Tyndale Seminary Course Syllabus SPRING/SUMMER 2020 ASPECTS OF LEADERSHIP IN THE SALVATION ARMY HISTORY SALV 0670 / HIST 0670 MAY 4 – JULY 24, 2020 ONLINE INSTRUCTOR: MATTHEW SEAMAN, PHD Tel: +61-438-613-548 (Australia) Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Access your course materials at the start of the course, or copy this URL into your browser http://myboothonline.boothuc.ca. I. COURSE DESCRIPTION This course traces the nature and development of leadership in The Salvation Army, exploring how it relates to leadership in general and to the Church in particular, and asking questions about the challenges the Army’s leadership model faces in the contemporary world. It should be clear that this does not purport to be a course inculcating the principles and best practice of leadership in general, although the student may well draw conclusions about these matters from a study of the Salvation Army’s history, with which this course is concerned. Areas reviewed in this course on aspects of leadership in The Salvation Army (a) The evolution of the function and status of Salvation Army officers in the context of the Army and of church as a whole. (b) The leadership of women, as a parallel debate. To what degree were/are women equally officers? 1 Revised: 2 March 2020 (c) The extent to which The Salvation Army is able to integrate authoritarian, consultative and participative modes of leadership. What are the strengths and weaknesses of each? How far is leadership ability the decisive factor and how determining is the structural form within which it is exercised? II. LEARNING OUTCOMES At the end of the course, students will be able to: Outline the process whereby Salvation Army leadership roles have evolved, exploring the relationship between “function” and “status” in the course of this development, along with the adoption of “ordination” along with “commissioning.” Discuss the interaction between The Salvation Army’s commitment to the “priesthood of all believers” and its hierarchical structure. Demonstrate an understanding of how the role of women in The Salvation Army has related in practice to its polity and its belief in the equality of the sexes. Describe and explain the place of non-officer leaders in an officer-led Army. Identify challenges the nature of the Army’s leadership creates for its functioning in the contemporary world and discuss ways of meeting such challenges. III. COURSE REQUIRMENTS A. REQUIRED READING: 1. Hill, Harold. Leadership in The Salvation Army: A Case Study in Clericalisation. Eugene OR: Wipf and Stock, 2007 / Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2007. Amazon has Kindle version around USD 45.00; paperbacks for around USD 40.00. 2. Munn, Janet. Theory and Practice of Gender Equality in The Salvation Army. Ashland, OH: Gracednotes, 2015. Kindle version available on Amazon for USD 4.64; paperback USD 8.00. 3. Additional readings, with full bibliographic information, are listed in the Course Schedule below. These will be available on the course website. Students in this course are expected to use the Fairbank Memorial Library (Booth University College) and Tyndale University’s Horsey Library. The Horsey Library has a larger collection of online databases and eBooks, while the Fairbank has a large collection of physical books about The Salvation Army. You can search Booth's Library Catalogue. Booth will also ship or scan items you need. For research help, please contact your librarians at Booth or at Tyndale. B. ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING 2 Revised: 2 March 2020 Assessment tasks: 1. Questions for reflection on the Readings Questions are provided at the end of each of the 12 modules, designed to explore responses to the material in the Readings. A few of these are for personal reflection, but for six of the questions, discussion, as on a web discussion page, will be expected. As well as a means of assessment, the purpose of these is to build a learning community amongst students. Students should post their answers, responses or comments on those six questions by the dates indicated. These need not exceed 300 words on each occasion. Students should also respond to other students’ comments. As students will have read and responded to those six question(s), their comments will be monitored and assessed. These contributions to class discussion will go towards 25% of the final grade. Attendance in this course is demonstrated by regular log-ins and up-to-date participation in forums. 2. Three assignments spread over the duration of the course Each assignment will be worth 25% of the final grade. Word limit for each assignment: 2000 words. Students should indicate their word count on the cover sheet of each assignment. These assignments are as follows: 1. “In the commissioning of an officer, he—and she!—is in every sense of the word ‘ordained’ to the ministry of Christ in the world.” (General Arnold Brown) Discuss, showing an awareness of the background and issues underlying General Brown’s statement. Due on Monday 8 June. 2. “Are we there yet?” Outline the issues involved in gender equality for Salvation Army officers, with a view to answering that question. Due on Monday 29 June. 3. Is “benevolent autocracy” an oxymoron? How might the Army today capitalise on the benefits of both autocratic direction and participative policy-formation? Due on Monday 27 July. C. EQUITY OF ACCESS Students with permanent or temporary disabilities who need academic accommodations must contact the Accessibility Services at the Centre for Academic Excellence to register and discuss their specific needs. New students must self-identify and register with the Accessibility Office at the beginning of the semester or as early as possible to access appropriate services. 3 Revised: 2 March 2020 Current students must renew their plans as early as possible to have active accommodations in place. D. SUMMARY OF ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING Evaluation is based upon the completion of the following assignments: Forum participation 25 % Assignment 1 25 % Assignment 2 25 % Assignment 3 25 % Total Grade 100 % C. GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR THE SUBMISSION OF WRITTEN WORK Your work should demonstrate the following characteristics: The assignments are to be uploaded to the assignment submission section of the course page in Microsoft Word format by 11:55 PM (Eastern Time) on their respective due dates. Late assignments will receive a 1/3 grade deduction (e.g., B+ to B) for each day (or part thereof) following the due date. This late policy will apply to all assignments for which no extension has been granted. Extensions will be granted only for serious personal, family, or health situations. Each assignment will be double-spaced, in a standard 12 pt font, with 1” margins. It will include complete and accurate footnotes and a bibliography formatted in the Chicago citation style. For proper citation style, consult the Chicago-Style Quick Guide (Tyndale e-resource) or the full edition of the Chicago Manual of Style Online, especially ch. 14. For citing scripture texts, refer to sections 10.44 to 10.48 and 14.238 to 14.241. Academic Integrity Integrity in academic work is required of all our students. Academic dishonesty is any breach of this integrity, and includes such practices as cheating (the use of unauthorized material on tests and examinations), submitting the same work for different classes without permission of the instructors; using false information (including false references to secondary sources) in an assignment; improper or unacknowledged collaboration with other students, and plagiarism. Booth University College and Tyndale University takes seriously its responsibility to uphold academic integrity, and to penalize academic dishonesty. Students are encouraged to consult Writing Services. Students should also consult the current Academic Calendar for academic polices on Academic Honesty, Gender Inclusive Language in Written Assignments, Late Papers and Extensions, Return of Assignments, and Grading System. 4 Revised: 2 March 2020 E. COURSE EVALUATION Booth University College and Tyndale Seminary value quality in the courses they offer their students. End-of-course evaluations provide valuable student feedback and are one of the ways that Booth and Tyndale work towards maintaining and improving the quality of courses and the student’s learning experience. Student involvement in this process is critical to enhance the general quality of teaching and learning. Before the end of the course, students will receive a MyTyndale email with a link to the online course evaluation. The evaluation period is 2 weeks; after the evaluation period has ended, it cannot be reopened. Course Evaluation results will not be disclosed to the instructor before final grades in the course have been submitted and processed. Student names will be kept confidential and the instructor will only see the aggregated results of the class. IV. COURSE SCHEDULE, CONTENT AND REQUIRED READINGS Summary of topic outline and dates (weeks beginning) 4 May: 1. Leadership and clericalisation in church history. 1st on-line discussion posts due by 11 May 11 May: 2. Early Salvation Army leadership. 2nd on-line discussion posts due by 18 May 18 May: 3. Is leadership about function or status? 3rd on-line discussion posts due by 25 May 25 May: 4. What is the significance of ordination in The Salvation Army? 1 June: 5. And a bit more on ordination. 1st assignment due Monday 8 June concerned with modules 1 to 5 8 June: 6. Women’s ministry—theory and practice. 4th on-line discussion posts due by 15 June 15 June: 7. What if women are married? 5 Revised: 2 March 2020 5th on-line discussion posts due by 22 June 22 June: 8. Women—reality catching up with theory? 29 June: 9. The commission on officership. 2nd assignment due Monday 29 June concerned with modules 6 to 8 6 July: 10.