This course will look at the portrayal of different aspects of Christian mission in films. It will focus on questions of contextuality, of what constitutes Christian mission in the eyes of the filmmakers, in discussion with ideas coming from contemporary study of mission. It will consider the problematic nature of mission, the complex relation between religion and politics, the question of violence and how to deal with it. Each class will consist in watching a film and then discussing it in terms of the light it throws on or the challenges it makes to Christian mission today.
- Učitel: Timothy Noble