United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities · Courses
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6 courses with the subject PM, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
PM 1001Introduction to Pastoral and Spiritual Care: Theories and Practices3
Previous Course Title: Introduction to Pastoral and Spiritual Care Planned frequency of offerings: semiannually (twice per year) Spiritual care involves caring for the “spirit” of persons, families, and communities and is practiced within many ministerial and religious contexts including congregational leadership, chaplaincy, community settings, and pastoral/spiritual counseling. This introductory course focuses on developing students’ theoretical and practical knowledge of spiritual care. Particular attention will be given to the role of spiritual care within clinical settings, communal settings, and within intercultural contexts. Students will broaden their practical skills in listening, intercultural communication, spiritual assessment, and spiritual intervention through activities such as guest speakers, in-class discussion, verbatim narratives, and role playing. Students will broaden their theoretical awareness in trauma informed care, grief theory, and relational dynamics through dynamic readings and drawing on lived experience. No prerequisite class is required for this course, but this course is a prerequisite for all other spiritual care and chaplaincy courses.
Planned frequency of offerings: biennially (every other year) This course explores the theories and practices of faith formation (religious education) across the lifespan in primarily ecclesial contexts. The course covers theological frameworks undergirding religious education and faith formation, current educational, pedagogical, and experiential models of faith formation, and approaches to religious education curriculum. Objectives include the acquisition of skills necessary for planning and leading educational programming in church contexts at various stages of emotional, spiritual, and cognitive development.
Prerequisites for this course: RT1001, TR1001. Planned frequency of offerings: annually Preaching is an act of religious and theological interpretation and naming. It nurtures, sustains and transforms religious communities. This course will give attention to preaching as an act of ministry in the context of worship. Furthermore, as the dynamics of institutional religion continue to shift, religious leaders need to learn skills of communication and verbal persuasion outside the traditional worship and liturgical context; whether in chaplaincy settings, in boardrooms, or community organizing and public protests. Preachers will prepare and deliver sermons in class, examine the social dimensions of preaching, explore a variety of sermonic forms, as well designs and develop concrete strategies to engage whole religious communities in the work of proclamation.
Planned frequency of offerings: biennially (every other year) What is worship? What are we actually doing? How do we create and hold a sure container for the power we invoke? In this class, we will explore the theory of worship and practice its crafting. This course will explore how worship may be understood in a theologically pluralistic context and how its elements may be handled competently, creatively and responsibly. Students will consider rites of passage and worship for all ages, as well as the more traditional Sunday morning service with preaching. We will get conscious of the what, how and why of worship.
Planned frequency of offerings: biennially (every other year) This course is a broad introduction to the theory and praxis of lifespan religious education and faith formation in Unitarian Universalist congregations and beyond. Topics include the history and philosophy of religious education, learning processes and teaching strategies, human development, innovation, and shared ministry. Coursework includes field observations and interviews, weekly discussions and journaling, periodic written assignments, and a final group project.
