5. India’s largest city is exciting, chaotic
and overwhelming. Mumbai is where
the country’s future is being forged, and
gleaming towers and a new middle-
class co-exist with sprawling slums and
entrenched poverty. Living here means
not only surviving, but learning to
appreciate the daily tumult, epic traffic
and seasonal monsoons, while enjoying
life in the most cosmopolitan city on
the subcontinent.MUMBAI, India
BBC, 1/9/2012
8. What makes a city
Dangerous?
http://youtu.be/LgA1YaKBLv8
Beautiful?
http://youtu.be/Bwkv7kByNQs
The nature of cities
Urban Realities
9. Pluralistic / Diverse
Juxtaposition of ethnic groupings
Density
Varying social norms
Heterogeneity of thought and ideas
“Uptown” / “Downtown”
Dreams meet hard realities
Contested Space
The future?
http://on.ted.com/Steffen11
The nature of cities
Urban Realities
13. False perceptions of Urban Ministry:
people in the city are somehow
irreconcilably “different”
Treating Urban and Rural areas as
separate spheres that are not
interdependent
Emphasis on “converting” the” city-
heathen” as opposed to “loving your
neighbor.”
“Urban” as a code word for ethnic or
racial stereotypes rather than
considering “urban” as an expression of
theological possibilities
Bridges to be made
Urban Ministry