Services (Rose Hill - O Hare Hall, Lower Level, x0655 or at Lincoln Center Room 207, x6282). Course Schedule Wednesday 9 September Evangelization Where People Really (Don t) Live Leah Gunning Francis, Ferguson and Faith: Sparking Leadership and Awakening Community (St. Louis: Chalice, 2015) Monday 14 September Scripture as Reference Point for Evangelization Mi-Rang Kang, Interpretative Identity and Hermeneutical Community: A Biblical Hermeneutics for Women s Group Bible Study in the Korean Context (Berlin: Lit Verlag, 2011), especially chapters 1, 2, and 5 21 September Preparation: Evangelization and Pope Francis USA Visit Leonardo Boff, Francis of Rome and Francis of Assisi: A New Spring in the Church? Translated by Dinah Livingstone (Maryknoll: Orbis, 2014)

4 4 28 September Assessment: Evangelization and Pope Francis USA Visit 5 October Contemporary Perspectives on Evangelization I Vatican II: Lumen Gentium, sections 1-17, 30-51; Gaudium et Spes sections 1-22, Pope Paul VI, Evangelii Nuntiandi, pp Latin American Bishops Conference, Puebla (1979), excerpts Cardinal Donald Wuerl, New Evangelization: Passing on the Catholic Faith Today (Our Sunday Visitor, 2013), ISBN Students Resources 12 October No Class: Columbus Day 19 October Contemporary Perspectives on Evangelization II National Council of Churches, Evangelism Today, World Council of Churches, Together Towards Life: Mission and Evangelism in Changing Landscapes, Students Resources 26 October Student Presentations I: Evangelization for Where People Really Live

5 5 2 November Contemporary Perspectives on Evangelization III John C. Sivalon, God s Mission and Postmodern Culture: The Gift of Uncertainty (Maryknoll: Orbis, 2012), ISBN November On the Ambiguity of Evangelization Marion Grau, Rethinking Mission in the Postcolony: Salvation, Society and Subversion (New York: T&T Clark, 2011), Chapter Five, Itinerary II: Going South: The Zulu, the Colensos, and the Hermeneutics of Salvation, November Evangelization in View of Religious Pluralism Robert Kennedy, Zen Gifts to Christians (New York: Continuum, 2004) 23 November Lessons in Evangelization from the Medieval Church with Dean Colt Anderson 30 November Evangelization and Media Culture Luis Mauro Sa Martino, The Mediatization of Religion (Burlington: Ashgate, 2013), excerpts 7 December Evangelization and Marginalized Persons Avaren Ipsen, Sex Working and the Bible (Oakville: Equinox, 2009), Chapters 1-2 (1-54), Chapter 5 ( ), Chapter 7 ( ), Appendix 1 ( )

6 6 14 December Student Presentations II: Evangelization For Where People Really Live