Winter 2005/Pasadena
PM541
Lloyd
PM541: AFRICAN-AMERICAN MISSIONAL CHURCH LEADERSHIP. Larry J. Lloyd.
DESCRIPTION:
- This course will introduce students to the importance of developing
new leadership in the African-American church for the Post-Civil Rights Era.
Special attention will be given to training African-American leaders to form
missional congregations in order to equip and motivate them to serve in their
communities. Theological reflection on the pastoral role requires attention to
cultural matters like Hip-Hop, women's ordination, demographic changes, and
emerging leaders. We will also give attention to the challenges of
incarceration, sexuality and homophobia, H.I.V. AIDS., and more. The course
will help students reflect theologically and personally on vocation.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
(1) Cognitive: students will acquire historical and conceptual models of
African-American leadership, and information about the contextual challenges to
the African-American church; (2) Affective: students will deepen appreciation
for previous leaders and increase commitment to African-American churches as
the primary source of leadership for the community;
(3) Skills: students
will enhance their ability to do research and historical analysis and to engage
in theological and vocational reflection relevant to congregational
leadership.
COURSE FORMAT:
- Lectures, class discussions, guest lectures. This course meets
weekly for three-hour sessions.
REQUIRED READING:
- Harris, Fredrick. Something Within: Religion in African American
Political Activism. Oxford University Press, 1999
- Harris, James. Pastoral Theology: A Black Church Perspective.
Augsburg, 1991.
- Kunjufu, Jawanza. Solutions for Black America. 2d ed.
African-American Images, 2002.
- Lincoln, C. E. The Black Church in the African American Experience.
Duke University Press, 1990.
- Pinn, Anthony. The Black Church in the Post-Civil Rights Era. Orbis,
2002.
- Townes, Emilie. Breaking the Fine Rain of Death: African American Health
Issues and a Womanist Ethic of Care. Continuum, 1998.
- Course Reader.
RECOMMENDED READING: (Syllabus will provide bibliography for additional
resources.)
- Anderson, Elijah and Tukufu Zuberia. The Study of
African-American Problems. Sage Publication.
- Cone, James. Black Theology. Vols. 1 & 2. Orbis Books, 1993.
- Fairclough, Adam. To Redeem the Soul of America. University of
Georgia Press, 1987.
- Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. America Behind the Color Line. Warner Books,
2004.
- West, Cornel. Race Matters. Beacon Press, 1993.
- Smith, Alfred J. On the Jericho Road. InterVarsity Press,
2004.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- 1) Attend all classes (20%). 2) Complete assigned readings and
submit a reading log (20%). 3) Write a 12-15 page research paper comparing a
post-Civil Rights leadership style with a former Civil Rights leadership style
and the implications for pastoral leadership and the student's vocation (30%).
4) Make an in-class presentation, based on interviews and course materials,
that connects pastoral leadership, the forming of missional congregations, and
the network of community agencies (30%).
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
- Meets M.Div. core requirement in Pastoral Ministry (MIN6). This
course will also meet concentration requirements for African-American Ministry
in the Multicultural concentration of the M.Div. and the M.A. in Multicultural
Ministries.
FINAL EXAMINATION: None.