What is God doing in the world to bring about the Reign of God and transform human lives through it? And how are churches to organize their lives, actions, and projects in order to participate in God's mission in the world both faithfully and effectively? These are the questions that comprise the study of Missiology. This course will introduce students to that study and to its practical implications. Students will survey major eras in the history of Christian missions and learn to recognize contemporary "types" of mission strategy that are one legacy of this history. The course will then study the biblical and theological basis of Christian mission and examine continuing issues that church workers confront as they seek to share a message that truly is good news for people of other faiths, people suffering violence and oppression, people who want to protect their own cultural traditions from the Western culture many missionaries also take with them, and people in the increasingly pluralistic "post-Christian" West itself. The course will make regular use of case studies and when possible will draw on resource people in the area who have mission experience.