TUL500 Biblical Theology of Development

MA in Transformational Urban Leadership

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Bible Readings

Leviticus 23-27; Deut 11-19

Exodus:  Jubilee, Land & Equality

Read Leviticus 23 and 25

Presentation integrating the Jubilee with current development theory: Jubilee Justice (ppt)

Discuss 13– I Will Be Your God–the Exodus

Study The Entrance to the Promised Land and Jubilee: The Equality Model

• Snyder, H. (1997).  A Kingdom Manifesto. Eugene, OR, Wipf and Stock Publishers. ch 6,7
• Bellingham, G. R. (1987). The Equality Model: Helping the Poor Participate. A Biblical Approach to Social Transformation. Unpublished paper.
• Dyrness, W. (1998). Let the Earth Rejoice! A Biblical Theology of Holistic Mission. Pasadena: Wipf and Stock. chap 6.

Comparison of Equality: Read the following and discuss how culture influences wealth and poverty.

• Wolf, T. (2008). India Progress Prone. New Delhi, University Institute, S-126 Greater Kailash I, New Delhi 110-048.  Chap 6
• Income Inequality at www.worldbank.org/depweb/beyond/beyondco/beg_05.pdf
• View Hans Rosling's 200 Years that changed the world to gain a sense of the overall transformation of global poverty in the last 200 years.

Redistribution Model: Land rights and ownership of the means of production. Read one of the following and comment on land rights and economic equality.

• Grigg, V. (1985/2004). Biblical Reflections on Land and Land Rights. Auckland, Urban Leadership Foundation.accessed Oct 10, 2010.
• Josh 1-4

Action

• Story-telling in the community about equality and justice
  Or Discussion with community politicians on the role of government in helping the poor or trade unionists on owning the means of production.
• Or discuss whether access to housing and land in the city is just.

Additonal Reading

Wolf, T. (2008).India Progress Prone. New Delhi, University Institute, S-126 Greater Kailash I, New Delhi 110-048.