Running in 2013-14 at St John’s.
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Level
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3
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Credits
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10
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Aims
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To explore, through the consideration of specific pastoral issues, the interrelation of theology with the human sciences as it relates to the pastoral ministry of the Church.
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Learning Outcomes
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By the end of the module the student will be able to:
• articulate a Christian understanding of the human person and how this should inform and influence the pastoral practice.
• evaluate how pastoral theology relates to and influences the practice of pastoral ministry.
• to explain the relationship between pastoral care and counselling and between theology and counselling.
• use the insights of pastoral theology and the human sciences to reflect on specific pastoral issues e.g. depression; ageing; loss; sexuality; dementia.
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Content
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• A consideration of the understandings of the human person offered through a range of disciplines.
• Criticism and evaluation of various styles and systems of counselling from a Christian perspective.
• Key texts and ideas in pastoral care e.g. Deeks, Campbell, Jacobs and their application to the practice of pastoral care.
• Pastoral care issues to be considered through the insights of both theology and human sciences e.g. depression; ageing; sexuality and guilt.
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Indicative bibliography
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Atkinson, D.J., D.H. Field, O. O'Donovan, and A.F. Holmes (eds.), New Dictionary of Christian Ethics and Pastoral Theology (Leicester: IVP, 1995).
Carr, W., D. Capps, R. Gill, A. Obholzer, R. Page, D. van Deusen Hunsinger & R. Williams (eds.), The New Dictionary of Pastoral Studies (London: SPCK, 2002).
Cox, J. (ed) Facing the Issues (Stowmarket: Kevin Mayhew, 2012).
Geary, B. & J. Bryan (eds.), The Christian Handbook of Abuse, Addiction & Difficult Behaviour (Stowmarket: Kevin Mayhew, 2008).
Jacobs, M., Swift to hear: Facilitating skills in listening and responding (Series Ed., D. Blows, New Library of Pastoral Care.) (London: SPCK, 1989).
Rose, J., Sharing spaces? Prayer and the counselling relationship (London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 2002).
Tidball, D., Skilful shepherds: Explorations in pastoral theology (Leicester: Apollos, 2nd edition, 1997).
Whipp, M., Pastoral Theology (London: SCM Press 2013)
Woodward, J. & S. Pattison (eds.), The Blackwell Reader in Pastoral and Practical Theology (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004).
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Teaching
methods
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14 hours contact time including lectures, discussions and group work.
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Formative
assessment
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Description of a pastoral scenario (one side of A4).
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Summative assessment
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2500 word essay based on a pastoral scenario (as described in the formative).
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Running in 2013-14 at St John’s.
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Level
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3
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Credits
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10
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Aims
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To help students grapple with the major ethical issues faced within and by society today in the medical, political and social spheres.
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Learning Outcomes
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On successful completion of the course the student will be able to:
• Recognise the major issues of the day
• Evaluate in a critical way proposed solutions to these problems in a pluralist society.
• Show knowledge of the Bible and church teaching relevant to these problems
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Content
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1. Medical ethics: the beginning of life; abortion; reproduction
techniques; medical research and experimentation; the end of life,
including euthanasia
2. Social issues; war and peace, including nuclear weapons; church and
politics; crime and punishment; business/economics and ethics,
including the world of work; professional ethics and the media.
3. Environmental ethics; population; treatment of animals.
4. Sexual ethics: marriage, including divorce and remarriage; extra
marital intercourse; homosexuality.
5. Macro-issues: the integrity of creation; forgiveness for past wrongs
in a social context; global justice issues.
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Indicative bibliography
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Ashley, Benedict, Jean DeBois & Kevin O’Rourke, Ethics of Health Care (Washington: Georgetown, 2nd edn., 1994).
Carmichael, Kay, Sin & Forgiveness – New Responses in a Changing World (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2003).
Curran, Charles, Catholic Social Teaching, 1891-Present: A Historical, Theological, and Ethical Analysis (Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2002).
Deane-Drummond, Celia, The Ethics of Nature (Oxford: Blackwell, 2004).
Dwyer, Judith (ed.), The New Dictionary of Catholic Social Thought (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1994).
Moltmann, Jurgen, On Human Dignity (London: SCM, 1984).
Northcott, Michael, The Environment and Christian Ethics (Cambridge: CUP, 1996).
O’Donovan, Oliver, The Just War Revisited (Cambridge: CUP, 2003).
Scott, Keiran and H. Horell, Human Sexuality in the Catholic Tradition (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007).
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Teaching methods
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14 hours contact time including lectures, group discussion, and seminars.
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Formative assessment
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In-class exercise
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Summative assessment
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2500 word essay
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