Spring 2016 /Pasadena
IS502
Cho, E
IS502: PRACTICE OF
CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY (4 Units: 160 hours).
Euiwan Cho
DESCRIPTION:
Christian practices constitute the Christian
life. The combined Christian practices of vocational formation, worship,
community, and mission facilitate the integration of personal, spiritual,
academic, and global formation into the vocational coherence of a Christian
leader through reflection, relationships, and practices. IS502 is an
integrative course that explores the identity and practices of Christian
community, as a people called, gathered, and sent by God. Together, professor
and students study and enact historic Christian disciplines necessitated by
this distinctive identity (Hospitality, Truth-telling, Promise-keeping,
Forgiveness, Christian Formation, Gratitude, Testimony, and Group Spiritual
Direction).
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
(1) Students will reflect on their
current and past experiences of Christian practices of community; (2) Students
will participate in local contexts and demonstrate the capacity to engage in
activities and exercises related to Christian spiritual disciplines and practices
of community; (3) Students will
demonstrate the capacity to engage scripture, tradition, and contemporary
resources to reflect theologically on historic practices of community; (4)
Students will articulate how community practices impact their response to the
Central Integration Question (CIQ) and will identify exercises, habits, and
disciplines to embody these practices within their sociocultural context.
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 (which includes 8 hours of participation in vocation and formation
groups) plus 10 hours of directed learning activities for a total of 40
instructional hours.
REQUIRED READING: 950 pp. of required reading and/or the
equivalent time in viewing.
- Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, Korean translation of Life Together (신도의 공동생활) The Christian Literature Society,
1989. ISBN: 9788951113062. Pub. Price $28.00 [200 pp. assigned]
- Lohfink, Gerhard. Korean translation of Jesus and Community (예수는 어떤 공동체를 원했나?). Bundo, 1984. ISBN: 9788941985242, Pub. Price $19.00 [200
pp. assigned]
- Pohl, Christine. Korean translation of Living into
Community: Cultivating Practices That Sustain Us (공동체로 산다는 것). JoyMission, 2014. ISBN: 9788942103553.
Pub. Price $30.00 [250 pp. assigned]
- Sittzer, Gerald. Korean translation of The Will of God as a
Way of Life: Finding and Following the Will of God (하나님의 뜻). BibleUnion, 2004. ISBN: 9788932550152. Pub. Price $ 34.00
[100pp]
- Smith, C. Christopher & John Pattison. Korean
translation of Slow Church (슬로처치). InterVarsity, 2014.
ISBN: 978-0830841141, Pub. Price $16.00 [100 pp. assigned].
PRACTICES
1. Christian Formation
Smith, James K.A. “The Power of Habit and the Gift of
Practices.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLSFN3630Rs
(English caption is available)
Ted Talk: The Power of Habit (Charles Duhigg) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMbsGBlpP30
(Eng. caption is available) 2. Hospitality/Inclusion Smith, Slow Church (슬로처치), chapter 4, 10 (required
text). 3. Truth-Telling Ted Talk: The Danger of Silence. http://www.ted.com/talks/clint_smith_the_danger_of_silence
(Korean caption is available) Pohl, Christine, Living into Community, chapter 3 (required
text). 4. Testimony/Story-telling Peace, Richard. “dialog” Ministry and Theology (목회와 신학), May 2000. http://www.duranno.com/moksin/detail.asp?CTS_YER=2000&CTS_MON=5&CTS_ID=22032&CTS_CTG_COD=8 Sunil Kim. “The Evangelism in a Religiously Pluralistic
Society”(종교다원주의 사회에서의 전도-레슬리 뉴비긴을 중심으로), Gospel
and Mission (복음과 선교), vol.
24 (2013), pp. 9-43. 5. Forgiveness Film: Dead Man Walking Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, "Confession and Communion"
in Life Together (신도의 공동생활) (required
text). 6. Gratitude Pohl, Christine. Living into Community. (공동체로 산다는 것) (required
text). Smith, Slow Church (슬로처치), chapter 9 (required
text). 7. Promise Pohl, Christine. Living into Community. (공동체로 산다는 것) (required
text). Smith, Slow Church (슬로처치), chapter 3 (required
text). Website related to keeping promises: http://becauseisaidiwould.com 8. Group Spiritual Direction Sittzer, The Will of God (하나님의 뜻) (required text). BIBLICAL TEXTS: Deuteronomy (50pp equivalent), Matthew (50pp
equivalent) ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT: PREREQUISITES: Korean.
Recommended in first year of study. RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets a core integrative requirement
in the 120 Mdiv Program and the 80 MAT, 80 MATM, 80 MAICS Programs (Fall 2015) FINAL EXAMINATION:
None.