Reflective Ministry Practice (DA9741Z)

Postgraduate, 18.0 points

Content

Reflective Ministry Practice will draw upon students' study and practice throughout various fields of theology to critically integrate this learning with ministry practice. The unit will focus upon reflective and reflexive practices in ministry in order to develop and implement creative responses to ministry situations.

Unit code: DA9741Z

Unit status: Approved (New unit)

Points: 18.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Elective

Unit discipline: Mission and Ministry

Proposing College: Uniting College for Leadership and Theology

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Learning outcomes

1.

Appraise reflective and reflexive practices within a ministry context
2.

Critically integrate key tenets of ministry practice and its intersecting disciplines
3.

Implement creative approaches and/or responses to issues in ministry practice

Unit sequence

Post-graduate elective unit to contribute to post-graduate courses.

Pedagogy

Group discussion, critical review of readings, reflective and reflexive practices, integrative project.

Indicative Bibliography

  • Berry, Wendell. A Timbered Choir: The Sabbath Poems 1979-1997. Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint Press, 1998.
  • Campbell-Reed, Eileen R. Pastoral Imagination: Bringing the Practice of Ministry to Life. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2021.
  • Douglas, Sally. The Church As Salt: Becoming the Community Jesus Speaks About. Bayswater, Vic: Coventry Press, 2021.
  • Ford, David F. Christian Wisdom: Desiring God and Learning in Love. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
  • Loorz, Victoria. Church of the Wild: How nature invites us into the Sacred. Broadleaf Books, 2021.
  • Muller, Sabrina. Lived Theology: Impulses for a pastoral theology of empowerment. Wipe and Stock, 2021.
  • Scharen, Christian A.B. & Campbell-Reed, Eileen R. ‘Learning Pastoral Imagination - A Five-Year Report On How New Ministers Learn in Practice.’ Auburn Studies, Winter 2016.
  • Thompson, Judith. Theological Reflection. SCM Press, 2008.
  • Wiman, Christian. He Held Radical Light: The Art of Faith, the Faith of Art. New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.

Assessment

Type Description Word count Weight (%)
Portfolio 6000 100.0
Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 15 Apr, 2026

Unit record last updated: 2026-04-15 10:12:55 +1000