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Undergraduate Course: Pastoral Care and Theology 3/4 (THET10002)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Divinity CollegeCollege of Humanities and Social Science
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryAn academic study of the ministry of pastoral care. The influence of twentieth-century trends in psychotherapy (Freud, Jung, Rogers) is explored, as is the relationship between pastoral practice and contemporary theological movements (from neo-orthodoxy to postmodernism)
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: God in Philosophy: Plato to Hume (THET08010) OR ( Systematic Theology 2Bh: Dogmatic Theology (THET08001) OR Christian Theology: Doctrines and Debates (THET08017)) OR ( Practical Theology and Ethics (THET08013) OR Religion, Violence and Peacebuilding (DIVI08001))
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesVisiting students should have at least 3 Divinity/Religious Studies courses at grade B or above (or be predicted to obtain this). We will only consider University/College level courses.
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
1. have an understanding of the factors which have led to the development of the contemporary 'pastoral care and counselling' movement.
2. be aware of the influence of some modern psychotherapeutic concepts upon pastoral care.
3. be able to critique models for relating theological understanding and pastoral practice.
4. be able to read critically and comment upon significant texts from both psychotherapy and pastoral theology which influence contemporary understandings of Christian pastoral ministry.
5. have the skill of writing critically upon the experience of the course demonstrating some awareness of issues relating to the integration of theology and practice in pastoral care.

Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsPasCT
Contacts
Course organiserDr Ewan Kelly
Tel: (0131 6)50 8916
Email: E.R.Kelly@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Katrina Munro
Tel: (0131 6)50 8900
Email: Kate.Munro@ed.ac.uk
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