This unit offers students the opportunity to draw together the various elements of their bachelor award, in order to integrate their learning and articulate their insights. Students will integrate and engage critically with the content and concerns of more than one discipline to identify key theological, historical and biblical themes that have implications for life and ministry in the contemporary context. Students will work with a supervisor as well as engage in seminar conversations to develop a bibliography and develop key formational theological concepts. Students will identify a topic or theme as the basis for their work. The intent is for students to demonstrate their skills to reflect theologically and produce work of sound academic skill.
Unit code: XX3100A
Unit status: Approved (New unit)
Points: 18.0
Unit level: Undergraduate Capstone
Unit discipline: Capstone Other X
Delivery Mode: Supervised
Proposing College: St Athanasius College
Show when this unit is running| 1. | Integrate more than one discipline to address a theme or topic. |
| 2. | Critically examine various sources, demonstrating their applicability to a selected professional or ministry scenario. |
| 3. | Articulate their theological insights in a seminar context. |
| 4. | Present integrated theological ideas coherently, creatively and effectively, engaging with critical feedback from peers. |
This capstone unit is completed in one of the final two semesters of the undergraduate bachelor’s award. Students need to have completed at least 20 units of study before undertaking this unit.
Students are required to participate in four weekly seminar sessions that will take place on the first 4 Mondays of semester. This will be followed by mentored individual work and a final seminar.
Bevans, Stephan. Introduction to Theology from a Global Perspective. Maryknoll: Orbis, 2009.
Cameron, Heather, et al (eds.). Theological Reflection for Human Flourishing. London: SCM, 2012 .
Graham, Elaine, et al (eds.). Theological Reflection: Methods. London: SCM Press, 2019.
Marks, Darren. Shaping a Global Theological Mind. Aldershot, England; Burlingtron, VT: Ashgate Pub., 2008.
Kinast, R. L. Let ministry teach: A guide to theological reflection. Collegeville, Minnesota: The Liturgical Press, 1996.
Shmemann, Alexander. Liturgy and tradition: Theological Reflections of Alexander Schmemann. Crestwood, N.Y. : St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1990.
Stone, H. W., and J. O. Duke. How to think theologically. 2nd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2006.
Students to compile additional resources with their supervisor.
| Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Presentation | 500 | 10.0 | |
| Essay | 4000 | 90.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by Prof Albert Haddad on 12 Jul, 2022
Unit record last updated: 2022-07-12 08:58:19 +1000