Courses

• 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.
• STH TY 906: Human Development
  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 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.
• 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: Pastoral Psychology: The Self
  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.
• STH TZ 802: Social Science Approaches to Religion
  Introduces major theoretical questions in the social scientific study of religion. Examines approaches of Marx, Durkheim, and Freud among others.
• STH TZ 803: Humanities Approaches to Religion
  Introduces major theoretical questions in the humanistic study of religion. Examines the nature of religion as well as definitions and critiques of religion from comparative, historical, sociological, literary standpoints as well as postmodern and gender studies approaches.
• STH TZ 911: Doctoral Research Internship
  All ThD and PhD students at STH are asked to fulfill a 180-hour research internship, and this can be fulfilled in any year of the doctoral program but normally prior to any teaching internships. The research internship affords the student a close mentoring relationship with a faculty member. The student is expected to provide research assistance to the faculty member while becoming apprenticed into the life and work of a teacher/researcher.

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