Courses

• STH TY 854: Pastoral Theology and Psychology
  Practical theologians, pastoral theologians, and pastoral psychologists focus on different subject matters, use different methods, and address different audiences. Nonetheless, they share a common purpose: to diagnose, accurately and in-depth, concrete problems of the human condition (e.g., suffering, evil) and, correspondingly, to construct effective ways of addressing those problems (i.e., forms of intervention, strategies of care). This is a reading course that examines contributions of theologians, practical theologians, pastoral theologians, and pastoral psychologists, and provides a context in which students may investigate research problems that are especially relevant to their respective communities and traditions, as well as their particular vocational objectives (e.g., parish ministry, chaplaincy, pastoral care, seminary teaching).
• STH TY 864: Personality Theory, Counseling and Psychology of Religion
  Formulating a model of self that takes into account matters of religion, faith, and spirituality; acknowledges the influence of culture, race, ethnicity, class, and gender; and coordinates the contributions of various traditions of inquiry. Also offered as STH TY 964 for doctoral students.
• STH TY 903: The Psychology of Religion
  Examining methodological questions and issues in the psychological interpretation of religious matters by considering what is meant by “religion” and what is involved in interpreting “religion” psychologically. Also offered as STH TY 803 for masters level.
• STH TY 906: Human Development
  TY806/906 - Human Development Course Description: The goal of this course is to achieve an understanding of the human developmental process and how that process integrates the growth of faith and the life of the community. We will use a series of theoretical readings, broader lectures by the professor, and selected autobiographies to apply theory. As our experiences provide excellent laboratory data, there will be various opportunities to examine our own life processes as a way of seeing theory in action. Course Objectives: By the end of the class, students should: - know the primary developmental theories, including psychodynamic, cognitive, behavioral, social learning, faith development and be able to identity of variety of lesser used theories - be able to critique developmental theories using the insights of feminist theory, studies in racism and sexual identity, and the reality of globalization - be able to apply theory to case material - discuss the relationship of human development and community context
• STH TY 907: Soc Identy Oppr
  
• STH TY 911: Object Relations Theory for Pastoral Relationships
  Achieving familiarity with and fluency in a series of psychoanalytic theories of personality/character, development, relationships, motivation, health, and pathology, as a context in which to practice psychoanalytic interpretations of religious matters. Also offered as TY811 for masters students.
• STH TY 926: Psychodynamics of Marriage and Family
  This course includes a comprehensive overview of the field of family systems and family therapy. It will serve as an introduction to the theory and techniques of couples and family therapy. An attempt will be made to integrate theory and practice through assignments, class activities, and personal and professional self-reflection. Students will have the opportunity to reflect upon how they might actually use course content professionaly in their respective disciplines.
• STH TY 946: Ethics and Research in Psychology of Religion and Pastoral Psychology
  Review of ethical issues in the field as well as present and potential research in psychology of religion and pastoral psychology.
• STH TY 948: Pastoral Psychotherapy
  Goals, methods, and process of psychotherapy as a form of ministry. Theological, psychological, and ethical issues in the theory and practice of pastoral counseling and pastoral psychotherapy. Weekly case conference included.
• STH TY 956: Near History of Psychology and Counseling Psychology
  A history of psychology as a science will be studied and discussed in terms of methods used in study of religion, theology and social sciences (including pastoral theology and psychology of religion).
• STH TY 964: Personality Theory, Counseling and Psychology of Religion
  Formulating a model of self that takes into account matters of religion, faith, and spirituality; acknowledges the influence of culture, race, ethnicity, class, and gender; and coordinates the contributions of various traditions of inquiry. Also offered as STH TY 864 for masters level students.
• STH TY 997: Research in Psychology of Religion
  
• STH TY 998: Research in Psychology of Religion
  
• STH TZ 800: Research in the Theological Disciplines
  An introduction to advanced research methodologies related to the study of theology and religion. Topics include the social construction of knowledge, documentary evidence, the impact of social factors on the creation of knowledge, critical assessment of information sources, bibliographic method, intellectual property, and advanced information discovery tools and methods. Half course. Pass/Fail. Required of all ThD students.
• STH TZ 802: Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Religion
  A study of methodological issues in the following approaches to the study of religion: faith, practice, and criticism; understanding "alien" cultures, religions and the arts, theology, religious ethics, pastoral psychology, and comparative religions. Half course, continues in spring as TZ 803.
• STH TZ 954: Proseminar in Liturgical Bibliography
  Familiarizes students in the field of liturgics with the basic literature of that field mainly from the past century and in the English-speaking world on an ecumenical basis. Explores various methodologies for the study of liturgy--historical, theological, descriptive, textual, and normative.

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