NT Social-Justice Praxis
Evaluation Protocol 09 May 2008
Topic:
Placement:
Supervisor:
□ No
□ Yes
Student registered Project with the JCU Center for Community
Service
/10 points
Registration Date:
Planned Project Start Date:
Planned Completion Date:
□ No
□ Yes
Project met a real social need in the greater Cleveland community
/10 points
Explain:
□ No
□ Yes
Fits one of the traditional, Christian "Works of Mercy" (if
yes, mark which)
/50 points
□ Corporal Works of Mercy:
□ Feeding the hungry
□ Giving drink to the thirsty
□ Clothing the naked
□ Visiting the imprisoned
□ Sheltering the homeless
□ Visiting the sick
□ Burying the dead
□ Spiritual Works of Mercy
□ Admonishing sinners
□ Instructing the ignorant
□ Counseling the doubtful
□ Comforting the sorrowful
□ Bearing wrongs patiently
□ Forgiving injuries
□ Praying for the living and the dead
□ No
□ Yes
Project involved a minimum of 15 hours of direct-service work
with a particular human or animal population, or direct examination and
response to a particular environmental/ecological condition
Actual Project Start Date:
Actual Project Completion Date:
□ No
□ Yes
Supervisor evaluation verified by the JCU CCS?
□ No
□ Yes
Hours verified by the JCU CCS?
# Hours:
x 2 points/hour =
/30 points
□ No
□ Yes
Student successfully completed the project by Instructor-approved
due date
If "No," # days late:
x -5 points/day late =
point penalty
□ No
□ Yes
Adjustments to grade from Part One?
If "Yes," # components missing
x -50 points/component missing =
point penalty
Total Score for Part One:
/100 points
□ No
□ Yes
Blackboard project registration form
/50 points
□ No
□ Yes
Supervisor interview
/25 points
□ No
□ Yes
Peer-Volunteer interview
/25 points
Total Score for Part Two:
/100 points
□ No
□ Yes
Weekly journal entries (via the Blackboard
Social Justice Discussion Board) discussing the SJP in relation to the course
topics for that week (especially Jesus' proclamation and enactment of soteria
in the basileia tou Theou) and responding to questions posed by
the instructor and/or other students
# Entries:
□ No
□ Yes
Journal entries show substantive engagement with course topics
and thoughtful attempt to draw connections between NT soteriology and your
SJP (5 points each)
Quality points:
□ No
□ Yes
Journal entries exhibit proper grammar, orthography, punctuation,
typography, style, inclusive language, and formatting of text and notes
(5 points each)
Quality points:
□ No
□ Yes
Weekly contributions to the Blackboard Social
Justice on-line discussion in response to two other students' entries each
week (by Sunday pm and Wednesday pm), raising specific questions or making
specific observations about how their projects relate to lectures or other
course materials (5 points each)
# Entries:
□ No
□ Yes
Discussion contributions show substantive engagement with
course topics and thoughtful attempt to help other students draw connections
between NT soteriology and their SJPs
Quality points:
□ No
□ Yes
Discussion contributions exhibit proper grammar, orthography,
punctuation, typography, style, inclusive language, and formatting of text
and notes (5 points each)
Quality points:
Total Score for Part Three:
/150 points
□ No
□ Yes
A 7–10 page retrospective essay:
Developing a personal ethic and relating your service activity to
particular NT understandings of Jesus' proclamation and enactment of
soteria in the basileia tou Theou as outlined in the
required course texts and in class notes
Using weekly journal entries to illustrate this ethic
Concluding with a brief "epilogue" discussing how the project
changed your understanding of the NT, of Jesus, of the course, and vice-versa
□ No
□ Yes
The essay establishes your thesis by means of a succinct discussion
of the requisite topics, developed in a logical progression, and with the
support of ample data from your praxis and research
□ No
□ Yes
Introduction: Thesis
Includes a clearly stated thesis that outlines what you want
the reader to believe and/or do as a result of reading your essay
/10 points
□ No
□ Yes
Introduction: Process
Outlines how the case will be argued—what issues will
be addressed, in what order, to what end, etc.
/10 points
□ No
□ Yes
Part I.1
Accurately and succinctly describes the New Testament understandings
of Jesus' proclamation and enactment of soteria in the basileia
tou Theou as outlined in the required course texts and in class notes
/10 points
□ No
□ Yes
Part I.2
Evaluates the various components of this NT soteriology, indicating
which aspects of each you can or do accept and which ones you cannot or
do not
/10 points
□ No
□ Yes
Part II.1
Develops a personal ethic, outlining which aspects of the
NT understandings of Jesus' proclamation and enactment of soteria
in the basileia tou Theou you would like to adopt and incorporate
into your own understanding of your relationship to God, humanity, the rest
of nature, the entire cosmos
/10 points
□ No
□ Yes
Part II.2
Uses carefully selected excerpts from your weekly journal
entries to illustrate in what situation(s), with what population(s), and
at what time(s) your ethic came into play during the SJP
/10 points
□ No
□ Yes
Part II.3
Evaluates how well you lived up to your ethic during the SJP,
including such questions as:
How could I have better implemented the ethic?
In what situation(s), with what population(s), at what time(s) did
I fail to live out the ethic? Why so?
What the forces or influences interfered with my living up to the
ethic? What did I do to overcome these forces or influences, and how
well did they work?
/10 points
□ No
□ Yes
Part II.4
Evaluates the "real world" impact of the SJP:
How successful/unsuccessful was the praxis in dealing with the social
justice issue that was its focus?
What would be some further avenues for addressing this problem?
How has this praxis made Cleveland a more just place to live?
/10 points
□ No
□ Yes
Part III.1
Evaluates the religious nature/value of your SJP in light
of Jesus' understanding of religion; discusses in what way(s) the praxis
was "religious" behavior (or not)
/10 points
□ No
□ Yes
Part III.2
Contextualizes the SJP in light of "The Beatitudes"
in the Gospel according to Matthew, the behaviors commended in GMatt's Last
Judgement scene, and the traditional corporal and spiritual works of mercy.
Discusses how the praxis enacted one or more of these Christian traditions.
/10 points
□ No
□ Yes
Part III.3
In light of Jesus' proclamation of God's basileia and
his enacting of the soteria that accompanies God's reign, evaluates
to what extent and in what ways this praxis could be classified as "salvific"
(i.e., behavior that brings soteria)
/10 points
□ No
□ Yes
Part IV.1
Evaluates in what ways, through what means, and why this SJP changed your understanding of the Bible (esp. the NT), of
Jesus, of God, of humanity, of yourself, of the rest of the natural world,
of the cosmos
/05 points
□ No
□ Yes
Part IV.2
Sketches the chosen ethic might be affect your future life:
How will you continue to live into this ethic? Why do you think it
is important to try? What strategies might help overcome any obstacles
to doing so?
How will living this ethic continue to change your relationship to
God, other humans, the rest of nature, and the world?
How might living this ethic help remedy social problems such as the
one addressed in this praxis?
/05 points
□ No
□ Yes
Conclusion
Summarizes the issues addressed, in what order, in what manner,
and how your thesis has been established; suggests future avenues of research
and/or praxis; mentions other ways in which you learned from and/or were
changed by this praxis; highlights how it changed your understanding of
the NT, of Christianity, of God, of Jesus, yourself, and/or of the course,
and vice-versa
/10 points
□ No
□ Yes
Bibliography
Select Bibliography or listing of Works Consulted conforms
to the Chicago Manual of Style and includes a minimum of five print
resources
/25 points
□ No
□ Yes
Appendix A
Concise and complete description of SJP
/05 points
□ No
□ Yes
Appendix B
Transcripts of interviews with your supervisor and one or
two volunteer peers engaged in the SJP
/05 points
□ No
□ Yes
Appendix C
Dossier of journal entries the author wrote over the course
of this SJP
/05 points
□ No
□ Yes
Appendix D
Dossier of discussion board comments the author made in response
to other students' journal entries
/05 points
□ No
□ Yes
Exhibits proper grammar, orthography, punctuation, typography,
style, inclusive language, and formatting of text and notes
/25 points
Total Score for Part Four:
/200 points
□ No
□ Yes
Web site, PowerPoint, or other type of audio-visual presentation
highlighting the praxis and showing its relationship to NT theology, esp.
Jesus' understanding of soteria in the basileia tou Theou
/25 points
□ No
□ Yes
A 7–10 minute group presentation to the class, using
the PPT or website and other pertinent audio/visual/material aids
09 May 2008
