Summer 2009/Pasadena
Two-week Intensive: July 20-31
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 Latino Protestant
churches in the United States and a framework for looking at the issues that
they 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.
LEARNING OUTCOMES: As objectives for the course, students will (1) understand
the principal challenges faced by Latino Protestant churches in the United
States today; (2) analyze the principal church models that are being used to
minister in the Latino/a community; (3) evaluate their own perspectives related
to Latino Protestant churches in the United States; and (4) develop plans for
new models of church and ministry within the Latino community.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY: Leaders within Latino Protestant churches need to
analyze the issues they specifically confront and a framework for addressing
these issues from a missiological perspective.
COURSE FORMAT: The course will be a two-week intensive course that will meet
for four hours every weekday beginning July 20 through July 31. It will consist
of lectures, discussions, and participatory activities. The class will also
visit several Latino churches in the area.
REQUIRED READING:
- González, Juan. Harvest of Empire. Viking, 2000. (368
pp.)
- González, Justo, Teología liberadora. Kairós,
2006. (279 pp.)
- Martínez, Juan. Caminando entre el pueblo: Ministerio latino en
los Estados Unidos. Abingdon, 2008. (144 pp.)
- Martínez, Juan, and Scott, Luis, eds. Iglesias peregrinas en
busca de identidad. Kairós, 2004. (269 pp.)
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Carroll, Daniel. Christians at the Border: Immigration, the
Church, and the Bible. Baker, 2008.
- García-Johnson, Oscar. The Mestizo/a Community of the Spirit: A
Postmodern Latino/a Ecclesiology. Pickwick, 2008.
- Maldonado, Jorge, and Martínez, Juan, eds. Vivir y servir en el
exilio Lecturas teológicas de la experiencia latina en los Estados
Unidos. Kairós, 2008.
- Martínez, Juan. Sea la Luz The Making of Mexican Protestantism in
the American Southwest, 1829-1900. University of North Texas Press, 2006.
- Sánchez-Walsh, Arlene. Latino Pentecostal Identity. Colombia
University Press, 2003.
- Stavans, Ivan. La condición hispánica. Tierra Firme,
1999.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Read before first class session: Harvest of Empire [or La
condición hispánica] and turn in a 1-2 page reflection paper
(10%).
- Class attendance and daily response to reading and class assignments
(35%).
- Read 250 pages from recommended reading or the class bibliography and turn
in a reading report (10%).
- Write a two-page description of a Latino church or ministry model different
than the one the student participates in (10%).
- Analyze one of the challenges the Latino community is facing and develop a
plan for how the Latino church can respond (8-10 pages) (35%).
PREREQUISITES: Spanish.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets Hispanic Church Studies concentration.
FINAL EXAMINATION: None.
This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. (4/09)