MIN500 Theology, Church and Ministry (16)
Enrolment Restriction: Master of Ministry
This subject is the core theology unit in the Master of Ministry program and as such provides a strong theoretical framework to complement the practical orientation of other units. It focuses on ecclesiology as the interpretive key for understanding the task of theology and the nature of ministry in contemporary Australian society. Students examine the form and dynamic that gives rise to and sustains communal life in human society. Insights concerning the nature of God from within the Christian tradition are developed in relation to contemporary organizational and communications theory. This facilitates a critique of prevailing patterns of institutional life in Church and wider society. In this context the nature and character of the Church's ministry are reassessed.