Overview
Lecturer
Razvan Brudiu
Seminar tutor
Razvan Brudiu
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
Theology
Field of study
Pastoral Orthodox Theology
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Lecture
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, exemplification, conversation, debate, PowerPoint presentation, video-projections.
Entry requirements
n/a
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 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).
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.
Assessment
Written paper-interpretative essay – 30%. Frontal evaluation / Oral exam: 70%
Recommended reading
Ortodoxia în Europa. Locul spiritualității române
Ion Bria
Editura Mitropoliei Moldovei și Bucovinei, Iași, 1995 · x
Religie, modernitate și postmodernitate
Nicolae Achimescu
Trinitas Publishing House, București, 2013 · x
Abecedar al credinței. Introducere în teologia ortodoxă
Christos Yannaras
Editura Bizantină, București, 1996 · x
Church, world and mission. Reflections on Orthodoxy in the West
Alexander Schemann
St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, New-York, 2008 · x
Ființa și credința
George Remete
Paideia Publishing House, București, 2016 · x