Course information | 612 Majority World Theology (DL) S2 2025

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New Zealand

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14 July - 20 July

Introductions

Instructions for accessing library eBooks

SBL Handbook

21 July - 27 July

Class notes A

Class notes B

Class notes C

Bediako The Emergence of World Christianity

Andrew Walls, Gospel as prisoner and liberator of culture

Hwa Yung Mangoes or Bananas

Bevans, Living between Gospel and context

Bevans, Models of Contextual Theology, 3-27 (copy)

Aidoo, What hopeless Continent?

Sedmak,“Fifty Theses for Doing Local Theology,” 162-68

Padilla, "The Interpreted Word", 18-23

28 July - 3 August

Online forum 1

Forum 1 (5% LO:1)

Class notes A

Class notes B

Prior, "I Am the Coconut of Life: An Evaluation of Coconut Theology", 31-39

Havea, 1983 statement

Ilaitia Tuwere - Vanua Towards a Fijian Theology of Place

Winston Halapua, A Moana well-being

Boseto, "God as Community - God in Melanesian Theology", 41-49

Paunga, "Contours of Contextual Theologies from Oceania", 47-67

Daimoi, "Missiological Challenges from the South Pacific Region", 285-94

Class notes C

Terry Pouono, Teu le va article

Auckland Samoans 1982 - Albert Wendt

Terry Pouono stimulus article on Transplanting Christianity

4 August - 10 August

Class notes A

Palestine 1967 - present

Nakba images and Refugee statistics

Class notes B

Alex Award, Palestinian Memories (1948 account)

Naim Ateek, 1948 account

Elias Chacour 1948 account

Fasheh 1948 account

Class notes C

A Palestinian Christian Cry for Reconciliation

Awad, The Basic beliefs of Christian Zionism

Ateek, The Emergence of a Palestinian Christian Theology

Awad, The Bible and Christian Zionism

Yohanna Katanacho article

Interview with Naim Ateek

What is Zionism?

11 August - 17 August

Online forum 2

Forum 2 (5% LO:1)

18 August - 24 August

Brad's lecture with extra images

Class notes A

Class notes B

Class notes C

Brad Haami article

Te Oko Hou report

Cadogan, "A Three- Way Relationship", 29-43

Hernandez

Donaldson, "Native Woman's Double Cross", 96-117

Optional Readings

25 August - 31 August

Online forum 3

Forum 3 (5% LO:1)

Liberation theology PPT sides 2023

Class notes A

Class notes B

Class notes C

Three levels of Liberation theology (for class)

Mesters, The use of the Bible

Padilla- Reading the Bible from the underside

Padilla - My theological pilgrimage

Padilla - Bible Reading among the Poor

Gutiérrez, "Notes for a Theology of Liberation", 243-61

Gutiérrez, "The Option for the Poor Arises from Faith in Christ", 317-26

Liberation Theology sources

1 September - 7 September

African Theology notes 2023