MH533:
Women in Mission: Models from
History (4 units)
Elaine
Vaden, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mission History
Summer 2003 Pasadena
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DESCRIPTION:
This course looks at "great souls" in the history of the missionary movement, particularly women and non-westerners. These individuals influenced the course of history, movements and mission by either transformational or transactional leadership. In the context of their sphere of influence, they confronted social, economic, and institutional factors that needed to be changed or overcome. The course will analyze the historical period of their life span, the sociological, economic and political issues of their time and seek to discover the patterns and strategies that enabled their significance.
LEARNING
OUTCOMES:
Students
will develop an appreciation for the contribution of women to the expansion of
the Christian church.
Students
will be able to analyze the historical, cultural, social, and religious context
of women who led in the expansion of the Christian church.
Students
will identify leadership styles of women and their impact on the mission of the
church.
COURSE
FORMAT:
The
first half of the course will follow a lecture format, with contribution from
students from their assigned reading.
The second half of the course will involve students in presentation of
their own case studies of great individuals in mission history. If you are interested in taking this
course, please register for it during May 20-22, 2003. If there is insufficient enrollment by
the end of registration week (May 2003), the course will be cancelled.
REQUIRED
READING:
1200-1500 pages of reading:
Robert, Dana. American Women in
Mission: A Social History of Their Thought and Practice. Macon: Mercer
University Press, 1997. (458 p.)
Selected chapters from Anderson, Gerald, ed. Mission Legacies:
Biographical Studies of Leaders of Modern Missionary
Movements.
Maryknoll: Orbis Books,
1994. (640 p.)
Adeney, Miriam. A Time for
Risking.
Portland, OR: Multnomah Press, 1987. (182 p.)
MacNicol, Nicol and Mangalwadi, Vishal.
What Liberates a Woman:
The Story of Pandita Ramabai, A Builder of Modern India. New Delhi: Nivedit Good Books Distributors,
1996. (204p.)
Selected chapters from mission biographies available on the reserve shelf.
RECOMMENDED
READING:
Lutz, Lorry.
Women as Risk-Takers for God. Grand
Rapids: Baker Books, 1997. (266p.)
Lernoux, Penny. Hearts on Fire. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1993. (129 p.)
Aikman, David. Great Souls of
the Twentieth Century. Waco: Word Publishers,
1998. (388 p.)
ASSIGNMENTS:
• A
250 word, double spaced, typed book review for each book or chapter, to be
completed by the end of the fifth week.
• Two 2500 word papers in
the form of a case study. One of
these will be presented during the last half of the course. One paper will identify and analyze the
influence of a great woman who led from a transformational stance. The other
paper will identify and analyze the influence of a great woman who led from a
transactional stance.
PREREQUISITES:
None.
RELATIONSHIP
TO CURRICULUM: Elective.
FINAL
EXAMINATION: None.
Last
Date Edited: May 8, 2003