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Cape town, South Africa Travel SeminarUrban Ministry Concentration and Global Scholar Initiative Cape town, South Africa Travel Seminar January 10-21, 2009 New Brunswick Theological Seminary’s Urban Ministry Concentration and Global Scholar Initiative invite your participation in the Cape Town, South Africa Travel Seminar January 10-22, 2009. Join us for 10 days, as we learn about South African Post Apartheid Theology and Ministry. You will enjoy the many opportunities to be exposed to the thinking and challenges of theological and multi-cultural education. In addition to engaging in worship and theological dialogue with students and faculty of Stellenbosch Theological School, participants will visit sites of cultural and historical interest as well as natural beauty including Cape Pont, Table Mountain, Robben Island and South Africa markets. Target Participants We invite people of conscience, including NBTS’ faculty and board members, alumni, pastors and other church leaders from a variety of theological disciplines and certainly NBTS’ students interested in forging a cross-cultural dialogue. Academic Credit Available NBTS’ students interested in attending this Travel Seminar can do so for academic credit by taking Um00330B1: Boesak, Tutu, and King: Post Apartheid and Post Civil Rights. 2cr. This course will be offered during Term B of fall semester October 29-December 20, 2008.) Course Description This inter-disciplinary and intercultural course will give participants an opportunity to survey biblical mandates, ethical, and missional issues that are involved in theological education in a South African-based context. Participants will also examine their own personal and spiritual growth as Diasporan Africans, or as non-African heritage persons through interaction with various African-based community initiatives, congregations, and theological education efforts addressing poverty challenges. As part of this special travel course, participants are encouraged to engage in original inter-cultural research on a course topic, and to develop innovative educational materials and resources for use in their home context. NBTS Travel Instructors Dr. Warren Dennis, NBTS, Professor of Metro-Urban Ministry Dr. Rothney Tshaka, NBTS, South Africa, Global Scholar South African Instructors Allan Boesak, Anti-Apartheid activist and leader who persuaded the Alliance to adopt the Belhar Declaration at the 21st General Council at Ottawa, a meeting which identified the South African policy of apartheid as heresy. Boesak was a founding member of the United Democratic Front which mobilized popular action against apartheid in the 1980s. He served as an African National Congress minister in the provincial government of the Western Cape after South Africa’s first democratic election in 1994. He is one of the originators of black liberation theology in South Africa and a scholar on Martin Luther King Jr. H J Hendricks-Professor of Practical Theology and Missiology-initiated the establishment of, and is the current managing director of, NetACT (Network for African Congregational Theology). Together with colleagues from seven Southern African countries, he now works on various manuscripts, inter alia "Studying congregations in Africa." Course Goals Throughout the 10 days in Africa participants will gain broader insight on cultural realities, pedagogical strategies, and international collaboration between African and African-Diaspora scholars and congregational leaders for improved theological education in Africa and the US. This is an opportunity to: • Experience the culture of Africa and its academic environment in order to better understand the social, economic, and public faith challenges of justice and reconciliation. • Engage in inter-disciplinary and intercultural dialogue about theology and ministry and its impact on African society. • Consider options to enhance seminary curricula and church life • Foster increased theological cross-fertilization between African theologians and church leaders with their counterparts in the African Diaspora. Initiate official institutional relation with NetAct: The Network of African Congregational Theology NetACT: The Network of African Congregational Theology Mission Statement NetACT is a network of twelve theological institutions in five Sub-Saharan African nations, created and directed by these institutions, to assist them in preparing leaders for Missional congregations. NetACT’s Major Goals are to: • Upgrade curriculum standards at its member institutions. • Develop an effective system of communication, consultation and networking among all member institutions. • Provide scholarships to advance the theological training of its institutions’ lecturers. • Create an affordable and welcoming living environment for lecturers who are receiving advanced training. • Publish theological materials relevant to the African context. • Organize lecturer exchanges among its institutions to provide needed expertise, and to create space and time for lecturers to further their studies. • Maintain an adequately staffed coordinating office. • Ensure that an HIV/AIDS course is developed and maintained as a routine part of the normal curriculum at each NetACT institution. TRAVEL & LODGING Lodging will be double occupancy in a Bed & Breakfast. Minivans and/or buses will take us to and from sites. NOTE: A US Passport valid until January 30, 2009 is required. If you do not have a current valid passport, you need to start the process immediately. The US Passport office is currently swamped with applications due to changes requiring passports for all air travelers. Cost Cost of the trip is $2,900 ($1,100 for ground transportation, accommodations, lecturers, tips, taxes, etc. in Africa plus round trip airfare from Newark, currently estimated at $,1,800). This cost does not include admission to parks, and museums, nor lunch and dinner meals. Payment Schedule August 15 –Deposit $300 September 15 -2nd Payment $1,000 October 30th-3rd payment $500 November 25-4th payment $500 December 15 - Final Payment $600 Total due by December 15, 2008 (NBTS accepts MasterCard/ Visa) Refunds Those who must cancel their trip reservation may do so until October 15 with a full refund. After that date, refunds will only be possible for those who are able to secure another participant to take their place. South Africa Currency Rates 8R=1 US dollar Expressed Interest in going Persons desiring to experience this rich theological and culture conversation should express interest to the Metro-Urban Ministry Office by June 1, 2008. 732-247-5241 |
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