UMS : Unit: DP3060S

Content

This unit will present case studies from a variety of ministry placement settings in which students are engaged. Through experiential methodology students will identify issues, explore a variety of responses, and engage in critical reflection on the theological and pastoral dimensions of each case. A variety of congregational and pastoral issues will be explored, e.g. leadership for change, addressing conflict, self-care, family issues, sexuality, power dynamics, boundaries, interfaith dialogue, advocacy and mission.

Unit code: DP3060S

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 36.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3

Unit discipline: Pastoral Theology and Ministry Studies

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Stirling College

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Learning outcomes

1.	Identify and illustrate the complexities of presenting cases in their ministries
2.	Demonstrate the use of case study methodology in theological reflection and pastoral response
3.	Critically evaluate a range of personal and institutional issues in ministry formation and practice
4.	Theologically, pastorally and personally reflect on a pastoral response to selected case studies

Unit sequence

Students should normally have completed two years of full time theological studies or equivalent (including Foundational Studies in BH, BN, CT and Field D). It is also a prerequisite that students have completed 30 points in Pastoral Theology and Ministry Studies.

Students are required to be engaged in a pastoral placement, approved by the Director of Field Education, for a minimum of sixteen hours per week for at least 35 weeks.

Pedagogy

Classroom lectures and case studies. Students are required to engage with a number of supervision protocols and evaluation tasks outside of class. These protocols and tasks provide a framework for reflection, input and learning in ministry which is the focus of this unit. Meetings with a supervisor and peers also provide fora for theological reflection on ministry.

Indicative Bibliography

Kinast, R L Let ministry teach: A guide to theological reflection. Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1996
Kinast, R L Making faith-sense: Theological Reflection in everyday life. Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1999
Lartey, E. Pastoral theology in an intercultural world, Peterborough: Epworth Press, 2006
Palmer, Parker J Let your life speak: Listening to the voice of Vocation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000
Pattison, S. The challenge of practical theology: Selected essays, London: Jessica Kingsley, 2007.
Paver, John E Theological Reflection and education for ministry: The search for integration in theology. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing, 2006
Rees, Frank D (ed) Fair dinkum ministry. Richmond: Spectrum Publications, 1999
Stone, H W and J O Duke, How to think theologically. (2nd edn) Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1996
Swetland, K L Facing messy stuff in the church: Case studies for pastors and congregations. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Kregel, 2005
Whitehead James D & Whitehead Evelyn Eaton Method in Ministry: Theological Reflection and Christian Ministry Chicago: Sheed & Ward, 1995

Assessment

Type	Description	Word count	Weight (%)
Essay	1500 word essay	1500	15.0
Essay	1500 word essays	1500	15.0
Case Study	4 x 1000 word case studies	4000	50.0
Essay	Completion of evaluation protocols, effective engagement and reflection with supervisors (equivalent 3000 words).	3000	20.0

Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 31 Dec, 2015

Unit record last updated: 2022-10-04 13:25:21 +1100