rēs: 19 November 2025 | Introduction to Missiology (RET 6057) WS [25/26]

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Course summary

This course will offer an introduction to the discipline of missiology. It will start with a brief overview of the history of the discipline, and will then look at major themes in the history and theology of mission. The course will start with the biblical material, seeing the Bible not simply as having something to say about mission as well as other things, but as emerging from the demands of mission. We will look at some key themes of contemporary missiology, such as the importance and difficulty of context, the idea of missio Dei, the theological foundations of mission. We will also have an overview of the historical development of mission. We will finish by looking at some key questions, especially the role of other religions and Christian attitudes towards them, and the possibility of doing Christian mission today.

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Mission Histories

We look at some histories of missionaries, looking at how they encountered the other. This week we will look at some missionaries from different traditions to see what they can teach us.

I will use material from my book Mission from the Perspective of the Other, so for more detail, read chapters 4-6 of that book (it's very good).
- Select activity An article on Innocent
  
  An article on Innocent File PDF
  
  Tim Noble, “‘The Pathway into the Kingdom of Heaven’: The Indigenization of Russian Orthodox Tradition in Alaska”, Mission Studies 32:1 (2015), 32–46.
  
  5.9 dcmo
- Select activity William Carey, An Enquiry
  
  William Carey, An Enquiry File PDF
  
  The text of Carey's Enquiry.
  
  165.5 mo
- Select activity An article on Ignatius and his use of the word "mission"
  
  An article on Ignatius and his use of the word "mission" File PDF
  
  171.9 mo
- Select activity Powerpoint for today's class
  
  Powerpoint for today's class File PPTX
  
  This is the powerpoint for today's class
  
  694.1 mo