Content

This unit is offered to students as an opportunity to integrate their previous learning through cross-disciplinary engagement. Students are given the opportunity to engage in Wesleyan theological reflection through the construction of an integrative essay in association with a supervising member of staff and in dialogue with fellow students and other members of the teaching staff. Four compulsory interdisciplinary seminars will be run across the semester at which students present their research findings and are helped to shape their final integrative paper.

Unit code: XX9131B

Unit status: Archived (New unit)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Capstone

Unit discipline: Capstone Other X

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Catherine Booth College

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Learning outcomes

1.

Articulate the nature of Wesleyan theological discourse

2.

Integrate their previous learning across at least two fields

3.

Compare and synthesise complex theological ideas

4.

Plan and execute a substantial theological statement that draws upon Scripture, reason, tradition and experience as mutually supporting sources

5.

Interact with the ideas and thoughts of others in a collaborative manner

Unit sequence

May only be taken in the final two semesters of study.

Pedagogy

Seminars, interdisciplinary conversations, and research supervision.

Indicative Bibliography

  • Anderson, Jonathan, and Millicent Poole. Assignment and Thesis Writing. 4th edition. Brisbane: Wiley and Sons Australia, Ltd., 2001.
  • Burton, Vicki. Spiritual Literacy in John Wesley's Methodism: Reading, Writing and Speaking to Believe. Waco, Tex.: Baylor University Press, 2008.
  • Brown, Scott G. A Guide to Writing Academic Essays in Religious Studies. London: Continuum, 2008.
  • Callen, Barry L., and Richard P. Thompson. Reading the Bible in Wesleyan Ways. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 2004.
  • Chilcote, Paul W. Recapturing the Wesleys’ Vision: An Introduction to the Faith of John and Charles Wesley. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2003.
  • Collins, Kenneth J. John Wesley's Theology: Holy Love and the Shape of Grace. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2007.
  • Core, Deborah. The Seminary Student Writes. St Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2000.
  • Crutcher, Tim. The Crucible of Life: The Role of Experience in John Wesley's Theological Method. Wilmore, KY: Emeth Press, 2003.
  • Lodahl, Michael. God of Nature and of Grace: Reading the World in a Wesleyan Way. Nashville: Kingswood Books, 2003.
  • Maddix, Mark A., and Diane LeClerc. Spiritual Formation: A Wesleyan Paradigm. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 2011.
  • Turabian, Kate L. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers. 8th edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013.
  • Vyhmeister, Nancy Jean. Your Guide to Writing Quality Research Papers for Students of Religion. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014.
  • Wesley, John. The Works of John Wesley. [Bicentennial edition] under various editors. Nashville: Abingdon, 1984 to the present.
  • Wilson, Kenneth.* Methodist Theology*. London: T&T Clark, 2011.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Essay

6,000 word integrative essay shaped by attendance at seminars and showing evidence of interaction with seminar participants

6000 100.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 19 Oct, 2017

Unit record last updated: 2022-10-06 11:30:48 +1100