Code
Undergraduate: DP3040W
Postgraduate: DP9040W
Postgraduate: DP9040W
Level
Undergraduate and Postgraduate
Discipline
Pastoral Theology and Ministry (DP)
Field
Theology: Mission and Ministry (D)
Prerequisites
Undergraduate: Students should normally have completed 24 points (one standard unit) in Field D
Postgraduate: Students should normally have completed 72 points (four standard units) across Fields B, C and D
Postgraduate: Students should normally have completed 72 points (four standard units) across Fields B, C and D
Location
Whitley College view location >
Faculty
Rowan Lewis view profile >
Class Time
Three hours per week - 2020 unit CANCELLED
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Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
Undergraduate
- Analyse the interplay between age, bio-psycho-social factors, environment and culture on faith development.
- Describe and examine each era of the lifespan using appropriate developmental theories.
- Engage in critical discussion about the spiritual and religious concerns of individuals across the lifespan.
- Examine the implications of human development for person-centred and institutional ministry responses.
Postgraduate
- Analyse the interplay between age, bio-psycho-social factors, environment and culture on faith development.
- Examine each era of the lifespan by critically engaging with relevant developmental theories.
- Critically discuss the spiritual and religious concerns of individuals across the lifespan.
- Research differing person-centred and institutional ministry initiatives in the light of faith and human developmental theory.
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Assessment
Undergraduate
- Book review (1,000 words) (20%)
- Essay (2,000 words) (40%)
- Portfolio (2,000 words) (40%)
Postgraduate
- Book review (1,500 words) (20%)
- Essay (2,500 words) (35%)
- Portfolio (4,000 words) (45%)
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Recommended reading
- Austrian, S. Developmental theories through the Life Cycle. New York: Columbia UP, 2008.
- Balswick, J, P. Ebstyne King, and K. Reimer. The Reciprocating Self: Human Development in Theological Perspective. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press, 2005.
- Dayringer, R. Life Cycle: Psychological and theological perceptions. New York: Routledge, 2012
- Dowling, E. M., and W. G. Scarlett (eds.). Encyclopedia of Religious and Spiritual Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2006.
- Estep, J.R., and J.H. Kim. Christian Formation: Integrating Theology and Human Development. Nashville, TN: B&H Academic, 2010.
- Feldmeier, P. The Developing Christian: Spiritual Growth through the Life Cycle. New Jersey: Paulist, 2007.
- Gething, L. (ed). Life span development. (2nd ed.). Sydney, NSW: McGraw-Hill, 1995.
- Lefebvre, S. & S. Ross (eds). Stages of Life and Christian Experience. Concilium 2007/5), London: SCM, 2010.
- Papalia, D. E. and S.W. Olds. Life span development. (2nd ed.). Sydney, NSW: McGraw-Hill, 1995.
- Rogoff, B. The Cultural Nature of Human Development. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
Set texts recommended for purchase: Nil