In this paper attention is given to the challenges presented to mission by various liberation theologies. In the first option special attention is given to African Initiated C hurches and African theologians like Mbiti, Pobee, Idowu, Mugambi, Bediako, Sanneh, etc. This course is offered in cooperation with other departments of the faculty, and allows you to explore the gender dimensions of Christian mission in South Africa. A thesis must be based on intensive research and make an original contribution to the discipline of Missiology. The doctorate does not include any course work, except when a promoter judges that a student does not have sufficient background in a particular area, in which case a reading programme may be prescribed to help the student fill in the gap.
Students usually take between two and five years to complete a doctoral thesis.
On the contrary, a good theologian is always involved in service to the broader community and encourages fellow-believers to do the same. It encourages students to affirm, in a self-critical way, the mission approach of their own religious community, as well as to analyse and describe the patterns of mission found in other communities. The purpose of this module is to enable students to develop a practice-based urban theology by learning to read the Bible contextually. Students are encouraged to develop an urban spirituality that is closely linked to the reinterpretation of biblical texts and a commitment to urban ministry. By so doing, the Bible can be interpreted in a more relevant way today.