Timetabling
Notes:
In 2010 this unit will be taught in two blocks of six weeks. Both blocks must be completed in 2010. Students must enrol no later than 11 February 2010. Classes will be on Thursdays from 5 PM - 8PM at JTC on Mark 4, 11,18, 25; April 15,22; September 2, 9, 16, and October 7,14,21
Story-telling, both fictional and non-fictional, myths, journaling and other narrative forms have enabled human beings to make some sense of their search for meaning in both the order and chaos of the human condition. This course, through interdisciplinary analysis of human narratives, examines the transforming power of stories and their contribution to our understanding of God’s saving acts in God’s providential plan for creation.
Description
Learning Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
Demonstrate their understanding of the significance of personal and communal narratives informing spiritual development
Demonstrate awareness of the impact of integrative and interdisciplinary approaches to ministry in contemporary ministerial and educational contexts
Demonstrate greater awareness of the transforming or limiting potential of personal or communal stories in parish, educational or pastoral ministerial settings
Prerequisites:
At least 30 points of study in one of Pastoral Studies, Religious Education, Spirituality or equivalent.
Teaching Methods:
12 x 3 hour seminars, six in semester one, six in semester two
Contact Hours:
18 hours in semester one, 18 hours in semester two
Assessment:
2 x 3000 word essays (50% each)
Mode of Teaching:
Semester
Bibliography:
* = set texts recommended for purchase
Bruner, J. Making Stories: Law, Literature, Life. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2003.
Bruner, J. Actual Minds, Possible Worlds. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1987.
Coles, R. The Call of Stories: Teaching through the Moral Imagination. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1989.
Conn, W. Christian Conversion. A Developmental Interpretation of Autonomy and Surrender . New York: Paulist, 1986.
Conn, W. The Desiring Self: Rooting Pastoral Counselling and Spiritual Direction in Self-transcendence. New York: Paulist, 1998.
Crossan, J. D. The Dark Interval: Towards a Theology of Story. Santa Rosa: Polebridge Press, 1988.
Haughton, R. The Transformation of Man: A Study of Conversion and Community. New York: Paulist Press, 1967.
Moore, S. Let This Mind Be in You: The Quest for Identity through Oedipus to Christ. London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 1985.
Shea, J. J. Finding God Again: Spirituality for Adults . Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005.
Tilley, T. Story Theology. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2002.
Unit Fields
Unit Level
Postgraduate:
Postgraduate
