Ministerial Formation in the Anglican Tradition (DA1100T)

Undergraduate, 18.0 points

Content

This unit will foster an adult faith-learning community in which students will be helped to explore the dynamics of three interconnected elements in their lives in formation for ministry in the Anglican tradition: identity, vocation and mission. The key aim of this unit is to enable learning of Anglican understandings of dynamics of public representation in ministry, with various supporting aims within that central purpose. These include enabling understanding of patterns of Anglican communal life and daily prayer; Anglican understandings of church, culture and sociality; current issues in Anglican ecclesiology and the diverse self-understanding of the Anglican Communion. It will also introduce methods of theological reflection that assist the integration of Scripture of life experience for ministry.

Unit code: DA1100T

Unit status: Approved (Major revision)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Undergraduate Level 1

Unit discipline: Mission and Ministry

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Trinity College Theological School

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Learning outcomes

1.

Articulate an understanding of the relationship between the ministry of the individual and the ministry of all God's people
2.

Reflect on their understanding of their personal vocation in the light of life experience and their developing understanding of the Anglican tradition of Christian faith
3.

Identify and demonstrate effective use of a range of models of theological reflection to assist in reflective practice in ministry
4.

Discuss the way in which the Anglican Church in Australia embodies an Anglican polity.

Unit sequence

This unit serves as an introductory unit in Field D

Pedagogy

Lectures, seminars, discussion, online and face to face

Indicative Bibliography

  • Avis, P. A *Ministry Shaped by Mission. London: T & T Clark, 2005.
  • Billings, A. Making God Possible: The Task of Ordained Ministry Present and Future. London: SPCK, 2010.
  • Bradshaw, P. Two Ways of Praying (London: SPCK, 1995.
  • Cottrell, Stephen, On Priesthood: Servants, Shepherds, Messengers, Sentinels and Stewards, London. Hodder & Stoughton, 2020. (Print edition available only)
  • Croft, S. Ministry in Three Dimensions: Ordination and Leadership in the Local Church. London: Darton Longman and Todd, [2] 2008.
  • Hein, D. and C. Henely, eds. Spiritual Counsel in the Anglican Tradition. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2010.
  • Kaye, B. ed., Wonderful and Confessedly Strange: Australian Essays in Anglican Ecclesiology. Adelaide: ATF Press, 2006.
  • Spencer, Stephen, SCM Studyguide: Anglicanism, [2] London: SCM, 2022.
  • Wells, Samuel, What Anglicans Believe: AN Introduction Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2014
  • Worthen, J. Responding to God's Call: Christian Formation Today. Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2012.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Book Review 1000 30.0
Forum

Posts are made as scheduled throughout the term. A final submission of best posts (self-selected) makes up a Forum submission.

 500 20.0
Essay 2000 50.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 15 Aug, 2025

Unit record last updated: 2025-08-15 16:50:45 +1000