We spend a lot of time sowing the seed of God’s word into the lives of students. We want to see it take deep root, build a firm foundation and change lives. However, so often we find that things get lost in translation. We struggle to know how to apply scripture in a way that brings deep conviction and life-changing understanding. This course builds on the culture values and distance course to unpack key aspects of traditional Chinese thinking, religion and worldview and consider ways these can be addressed in ministry.
Time: Approximately 10 hours over a two week period. Asynchronous – there are NO real-time components such as live video conferences or webinars. There are a variety of other activities including (written) discussion forums. You should plan to do some work on the course each day, but you are free to work in your own time. This is not a self-study course. You will engage with the facilitators and other participants in discussion forums through out the course and you must finish by the end date.
This course is at the intermediate level so we recommend you have taken a foundation level course or have some previous background before taking this course.
Course fee: Early Bird $45AUD Regular $50AUD
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Course Outline
Review Chinese Cultural Values
- Review of the relevant Chinese cultural values from the Culture Values and Distance course
Introduction to Traditional Chinese Religions
- Confucianism
- Daoism
- Buddhism
- Neo-Confucianism
- A veneer of Atheism
Chinese Religion meets Christianity
- Overview of Chinese religious worldview
- Chinese religious mindset
- Reciprocity, Collectivism and the Chinese Church
Pastoral and Practical Concerns
- How the Bible speaks to Chinese worldview
- Pastoral issues
- Group orientated culture
- The authority of the expert
- Family influences