With the underlying purpose of making spiritual formation and the disciplines of discernment and self-discovery explicit to the educational experience from the students’ first year of study, this unit is designed to provide participants with the basic skills and resources to make life-giving connections between theology and the practice of faith.
Unit code: DA8001W
Unit status: Approved (Major revision)
Points: 24.0
Unit level: Postgraduate Foundational
Unit discipline: Mission and Ministry
Delivery Mode: Face to Face
Proposing College: Whitley College
Show when this unit is running| 1. | Reflect critically on their own story of faith |
| 2. | Examine a theological theme identified within their own life-narrative |
| 3. | Discuss the concept of vocation and ministry vision |
| 4. | Articulate the contours of practical theology and its major sub-disciplines of ethics, pastoral care, mission and spirituality. |
| 5. | Utilise models of theological reflection that integrate theory, Biblical themes and practice |
Foundational for Whitley units in Field D
Face-to-face weekly sessions
| Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reflection - Three 500 word reflections | Three 500 word reflection papers building from classroom discussion groups and reading |
1500 | 30.0 |
| Reflection | 1500 word Theological reflection Paper |
1500 | 30.0 |
| Essay | 3000 word Essay |
3000 | 40.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Maggie Kappelhoff on 22 Sep, 2021
Unit record last updated: 2021-09-22 20:52:05 +1000