Orthodox Missiology (II)

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 apply theories and methods to the missionary practical realities;

to know and understand the concept of Trinity and missions;

to explain the mission’s effects upon the Church;

to define and apply the concept of missionary exigency from a theoretical standing point.

Course contents

1. Introductory Notions: Church, Heresy, Schism, Sect, 2. Causes of Sects’ Emergence (I), 3.Causes of Sects’ Emergence (II), 4. Methods of Combating the Sects (I), 5. Methods of Combating the Sects (II), 6. The Baptism (I), 7. The Baptism (II), 8. The Adventism (I), 9. The Adventism (II), 10. The Pentecostalism (I), 11. The Pentecostalism (II), 12. The Christians’ Cult According to the Gospel (I), 13. The Christians’ Cult According to the Gospel (II), 14. The Jehovah’s Witnesses.

Learning outcomes

critical, selective and systematic attitude towards missiological information; ability of applying the principles for understanding a patristic document in an appropriate manner, respectively, to take into account all elements involved (linguistic, socio-cultural, religious).

Assessment

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

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Learning outcomes

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