This unit will explore contemporary and cultural issues that influence one’s understanding and experience of spirituality and spiritual growth, and perceptions of the encounter with God, others and the non-human environment. They will also be integrated with theological concerns.
These topics will be chosen and presented by students and include: the Australian landscape; Indigenous influences; the immigrant experience; ANZAC and our memory of the past; the arts, literature and the imagination in shaping our view of God and ourselves; the changing workplace; cyberspace and global influences on our sense of connection; youth spirituality and the tension between spirituality and institutional religion; sport; secularism and the media.
These topics will be chosen and presented by students and include: the Australian landscape; Indigenous influences; the immigrant experience; ANZAC and our memory of the past; the arts, literature and the imagination in shaping our view of God and ourselves; the changing workplace; cyberspace and global influences on our sense of connection; youth spirituality and the tension between spirituality and institutional religion; sport; secularism and the media.
- Teacher: Tim McCowan
This unit explores the practice and theology of forgiveness and reconciliation in a range of specific contexts. It is designed to assist students to cultivate the theological and practical understanding and spiritual disciplines necessary for engaging in the ministry of reconciliation in Australia.
- Teacher: Tim McCowan
This unit extends and builds on the foundations provided in the Art of Reconciliation I unit, for those wishing to explore a possible vocation in this ministry. It will specialize in the dynamics and processes of individual and social reconciliation, in relation to specific issues in the Australian context as chosen by the participant. Particular attention is also paid to the integration of these areas with ministerial practice.
The Spirituality Research Seminar is designed to be a research community in which students develop a deeper understanding of spirituality as an academic discipline as well as an appreciation of integrative Christian praxis. The main focus will be to familiarise students with basic research methodology, to alert students to key research in the area of spirituality and to help them develop their understanding of the particular aspect of spirituality that they have an interest in exploring at depth.