Biblical Practices

Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:

1. Describe key Biblical and theological spiritual practices;
2. Articulate a theological basis for creativity and theology;
3. Identify ethical practice of church in its role in the public square.

• Three reflection papers (500 words each) (40%)
• One tutorial presentation (1,000 words) (30%)
• One essay (1,000 words) (30%)

Set texts recommended for purchase are highlighted in blue

• Astley, Jeff. Ordinary Theology: Looking, Listening and Learning in Theology. Edited by Leslie J. Francis and Jeff Astley, Explorations in Practical, Pastoral and Empirical Theology. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2002.
• Ballard, Paul, and John Pritchard. Practical Theology in Action: Christian Thinking in the Service of Church and Society. London: SPCK, 1996.
• Banks, Robert J., and Kimberly Powell. Faith in Leadership: How Leaders Live out Their Faith in Their Work and Why It Matters. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.
• Hill, A Just Business: Christian Ethics for the Market Place. Carlisle: Paternoster, 1998.
• Jensen, R M. The substance of things seen: Art, Faith and the Christian Community. Grand Rapids: Michigan, Eerdmans, 2004.
• Lincoln, Andrew T, J. Gordon McConville and Lloyd K Petersen, eds. The Bible and Spirituality. Eugene: Cascade, 2013.
• Palmer, Parker J. Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.
• Rohr, Richard. Everything belongs New York: Crossroads, 1999.
• Volf, Miroslav, and Dorothy C. Bass, eds. Practicing Theology: Beliefs and Practices in Christian Life. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.
• Woodward, James, and Stephen Pattison, eds. The Blackwell Reader in Pastoral and Practical Theology. Oxford: Blackwell, 2000.