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We will study in an interactive way and have as much conversation and discussion in class as possible. There is a practical assignment in intercultural conversation: interviewing a Christian believer from another culture of context. This interview must be used for writing a final paper, in which the students show, that (s)he can apply the principles of intercultural theology, as studied in this course, in an intercultural conversation. One of the lectures will be done by a non-Western theologian, which gives another opportunity to practice and experience how theology can be done by a Christian from another culture. 

We do this in four ways: 

six meetings 

required readings as preparation for class discussion 

weekly preliminary reflections on the required readings - posted before the lectures at Canvas 

meetings & discussions in class / on-line 

Study load – 2,5 EC = 70 hours 

a. Weekly reflections on the required readings (to be posted at Canvas) 

b. Paper – 1500 words 

To show that you can use the basic principles of intercultural conversation, you have to interview a person from another culture or context. Choose a passage/text from Scripture, which you would like to understand better by speaking about it with a person from another culture or context. Instead of a biblical text, you can also choose a theological topic, which you would like to speak about with a person from another culture or context. Use at least two sources to describe the context of your respondent and two sources from your own context, which show how the conversation topic is treated in each context. 

Grading 

25% - reflections (weekly reading reports) 

75% - paper 

Both assignments needed to be sufficient. 

Required readings for each lecture 

1. Intercultural Theology 

- Wrogemann, Henning. Intercultural Theology: Intercultural Hermeneutics. Translated by Karl E. Böhmer. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2016. 

2. Intercultural Communication 

- Hofstede, Geert, Gert Jan Hofstede, and Michael Minkov, Cultures and Organizations: Software of the Mind, Third Edition, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010. 

- Meyer, Erin. The Culture Map: Decoding How People Think, Lead, and Get Things Done Across Cultures. New York: Public Affairs, 2016. 

- Moreau, A. Scott, Evvy Hay Campbell, and Susan Greener. Effective Intercultural Communication: A Christian Perspective. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2014. 

3. World Christianity 

- Goheen, Michael W. Introducing Christian Mission Today: Scripture, History, and Issues. Downers Grove, Illinois: IVP Academic, 2014. (esp. ch. 5 - A Survey of the Global Church) 

- Johnson, Todd M. ‘The Demographics and Dynamics of the World Christian Movement’. In The Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Christianity, edited by Lamin Sanneh and Michael McClymond, 699–718. The Atrium, Southern Gates, Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016. 

- Johnstone, Patrick. The Future of the Global Church: History, Trends and Possibilities. IVP Books, 2011 

- Sunquist, Scott W., and Mark Noll. The Unexpected Christian Century: The Reversal and Transformation of Global Christianity, 1900-2000. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2015. 

(esp. ch. 5: On the Move. Christianity and Migration) 

- Walls, Andrew F. ‘The Transmission of Christian Faith: A Reflection’. In The Wiley Blackwell Companion to World Christianity, edited by Lamin Sanneh and Michael McClymond, 685–98. The Atrium, Southern Gates, Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2016. 

- Yeh, Allen. Polycentric Missiology: 21st-Century Mission from Everyone to Everywhere. Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2016. (esp. ch. 2, pp. 36-63: The Case for World Christianity) 

4. Intercultural Reading of the Scriptures 

- Adeyemo, Tokunboh, ed. Africa Bible Commentary: A One-Volume Commentary Written by 70 African Scholars. 2nd edition. Zondervan & Word Alive Publishers, 2010. 

- Kunhiyop, Samuel Waje. African Christian Theology. Grand Rapids, MI: Hippo Books, 2012. 

- Reed, David A. “Acts 17:16-34 in an African Context.” African Journal of Evangelical Theology 22 (2003): 87–101.   

- Wintle, Brian, Havilah Dharamraj, Jesudason Baskar Jeyaraj, Paul Swarup, Jacob Cherian, and Finny Philip, eds. South Asia Bible Commentary: A One-Volume Commentary on the Whole Bible. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2015. 

5. Translation of the Gospel 

- Flemming, Dean. Contextualization in the New Testament: Patterns for Theology and Mission. Downers Grove, Ill: IVP Academic, 2005 (esp. pp. 13-55: Introduction + Contextualization in Acts:  Bridging Cultural Boundaries) 

- Toren, Benno van den. ‘Can We See the Naked Theological Truth?’ In Local Theology for the Global Church: Principles for an Evangelical Approach to Contextualization, edited by Matthew Cook and Rob Haskell, 91–108. Pasadena: William Carey Library, 2010. 

- Vanhoozer, Kevin J.; Anderson, Charles A.; Sleasman, Michael J. eds. Everyday Theology. How to Read Cultural Texts and Interpret Trends. Grand Rapids. Michigan, 2007. 

- Walls, Andrew F. The Missionary Movement in Christian History: Studies in the Transmission of Faith. Maryknoll, N.Y.; Edinburgh: Orbis Books; T & T Clark, 1996. (esp. ch. 1: The Gospel as Prisoner and Liberator of Culture; ch. 3: The Translation Principle in Christian History), pp. 3-15 and pp. 26-42. 

6. Appropriation 

- Vanhoozer, Kevin J. ‘“One Rule to Rule Them All?” Theological Method in an Era of World Christianity’. In Globalizing Theology: Belief and Practice in an Era of World Christianity, edited by Craig Ott and Harold A. Netland, 85–126. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker Academic, 2006. 

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