Living Faiths

When faced with the religious diversity around us, it is tempting for Christians to run to extremes – an all-embracing religious relativism, fearful withdrawal, or loveless judgment. This unit explores how Christians can engage with people from different faiths in a sympathetic and missiological way.

It challenges Christians to respect and understand different religions on their own terms, with the aim of being better able to engage with people of other faiths.

With the help of guest speakers who will share their experience and knowledge with the class, students will take a close look at Animism, Australian Aboriginal religions, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism and Buddhism. As part of the assessment, students will personally interview someone from another religion.

Living Faiths equips students for the challenges of evangelism among adherents of other faiths as well as the complexities of discipleship among Christian converts from different religious backgrounds.

In a globalised world where different religions increasingly rub shoulders, Christians need to know about faiths other than their own and be able to communicate the gospel winsomely and effectively in the context of religious pluralism. Living Faiths helps students meet this missionary challenge.

Additional level 9 information can be found in ‘Things to Note‘ below.

Prerequisites

48 credit points of core foundational units.

Exclusions

EM054