Content

This is an integrative unit, drawing on input from various theological disciplines, and drawing its focus upon Biblical practices of living. The unit will broadly consider four main areas. • Biblical Models of worship • Spiritual practices – prayer, discernment, hospitality • Music and the arts • Ethical church – faith in the public square

Unit code: BS0005W

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Diploma

Unit discipline: Biblical Studies

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Whitley College

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Learning outcomes

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

Pedagogy

Lectures, tutorials

Indicative Bibliography

  • 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.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

500 word reflection paper

0 10.0
Essay

500 word reflection paper

0 10.0
Essay

1000 word essay

0 30.0
Essay

500 word reflection paper

0 10.0
Essay

500 word reflection paper

0 10.0
Tutorial Paper/Seminar Paper

1000 word tutorial presentation

0 30.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 23 Oct, 2014

Unit record last updated: 2020-10-28 14:50:32 +1100