Course aims:

to know and understand the mission’s exigencies;
to explain the mission’s effects upon the Church;
to know, define and understand the Church’s missionary work;
to develop the most important missionary aspects;
to define and describe the key concepts, theories, methods specific to the discourse missiological and to develop in students some specific skills about the quantitative and qualitative theological research.

Course Entry Requirements:

n/a

Course contents:

1. Ecumenism and Ecumenicity (I), 2. The Presence of the Orthodox Church in the Ecumenical Movement (I), 3. The Presence of the Orthodox Church in the Ecumenical Movement (II), 4. Ecumenical Landmarks, 5. Mission and Dialogue (I), 6. Mission and Dialogue (II), 7. The Communion in Mission – a Permanent Form of Ecclesial Unity (I), 8. The Communion in Mission – a Permanent Form of Ecclesial Unity (II), 9. Interreligious Dialogue. The Characteristics of the Trinitarian Monotheism (I), 10. Interreligious Dialogue. The Characteristics of the Trinitarian Monotheism (II), 11. The Secularization as Missionary Reality and the Mode to Counteract It (I), 12. The Secularization as Missionary Reality and the Mode to Counteract It (II).

Teaching methods:

Lecture, exemplification, conversation, debate, PowerPoint presentation, video-projections.

Learning outcomes:

Ability of applying the principles for understanding a missiological document in an appropriate manner, respectively, to take into account all elements involved (linguistic, socio-cultural, religious), and interpret both in a synchronous and diachronic mode; critical reading skills on bibliographic sources and ability to initiate own research.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Written paper-interpretative essay – 30%. Frontal evaluation / Oral exam: 70%

Recommended reading:

Ion Bria, Ortodoxia în Europa. Locul spiritualității române, Editura Mitropoliei Moldovei și Bucovinei, Iași, 1995, x.
Nicolae Achimescu, Religie, modernitate și postmodernitate, Trinitas Publishing House, București, 2013, x.
Christos Yannaras, Abecedar al credinței. Introducere în teologia ortodoxă, Editura Bizantină, București, 1996, x.
Alexander Schemann, Church, world and mission. Reflections on Orthodoxy in the West, St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, New-York, 2008, x.
George Remete, Ființa și credința, Paideia Publishing House, București, 2016, x.