6000

This course will introduce students to missional hermeneutics which focuses on the mission of God and the Church's participation in it. Students will discover the missional character of the Old and the New Testament which inextricably ties the biblical texts together. Students will learn how to contextualize and embody biblical truths as participants in God's mission for the world.

In this course students will develop skills to explore and comprehend the literary, historical, and theological contexts of a biblical text. Students will evaluate different approaches for exegetical and hermeneutical appropriation of a biblical text for a contemporary context. A theology of preaching that considers the roles of God, the preacher, and the listener in the practice of preaching will be developed.