PC077-512 - Guided Spiritual Formation

  • 2,784 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 5
    AQF level
  • Category other category
    D
  • pastoral churchUnit Discipline

Exclusions

PC155, PC156, PC157, PC158 

As with the suite of 3cp Guided Spiritual Formation units PC155, 156, 157, 158, this unit is graded, but exempt from moderation as per the Moderation Policy

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Foundational knowledge and understanding of spiritual formation, growth, and renewal through and for relationships with God, self, others, and ministry.

 

B. Be able to

1. Practice the skills of spiritual formation through and for relationship with God, self, others, and ministry.

2. Engage with theological study, college activities and ministry experience as elements of a spiritual journey

3. Present Organised evidence-based perspectives on personal experience of spiritual formation through and for relationship with God, self, others, and ministry.

C. Be in a position to

Apply perspectives and skills from “Guided Spiritual Formation” to ministry contexts and Christian living.

Content

1. Theological dimensions of spiritual formation, growth, and renewal through and for relationship with God, self, others, and ministry.

2. Concrete engagement in Christian practices for spiritual life through and for relationship with God, self, others, and ministry.

3. Reflection on personal experience of spiritual practice in light of theological understanding, with increasing levels of sophistication in reflective practice across the AQF levels.

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.

 

Bass, Dorothy C., ed. Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People.  San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.

Blodgett, Barbara J., and Matthew Floding. Brimming with God: Reflecting Theologically on Cases in Ministry. Eugene: Pickwick, 2015.

Calhoun, Adele Ahlberg. Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practices That Transform Us. The Transforming Center Set. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2005.

Cameron, Helen, John Reader, Victoria Slater, and Chris Rowland, 'How can theological reflection be used?'. Pages 1-15 in Theological reflection for human flourishing: Pastoral practice and public theology. London: Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd, 2012.Chan, Simon. Spiritual Theology: A Systematic Study of the Christian Life. Downers Grove, Ill: IVP Academic, 1998.

Chester, Tim. You Can Change: God's transforming power for our sinful behaviour and negative emotions. Nottingham: Inter-Varsity Press, 2008.

Floding, Mathew (ed.). Engage: A theological field education toolkit. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2017.

Foster, Richard J. Streams of Living Water: Celebrating the Great Traditions of Christian Faith.  London: Fount, 1999.

Howard, Evan B.A guide to Christian spiritual formation: how scripture, spirit, community, and mission shape our souls. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2018.

Ortberg, John. The Life You’ve Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines For Ordinary People. Exp. ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan; Barrington, IL: Willow Creek Association, 2002.

Pembroke, Neil. Moving Toward Spiritual Maturity: Psychological, Contemplative, and Moral Challenges in Christian Living. 1 edition. New York: Routledge, 2007. 

Rosner, Brian S. Known by God: a biblical theology of personal identity. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2017.

Smith, James K. A. Desiring the Kingdom: Worship, worldview, and cultural formation. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker, 2009.

Walton, Heather, ‘Approaching Autoethnography’ in Writing Methods in Theological Reflection. London: SCM, 2014