History of Mission (CH/WM603)

History of Mission (CH/WM603) Fall 2016 Instructor: Kevin Xiyi Yao Office Hours: TBA Room GL 114; (Always best to make appointment) Contact Information: E-mail: xyao@gordonconwell.edu; Tel: 978-646-4286(O) Byington Scholar: TBA Course Description and Objective This course provides an overview of the historical progress of the Christian missions from its inception to the present. It seeks to explore Christian missions from historical and missiological perspectives. stated as follows: Learning Objectives The Learning Objectives of this course are 1, By the depiction of the historical expansion of the Christian missions and those figures and events involved, the student will identify the different mission patterns or paradigms characteristic of different eras and regions. The student will highlight, analyze, and reflect upon the missional strategies, methods, principles, theological thinking relevant to each paradigm. 2, By illustrating the multi-cultural nature of Christian missions and global reach of Christian community, the student will comprehend the diversity of the Christian experience, thoughts, and history in multi-ethnic and cultural contexts. The untold stories of the marginal groups will receive special attention. 3, The students interests in Christian world missions will be stimulated and they will reflect on the missionary movement. Students will draw lessons from history and integrate them into their own experiences in contemporary contexts. They will learn 1

to become a member of the global Christian movement. Requirements 1, Two integration papers summarizing course contents, readings, and personal reflections. Length: ten pages for each, double-spaced, turned in the middle and end of the term. Due Dates: TBA. Hard copies are required. (40%) 2, One research paper. One research paper. The subjects must be related to the course topics and need to be approved by the instructor. The length: 20-25 pp, double-spaced, with footnotes and bibliography as needed. Research paper topic due date: TBA; Paper Due date: TBA. A hard copy is required. (50%) 3, Class presentation and participation: In Week 13 and 14 each student is required to present the results of their research for the term paper to the whole class, and responsible for 25 minutes in one class session, including presentation and Q & A time. Each student can design the format of their presentation, and employ any audio-video means or multi-media to articulate their points.(10%) Students attendance is important. Two or more absences without explanation will lead to deduction of your grade. Students participation in class is strongly encouraged. The interactions between students and teacher or your questions and comments are highly desirable. In order to facilitate class discussion, you may be required to read some sections especially from Bosch s before certain class sessions. Required Textbooks Bosch, David, J., Transforming Mission, Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission, Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1991(ISBN 0-88344-719-3). Irvin, Dale T., Sunquist Scott W., History of World Christian Movement, Vol I: Earliest Christianity to 1453, Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2001 (ISBN 1-57075-396-2). -----------, History of the World Christian Movement - Vol II: Modern Christianity from 1454-1800 New York: Orbis Books, 2012 (ISBN-10: 1570759898; ISBN-13:978-1570759895) 2

Robert, Dana L., Christian Mission, How Christianity Became a World Religion, Wiley-Blackwell, 2009 (ISBN 978-0-631-23620-7). Other Texts Included in Readings Covell, Ralph R., Confucius, the Buddha, and Christ, Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1986 (ISBN 0-88344-267-1). Gallagher, Robert L. and Paul Hertig eds., Landmark Essays in Mission and World Christianity, Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2009 (ISBN 978-1-57075-829-4). Gonzalez, Justo L., The Changing Shape of Church History, Press, 2002 (ISBN 0-8272-0490-6)). St. Louis, MI: Chalice Jenkins, Philip, The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia---and How It Died, New York: Haperone, 2008 (ISBN 978-0-06-147280-0) Jenkins, Philip, The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity, Oxford University Press, 2002 (ISBN 0-19-514616-6). Lemopoulos, George, ed. Your Will Be Done, Orthodoxy in Mission, Geneva: WCC Publications, 1989 ( ISBN 2-8254-0951-0) Moffett, Samuel H., A History of Christianity in Asia, 2 vols, New York: Harper-Collins, 1991( Vol. I: ISBN1-57075-162-5; Vol II: ISBN 1-57075-450-0). Neill, Stephen, A History of Christian Missions, Revised edition, London: Penguin Books, 1991 (ISBN-10: 0140137637; ISBN-13: 978-0140137637) Noll, Mark A., The New Shape of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith,Downers Grove III: IVP Academic 2009 (ISBN 978-0-8308-2847-0). Sanneh, Lamin, Translating the Message, The Missionary Impact on Culture, Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 2009 (ISBN 9781570758). 3

Walls, Andrew, The Cross-Cultural Process in Christian History, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2002 (ISBN 0-567-08869-3) -----------, The Missionary Movement in Christian History, Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1996 (ISBN 0-567-08515-5). Topics, Schedule, and Required Readings Week 1, Introduction: review of syllabus; the methods and current trends of the study of church and mission histories. Gonzalez, 7-32, 145-154 Walls, Christianity in the Non-Western World, A Study in the Serial Nature of Christian Expansion, in The Cross-Cultural Process, 27-47. The Gospel as Prisoner and Liberator of Culture, in The Missionary Movement in Christian History, 3-15 Week 2, Nestorians. The early church: global perspective; Roman Empire; the Eastern Church: Bosch, 37-56, 195-218 Robert, 10-21, Dale & Sunquist, 22-44, 57--96, 160-165 Neill, 13-52, 179-187 Week 3 The Eastern Church: Nestorians. Bosch, 195-218 Jenkins, The Lost History of Christianity, 1-70 Dale & Sunquist, 195-239, 364-369, 440-449 Lemopoulos, 63-79, 217-219 4

Week 4 Reading Week Sanneh, 13-61, 252-276 Week 5, Roman Catholic Church and the medieval ages: mission thinking and models; the Crusaders, and monasticism. Bosch, 219-243 Robert, 21-30 Irvin & Sunquist, 323-353, 372-380, 395-422 Neil, 120-173 Sullivan, 17-32 Week 6, The Reformation Era Bosch, 244-267 Week 7, The Revivals and the Inception of Modern Missionary Movement. Bosch, 268-287 Robert, 31-48 Neil, 173-204 Week 8, The 19 th Century: The Great Century of church mission. Bosch, 287-356 Robert, 48-52 Neil, 222-334, 5

Week 9, Reading Week Covell, Preface, 20-84, 224-253 Week 10, The First Half of the 20 th Century Robert, 53-67 Neil, 380-425 Week 11, The contemporary missions: the dynamics of global movement; The rise of the world Christianity; Robert, 67-79 Gallagher 46-62 Noll, 19-37 Jenkins, The Next Christendom, 89-139 Week 12, Emergence of Contemporary Missionary Paradigm Bosch, Ch 10-12 Week 13, Presentations Week 14, Presentations All topics are subject to change without notice, and guest speakers may feature in this class. Selected Bibliography Anderson, Gerald H. ed., Biographical Dictionary of Christian Mission (Grand Rapids, 6

MI: Eerdmans, 1998). Bass, Diana Butler, A People s History of Christianity, The Other Side of the Story, (New York, NY: HarperOne, 2009). Baum, Wilhelm and Dietmar W. Winkler, The Church of the East: A Concise History (RoutledgeCurzon, 2003). Bays, Daniel H., A New History of Christianity in China (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011). Bediako, Kwame, Christianity in Africa, The Renewal of a Non-Western Religion (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1995). Bosch, David, J., Transforming Mission, Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission (Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 1991). Comby, Jean, How to Understand the History of Christian Mission (SCM Press, 1996). Covell, Ralph R., Confucius, the Buddha, and Christ (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1986). Davies, Noel A., World Christianity in the Twentieth Century, (London: SCM Press, 2008). Dussel, Enrique, A History of the Church in Latin America, (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1981). Edwards, David L., The Future of Christianity, An Analysis of Historical, Contemporary and Future Trends within the Worldwide Church (Morehouse-Barlow, 1987). Gonzalez, Justo L., The Changing Shape of Church History ( St. Louis, MI: Chalice Press, 2002). Gonzalez, Ondina E. and Justo L. Gonzalez, Christianity in Latin America, A History (Cambridge University Press, 2008). Hanciles, Jehu J., Beyond Christendom: Globalization, African Migration, and the Transforming of the West (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 2008). 7

Hastings, Adrian, ed., A World History of Christianity, Grand Rapid, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1999(ISBN 0802824420). Hylson-Smith, Kenneth, To the Ends of the Earth: The Globalization of Christianity (London: Paternoster, 2007). Hastings, Adrian: A World History of Christianity ( William B. Eerdmans, 1999). Hunt, Robert A., The Gospel among the Nations: A Documentary history of Inculturation (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 2010). Irvin, Dale T., Sunquist Scott W., History of World Christian Movement, Vol I: Earliest Christianity to 1453 ( Maryknoll, New York: Orbis Books, 2001). Isichei, Elizabeth, A History of Christianity in Africa, From Antiquity to the Present (Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 1995). Jenkins, Philip, The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South (Oxford University Press, 2006). ------, The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity (Oxford University Press, 2002). ------, The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia---and How It Died ( New York: Haperone, 2008). Kalu, Ogbu U., ed. African Christianity: An African Story (Pretoria: University of Pretoria, 2005). ------, ed. Interpreting Contemporary Christianity, Global Processes and Local Identities (Grand rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2008). Kim, Sebastian and Kirsteen Kim, Christianity as a World Religion (London: Continuum, 2008). Lan Xi, Redeemed by Fire, The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China (New Heaven, CT: Yale University Press, 2010). 8

Latourette, Kenneth Scott, A History of the Expansion of Christianity, 7 vols (Zondervan, 1970). -----, A History of Christianity, 2 vols. (HarperSanFrancisco, 1975). Lemopoulos, George, ed. Your Will Be Done, Orthodoxy in Mission (Geneva: WCC Publications, 1989). Maxwell, David, ed. Christianity and the African Imagination (Leiden, Brill, 2002). Moffett, Samuel H., A History of Christianity in Asia, 2 vols (New York: harper-collins, 1991). Neill, Stephen, A History of Christian Missions, (London: Penguin Books, 1986). Noll, Mark A., The New Shape of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith (Downers Grove III: IVP Academic 2009). Robert, Dana L., Christian Mission, How Christianity Became a World Religion (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009). ------, American Women in Mission, A Social History of their Thought and Practice (Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1996). Sanneh, Lamin, Translating the Message, The Missionary Impact on Culture (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis, 2009). -----, Disciples of All Nations: Pillars of World Christianity ( Oxford University Press, 2008). Schmemann, Alexander, Historical Road of Eastern Orthodoxy (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir s Seminary Press, 1977). Shenk, Wilbert R., ed., North American Foreign Missions, 1810-1914, Theology, Theory, and Policy (Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 2004). Spencer, Stephen, SCM Study Guide to Christian Mission, Historic Types and Contemporary Expressions ( London: SCM Press, 2007). 9

Sullivan, Richard E., Christian Missionary Activity in the Early Middle Ages (Variorum, 1994). ( ISBN 0-86078-402-9). Thomas, Norman E., Classic Texts in Mission and World Christianity (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1995). Walls, Andrew, The Missionary Movement in Christian History (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 1996). -------, The Cross-Cultural Process in Christian History (Maryknoll, N.Y.: Orbis Books, 2002). Wijsen, F.J.S and Robert Schreiter, eds., Global Christianity: Contested Claims (New York: Rodopi, 2007). Winter, Ralph D., and Steven C. Hawthorne, eds., Perspectives on the World Christian Movement (Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 2009). 10