Code
DP9032W
Level
Postgraduate
Discipline
Pastoral Theology and Ministry (DP)
Field
Theology: Mission and Ministry (D)
Prerequisites
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Location
Whitley College view location >
Faculty
Réne Erwich & team view profile >
Class Time
2023: Semi-intensive: 4 full days plus 4 afternoons
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Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
- Utilise different lenses to map out various complexities of the gender and human sexuality discourse.
- Identify various paradigms which function in the assessment of church practice on human identity.
- Integrate various scientific findings concerning gender with theological perspectives.
- Develop discourses on gender and sexuality informed by lived experiences of people.
- Formulate an approach to social issues that integrates a range of reflective practices.
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Assessment
- Literature Survey (1,500 words) (20%)
- Case Study (3,000 words) (40%)
- Essay (3,000 words) (40%)
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Recommended reading
- Coakley, S. God, Sexuality and the Self. An Essay ‘On the Trinity’. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Handasyde, Kerrie, Rebekah Pryor, and Cathryn McKinney (eds.). Contemporary Feminist Theologies: Power, Authority, Love. Gender, Theology and Spirituality. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. 2021.
- Isherwood, Lisa, and Dirk Von der Horst (eds.). Contemporary Theological Approaches to Sexuality. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, 2017.
- Lehmiller, J.J. The Psychology of Human Sexuality. Oxford: Wiley & Blackwell, 2014.
- Osmer, R.R. Practical Theology: An Introduction. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2008.
- Pilcher, J., and I Whelehan (eds.). 50 Key Concepts in Gender Studies. London: Sage, 2004.
- Richards, C., and J. Barker (eds.). The Palgrave Handbook of the Psychology of Sexuality and Gender. Hampshire: Palgrave MacMillan, 2015.
- Rippon, G. The Gendered Brain. The new neuroscience that shatters the myth of the female brain. London: Vintage, 2019.
- Thatcher, A. Redeeming Gender. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016.
- Thatcher, A. The Oxford Handbook of Theology, Sexuality and Gender. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Tonstad, Linn Marie. Queer Theology: Beyond Apologetics. Cascade Companions 40. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2018.
- West, Mona. “Coming Out and the Bible.” Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology 74.3 (2020): 265–74.
- The Oxford History of Christian Worship. Oxford: OUP, 2005.
Set texts recommended for purchase: Nil