Content

This unit considers the links between pastoral care and communal expressions of ritual and meaning making. Students will examine life changes and critical experiences, considering how ritual and liturgy become processes of communal care and meaning making both within the church and in engagement with the wider community

Unit code: DL3003W

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3

Unit discipline: Liturgy

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Whitley College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Identify life-cycle transitions and disruptions common in contemporary Australian society

2.

Evaluate the theological themes that shape pastoral responses to these experiences

3.

Develop theological and practical responses to these experiences, particularly with regard to the pastoral and communal experiences of infant dedications, weddings, funerals, baptism and communion.

4.

Examine the pastoral rituals of the church within the context of the wider Australian community.

Unit sequence

DA1001W

Pedagogy

Lectures and Tutorials

Indicative Bibliography

  • Anderson, Herbert and Edward Foley. Mighty stories, dangerous rituals. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998
  • Bradshaw, Paul F and Lawrence A Hoffman. Life cycles in Jewish and Christian worship. University of Notre Dame Press, 1996
  • Colwell, John E. Promise and presence: An exploration of sacramental theology. Milton Keynes: Paternoster, 2005
  • Doka, Kenneth J and John D Morgan (eds). Death and spirituality. New York: Baywood, 1993
  • Driver, Tom F. The magic of ritual. San Francisco: Harper Collins, 1991
  • Earey, M. Worship that cares: An introduction to pastoral liturgy. London: SCM Press, 2012
  • Harris, Chris. Celebrating relevant rituals. Sydney: E J Dyer, 1992
  • Kelly, Ewan. Meaningful Funerals: Meeting the Theological and Pastoral Challenge in a Postmodern era. London: Mowbray 2008
  • Marris, Peter. Loss and change. London: Routledge, 1993
  • Newbigin, Lesslie. The Gospel in a Pluralist Society. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989
  • Pembroke, Neil. Pastoral care in worship: Liturgy and psychology in dialogue. London: T&T Clark, 2010
  • Willimon, William H. Worship as pastoral care. Nashville: Abingdon, 1993

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Journal

200 word reflection journal

2000 5.0
Tutorial Paper/Seminar Paper

1500 word tutorial paper

1500 25.0
Essay

2500 word essay

2500 50.0
Journal

200 word reflection journal

200 5.0
Journal

200 word reflection journal

200 5.0
Journal

200 word reflection journal

200 5.0
Journal

200 word reflection journal

200 5.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 18 Sep, 2014

Unit record last updated: 2020-10-28 14:50:32 +1100