(3 semester hours) (FALL)
After completing this course, students should be able to discuss
various concepts relevant to the intersection of Christianity, language,
and culture. They will be able to identify and define concepts such
as the need for contextualization of Christianity, dangers of a
non-contextualized faith, church growth, and the role of language
in worldview and contextualization. They should also be able to
describe redemptive analogies, cross-cultural Christianity, the
nature of indigenous churches, syncretism, new religious movements,
and religious change.