Wikipedia:University of Edinburgh/Selected Themes in World Christianity (Autumn 2016)

This is the course page for the core course for the MTh/MSc Programme in World Christianity, offered at the School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh. The class is known Selected Themes in the Study of World Christianity (WRCH11018).

This core course offers candidates the opportunity to study in depth Christian history, thought and practice in and from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Primary attention is given to methods for the study of indigenous forms and expressions of christianity, to issues of culture and gender, and the changing patterns of relationship between Christianity in the West and other parts of the world. Issues of religious pluralism feature significantly in terms of the interaction between Christianity and other religious traditions.

Training
A special training session has been reserved for Wednesday, 5 October at 2pm in the McIntyre Room in New College. It is highly recommended that you attend this session. Please bring a laptop or let us know in advance if you do not have access to one.

For further details about how Wikipedia is used in the University of Edinburgh, upcoming events or training sessions, and online videos, see details on Edinburgh's Wikimedian in Residence page.

Week 1: Wikipedia essentials

 * Overview of the course and how Wikipedia will be used in the course
 * Reading: Editing Wikipedia and Evaluating Wikipedia
 * Optional:
 * Check MyEd for training for Wikipedia editing
 * Watch video Wikipedia guidelines and policies (10min)
 * Watch video Wikipedia Editing (25min)


 * Assignments (due Week 2)
 * Create an account and then complete the online training for students. During this training, you will make edits in a sandbox and learn the basic rules of Wikipedia.
 * Create a User page, and click the "enroll" button on the top left of this course page.
 * To practice editing and communicating on Wikipedia and leave a message for a classmate on their user talk page (see Using Talk Pages). It is highly recommended that you enable the VisualEditor.

Week 2: Exploring the topic area

 * Pick a topic from the course handbook that you wish to explore further and confirm with the course manager. Only one student can pick a given topic.
 * For each topic, identify a Wikipedia article you would like to write (see suggestions below). It would be easier to write a new article, but you can also improve on an existing article. Speak to the course manager if you wish to do the latter.
 * Reading: Choosing an article and How to get help


 * Assignments (due Week 3)
 * Select an article to work on and add your article to the class’s course page.

Weeks 3-X: Begin writing article

 * Compile a bibliography of relevant research and post it to the talk page of the article you are working on. Begin reading the sources.
 * Begin by writing a 3–4 paragraph summary version of your article—with citations—in your Wikipedia sandbox. Expand as you go along, aiming at a minimum of 3 references and 1,000 words.
 * Reading: Citing sources on Wikipedia and Avoiding plagiarism on Wikipedia
 * Attend training

Week X: Moving articles to the main space

 * Add final touches to your Wikipedia article and move sandbox article into main space.
 * Students give in-class presentations related to their Wikipedia article.
 * Reading: Moving out of your sandbox

Week 4: Multiple Religious Belonging

 * Comparative theology (the article exists but can be improved)
 * Multiple religious belonging

Week 5: Religion, Violence, and Reconciliation

 * Reconciliation theology

Week 6: Liberation Theology in Context

 * African women's theology
 * Asian feminist theology
 * Minjung theology (the article exists but can be improved)
 * Mujerista theology

Week 7: Christianity and Politics

 * Political theology (Middle East)
 * Political theology (Sub-Saharan Africa)
 * Public theology (the article redirects to Political theology but can be distinguished and improved)

Week 8: Christianity in an Age of Migration

 * Reverse mission
 * Theology of migration

Week 10: Healing Bodies, Saving Souls

 * Medical missions

Week 11: Gender, Order, Culture

 * Bible women
 * Polygamy and Christian missions