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Ph.D. in Missiology
CORE COURSES: STUDY OF THE WORLD
Required Courses DMS 921 MISSION COMMUNICATION - LANGUAGE AND MEANING
This course looks at mission communication through the prism of language and meaning. It
teaches the basic features of language and meaning, and gives the student a systematic
approach with which consciously to identify the components of language and meaning for
the purpose of accurate and easy to understand Gospel communication.
DMS 922 MISSION COMMUNICATION: CULTURE AND CONTEXT
This course looks at mission communication through the prism of the basic nature of society,
its cultural organization and the context in which that society operates. It teaches the
basic features of society in its cultural context, and gives the student a systematic approach
with which consciously to identify the components of culture and context for the purpose of
accurate and easy to understand Gospel communication.
DMS 930 WORLD VIEW AND LIVING RELIGIONS
This course studies the various views of ultimate reality that undergird the living religions
of the world which are in direct competition with Christianity for the hearts and minds of
men. It provides approaches for communicating the Gospel to people of non-Christian living
religions.
Elective Courses DMS 941 MISSIONS: INDIA
An overview of the impact that the Gospel of Jesus Christ has had on the sub-continent of
India since 74 A.D. The course will feature the special challenges of Hinduism, Buddhism,
Yoga and Transcendentalism as well as the opportunities for Christian missions at the beginning
of the 21st century.
DMS 945 RELIGIOUS STUDIES: WEST AFRICA
This course examines the theological, anthropological, sociological and historical dimensions
of the Christian church in Africa with special reference to West Africa. It includes a
comparative look at the place of traditional religion and Islam within the unique view of
reality that continues to affect Christianity and other aspects of culture and world view.
DMS 949 AREA STUDY: CHINA
This course is designed to study the history and the contemporary state of the human condition
in China with emphasis on the Christian mission and church in China.
DMS 956 BIBLICAL CHRISTIANITY IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD
Examination of the following items: definition of the term globalization; examination of
globalization in its various forms and intentions; the colonialism issue historically (economic)
and currently (“importing” theology); Christianity’s claim to exclusiveness in meeting
challenges from liberation ideologies, indigenous religions and self-theologizing trends.
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