I'm following Matt's lead in treating intercultural as a wide variety of cultures present domestically (urban/rural cultures, ethnic/racial cultures, inter-religious engagement, etc) and global awareness as international engagement.
IN 520 God's Redemptive Mission (Missional Theology). In our study of the history and theology of mission, we study:
- the Doctrine of Discovery and its contemporary repudiations;
- an example of missional theology written by a Native theologian and discuss the experience of receiving the gospel transmitted through the cultural framework of another people:
- Randy S. Woodley, Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision, Randy S. Woodley (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012).
HT 567-60 Imagining Salvation. In our study of soteriology, we study:
- Womanist approaches to the questions of sin and salvation, including:
- Delores S. Williams, "A Womanist Perspective on Sin," in A Troubling in My Soul: Womanist Perspectives on Evil and Suffering, ed. Emilie Townes (Maryknoll: Orbis 1993).
- Delores S. Williams, "Black Women's Surrogacy Experience and the Christian Notion of Redemption," in Cross Examinations: Readings on the Meaning of the Cross Today, ed. Marit Trelstad (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2006).
- Indigenous theological approaches to the theme of reconciliation, including the work of Ray Aldred:
- Ray Aldred, "An Indigenous Reinterpretation of Repentance: A Step on the Journey to Reconciliation," in So Great a Salvation: Soteriology in the Majority World, ed. Grene L. Green, et al (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2017).
- Practice the intercultural competency skill of making accent marks on keyboards so that we can spell Spanish words and names correctly (See course Moodle page, Week 5).
HT 567 Theology in Place(Ghost Ranch, New Mexico). In our study of the ways that theology arises out of and responds to a particular place, including its ecological, cultural, historical, and geological layers, we study:
- the ways that the geological/sedimentary layers of earth hold intercultural histories:
- Melanie Harris, "Sacred Blood, Transformation, and Eco-Womanism," Reflections (YDS, Spring 2019).
- the history and culture of the Pueblo peoples of New Mexico;
- Native American theologies of creation, including:
- Clara Sue Kidwell, et al, "Creation: Balancing the World for Seven Generations," from A Native American Theology (Orbis 2001).