Pastoral Care: Communal Response (DP3703W)

Content

This unit considers the links between pastoral care and the expressions of ritual and meaning making with faith communities, particularly within the evangelical churches. Students will examine life changes and critical experiences and the experience of liminality in such transitions. They will consider how ritual and liturgy can become processes of pastoral and communal care which offer opportunity for meaning-making both within the church and in engagement with the wider community.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

Foundation unit in Field D is a pre-requisite

Pedagogy

Lectures, tutorials Online forums

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
• Dayringer, R. Life Cycle: Psychological and theological perceptions. New York: Routledge, 2012
• 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
• Kelly, Ewan. Meaningful Funerals: Meeting the Theological and Pastoral Challenge in a Postmodern era. London: Mowbray 2008
• Lefebvre, Solange & Ross, Susan (ed) Stages of Life and Christian Experience (Concilium 2007/5), London: SCM. 2007
• 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