Description
This course is intended to familiarize students with social research methods, and especially ethnographic and sociological methodologies that enhance student capacities for contextual analysis useful to academic and practical assessments of ministry settings. The readings, lectures, field research, and written assignments are designed to assist students in reading and interpreting interpersonal, cultural, organizational, and situational dynamics operative within institutional and neighborhood ministry contexts, including within the context of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and its immediate neighborhood environs. (NOTE: This course satisfies the Urban Ministry Practicum required for the Graduate Certificate in Urban Ministry. It is also an approved elective for MATM/Missional Formation and the Church Planting Emphasis.)