Spring 2016/Fuller Live!

Houston, Menlo Park, Pasadena

EV527

Ramirez-Johnson

EV527: BIBLIA, CONTEXTO Y POST MODERNISMO (The Bible, Context, and Postmodernism) (4 units: 160 hours). Johnny Ramirez-Johnson.

DESCRIPTION: A course to read the Bible for mission commission as mandated by Christ. A careful study of the biblical method of contextualization for preaching addressing cultural, gender and race barriers for preaching the gospel. Principles for intercultural communication and diversity approaches will be examined.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Upon successful completion of this course, students will have demonstrated (1) an understanding of how their cultural views guide their value in engaging approaches for Gospel demonstration, articulation, and invitation to faith in Jesus Christ (2) the ability to see themselves using their biases and prejudices in preaching the Gospel (3) critically reflect on gender, and race/ethnic diversity for transformational discipleship, mission and ministry identifying barriers to developing new methods for reaching out within their context and across language, gender, race and cultural barriers created by biases and prejudices (4) the ability to engage new ways and approaches for reaching out people previously ignored within their own context across language, gender, race and cultural barriers.

COURSE FORMAT: This class meets once per week for three-hour sessions for a total of 30 hours of classroom instruction for lecture and discussion plus 10 hours of directed learning activities for a total of 40 instructional hours.

REQUIRED READING: 1200 total number of pages required.

Earley, Dave; Wheeler, David. Evangelismo Es. B&H Publishing Group, 2012. ISBN: 978-1433676796, Pub. Price $24.99 [300 pp. assigned].

Grunlan, Stephen A.; Mayers, Marvin K. Antropología Cultural: Una perspectiva Cristiana. Vida, 1998. ISBN: 978-0829703436, Pub. Price $16.99 [300 pp. assigned].

Martín Casares, Aurelia. Antropología del género: culturas, mitos y estereotipos sexuales, Volumen 89 de la Colección Feminismos. Catedra, 2006. ISBN: 978-8437623184, Pub. Price $21.91 [150 pp. assigned].

Sanchez, Daniel, Ebbie C. Smith, Curtis E. Watke. Como Sembrar Iglesias en El Siglo XXI. Casa Bautista de Publicaciones, 2002. ISBN: 978-0311138814, Pub. Price $19.99 [200 pp. assigned].

Stott, John R.W. Oportunidades y Retos Contextuales. Zondervan, 2011. ISBN: 978-0829762013, Pub. Price $9.99 [250 pp. assigned].

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

  1. 1,200 pages of required reading. [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1-4]. [60 hours].

  2. Completion of three 5-page reflection and analysis essays (30%) as follows: [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1-3]. [30 hours].

  1. How are racial diversity realities informing your sharing of the Gospel (5-page reflection and analysis essay)?

  2. How are issues dealing with gender diversity informing your sharing of the Gospel (5-page reflection and analysis essay)?

  3. How are ethnic diversity realities informing your sharing of the Gospel (5-page reflection and analysis essay)?

  1. A scholarly paper that analyzes race/ethnicity and/or gender using the tools learned in the class in order to demonstrate critically reflective praxis for transformational discipleship, mission, and ministry. [2,000 words] (40%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #4]. [20 hours].

  2. Practice one of the instructed ways for contextual approaches for Gospel demonstration, articulation, and invitation to faith in Jesus Christ with a person who accepts the invitation to learn about Jesus from you or a person referred to you at church. Write a 1,000 words essay doing a critical assessment report of the application of the approach you used for engaging a local context with the whole gospel (20%). [This assignment is related to learning outcome #1-4]. [10 hours].

  3. Directed learning activities as follows (10%) [10 hours]:

  4. Identify within your denomination a leader who carries the title of "Evangelist" (or its equivalent) and interview this person asking these questions (4 hours):

  1. How did God called you to be an evangelist and how did you know this was your calling?

  2. What is it like for an average week's work as an evangelist (share the activities and the feelings you experience doing them)?

  3. How would you know you succeeded in any one of your evangelistic activities and how does it feel to fail/succeed?

  4. Plus whichever questions you like to add.

  1. Write a 500 words journal entry in Moodle answering the question--What did you learn about your life's work and calling as it relates to evangelism in this process?

  2. Attend a public activity or private Bible study related to the work as an evangelist of the person you interviewed do this after the interview NOT before (3 hours).

  3. Journaling, write (on the assigned dates) three 100 words journal entries reflecting on the class activities; respond to three (one per occasion) of your classmates entries with 100 words in-depth analysis of what they wrote (3 hours).

PREREQUISITES: Spanish.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Option to meet the C3 or C5 requirement in the 120 MDiv and 80 MATM Programs (Fall 2015).

FINAL EXAMINATION: None.


NOTE: This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. Textbook prices are set by publishers and are subject to change.

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