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3.00 Credits
Barbara A. Moore, with Robert McCann, M.D With the advances in medical procedures and treatments, pastoral leaders are finding themselves faced with families and individuals who are looking for answers, approaches, and directions as they address "end-of-life" issues for themselves and those they love. Thisthree-week course will address not only contemporary medical and pastoral care approaches, but the practical community helps that are available when these issues are addressed.
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3.00 Credits
Stephanie L. Sauvé Prerequisites: Acceptance by Cross-Cultural Experiences Committee; Valid Passport, Documentation of required vaccination. Pilgrims will prepare through the Spring Term for the journey to Iona Scotland and interaction with the Iona Community in Glasgow Scotland and on the Isle of Iona. We shall explore the rich history of the faithful who have called the Isle of Iona their home and spiritual touchstone, as well as garner the wisdom of the Iona Community of this day. The Iona Community, that is at home in the Isle and in the world, seeking to do justice, to love kindness and walk humbly with our God.
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3.00 Credits
Christopher H. Evans/Peter W. Agnew This course will examine the development of United Methodist polity from a historical and theological perspective. Students will become familiar with the nature and implications of connectionalism, studying The Book of Discipline of The United Methodist Church, as well as supplemental readings. Attention will be paid to how United Methodist polity relates to contemporary issues of ministry and mission.
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3.00 Credits
Stephanie L. Sauvé/Robert R. Hann An examination of the Reformed theological traditions and biblical principles that form the foundation of the Book of Confessions. This course is open to all students, but is required for Presbyterians preparing for the theology exam in the Presbyterian Church (USA).
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3.00 Credits
Stephanie L. Sauvé/Robert R. Hann A study of Presbyterian polity through the Book of Order.
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3.00 Credits
Robin Y. Franklin/William B. Reynolds This course will explore pastoral care in response to loss and grief using perspectives from Biblical texts, theology, psychological theory and cultural studies. Specific attention will be given to death and dying (including funeral practices), miscarriage and perinatal loss, relational loss, disenfranchised and complicated grief, and loss issues across the life span. Students will also reflect on the relationship of their experience of loss as a resource for pastoral care. A variety of pastoral, ritual, congregational and community resources for responding to and caring for persons facing loss and grief will be considered.
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3.00 Credits
Gail A. Ricciuti The course examines theology and praxis of sacramental and liturgical occasions and events in the life of the Church, incorporating perspectives of various traditions on baptism, eucharist, weddings and funerals. Included are the structure and flow of the liturgical year, and constructing the order of service for the Lord's Day. The approach is both theoretical and practical, to equip students with the basic tools needed by worship leaders.
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3.00 Credits
Stephanie L. Sauvé No prerequisites The course is designed to teach skill and approaches for managing, resolving or transforming conflict. Preliminary to utilization of this process is a clear understanding of conflict, its causes and consequences, and the usual societal response.
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3.00 Credits
Susan S. Maybeck Information, experiences abound related to sexuality. Our denominations and churches spend a great deal of time on issues related to sexuality. But are pastors prepared for dealing with the wide array of the ramifications of sexuality? This course will consider some of the issues that pastors will meet on a daily basis and some that will come as a surprise. Biblical, theological, and psychological background will be discussed. Practical pastoral tools such as Bible Student, sermons, counseling, and case studies will be presented by the professor and students.
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3.00 Credits
Gail A. Ricciuti The course will explore, from a feminist perspective, the various modes of liturgy and ritual used in corporate worship and their history, theology and practice. Trinitarian formulations and alternative forms of corporate prayer will also be examined. Students will compose original prayers and experiment with creative rituals and liturgies addressing and expressing women's experience of the Holy.
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