Course Description
This course explores the spiritual foundations of missionary leadership. It establishes a spirituality grounded in the initial proclamation (kerygma) of the love of God revealed in Christ and encountered through the Holy Spirit. The course will also focus upon the topic of the disciple’s new identity in Christ, which flows out of the response of faith and love (in baptism) to the kerygma. The course then explores how students can deepen in the practices of prayer, providing students with the opportunity for a deeper appropriation of the grace of the kerygma through the practice of prayer in their own lives, such as lectio divina, Ignatian examen and meditation.
Course Outcomes
- Identify complex issues in the content of kerygma as it applies to the human experience of faith, including identifying consolation and desolation in human life
- Reflect upon the content of the Kerygma by applying it to their own experience of faith
- Articulate a thorough understanding of the concept of missionary discipleship
- Theologically analyse and reflect upon the experience of the practices of disciples and engagement with prayer practice such as lectio divina, Ignatian examen and meditation
Assessment Overview
Oral Presentation due 14 February
3000 word journal due 17 April
[Graduate Certificate students only – Refer to MISS 6000 Course Outline for extra assessment]