Summer 2004/Pasadena
Two-week Intensive: June 21 - July 2
GM574
Martínez
GM574: IGLESIA EVANGÉLICA LATINA--RETOS PARA EL FUTURO
[The Latino
Protestant Church--Challenges for the Future]. Juan Martínez.
DESCRIPTION:
- An analysis of the current challenges facing the Latino Protestant
Church in the United States and a framework for looking at the issues that the
Church will need to address in the future. The course provides a description of
the principal challenges, some of the ways that churches have responded in the
past, the assets Latinos have to address the challenges and an outline for
framing the Latino church's mission in the future.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- Leaders within the Latino Protestant Church need to analyze the
issues they specifically confront and a framework for addressing the issues
from a missiological perspective. As objectives for the course, students
will:
- Understand the principal challenges faced by the Latino Protestant Church
in the United States today.
- Analyze the principal church models that are being used to address those
challenges.
- Evaluate their own perspectives related to the Latino Protestant Church in
the United States.
- Develop plans for a new model of church and ministry within the Latino
community.
COURSE FORMAT:
- The course will be an intensive course that will meet for four
hours every weekday for two weeks. It will consist of lectures, discussions and
participatory activities.
REQUIRED READING:
- González, Juan. Harvest of Empire. New York: Viking,
2000.
- Ortiz, Manuel. The Hispanic Challenge. Downers Grove: InterVarsity
Press, 1993.
- Rodríguez, J. D. & L. I. Martell-Otero. Teología en
conjunto. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1997.
- Stavans, Ivan. La condición hispánica. México
City: Tierra Firme, 1999.
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Atkins-Vásquez, Jane. Hispanic Presbyterians in Southern
California. Los Angeles: Synod of Southern California and Hawaii, 1988.
- Brackenridge, R. Douglas and Francisco O. García-Treto. Iglesia
Presbiteriana. San Antonio: Trinity University Press, 1974.
- González, Justo. En nuestra propia lengua. Nashville:
Abingdon, 1991.
- __________. Desde el siglo y hasta el siglo. AHET.
- __________. Mañana. Nashville: Abingdon, 1990.
- Míguez Bonino, J. Rostros del protestantismo latinoamericano.
Buenos Aires: Nueva Creación, 1995.
- Náñez, Alfredo. Historia de la Conferencia Río
Grande de la Iglesia Metodista Unida. Dallas: Bridwell Library, 1981.
- Villafañe, Eldin. El Espíritu Libertador. Buenos
Aires: Nueva Creación, 1996.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- (1) Read before first class session: Harvest of
Empire [or La condición hispánica]. (2) Class
attendance and participation is required. (3) Read another 1,250 pages from
the books listed in the bibliography. (4) Write a two-page description of a
Latino church or ministry model different than the one the student participates
in. (5) Analyze one of the challenges the Latino community is facing and
develop a plan for how the Latino church can respond (20 pages). The paper must
have at least a 10-book bibliography.
PREREQUISITES: Spanish.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Elective.
FINAL EXAMINATION: None.