In this course, we will be making use of a variety of learning styles including reading and discussion, field research and role play in order to allow participants to have embodied experience with various ministry encounters that may arise at the time of death. It will be important for all the participants to engage in the full range of learning styles. Please note that there are three advanced assignments that you need to complete between now and our gathering on February 19 and 20th. There is not a post seminar paper to write , so your successful completion of this Ministry Praxis depends on your engaged participation and completing the advanced assignments.
Jackson and Mahan.Funerals Ministry Praxis.BV2200.Winter.2016-1.docx (click to download revised introductory letter.
The Good Funeral: Death, Grief, and a Community of Car e, Thomas G. Long and Thomas Lynch, Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2013. ISBN 10: 066423853X or ISBN 13: 978-0664238537 (Please read Chapters 1,3,4, 7 and 8). Purchase or access through a library.
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Wherry, Peter M . 2013. Preaching Funerals in the Black Church: Bringing Perspective to Pain . Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press. Selected chapters posted below at the "One Additional Reading," no need to purchase.
A praxis course is designed to provide experiential education in the practices of ministry that students at Iliff are likely to engage in their professional lives. They are an occasion to work on the integration of theory and practice in a specific area of ministry, in this case ministry at the end of life. In this praxis we hope to engage actual practices of ministry involved in accompanying the dying and bereaved, such as meeting with the family, planning a service, providing pastoral care, conducting the funeral using the ritual of your tradition, etc.
Degree Learning Goals: Please take some time to look over the Professional Degree Learning Goals (MDiv, MASC, MAPSC) and the Academic Degree Learning Goals (MTS, MA).
Incompletes: If incompletes are allowed in this course, see the Master's Student Handbook for Policies and Procedures.
Pass/Fail: Masters students wishing to take the class pass/fail should discuss this with the instructor by the second class session.
Academic Integrity and Community Covenant: All students are expected to abide by Iliff’s statement on Academic Integrity, as published in the Masters Student Handbook. All participants in this class are expected to be familiar with Iliff’s Community Covenant.
Accommodations: Iliff engages in a collaborative effort with students with disabilities to reasonably accommodate student needs. Students are encouraged to contact their assigned advisor to initiate the process of requesting accommodations. The advising center can be contacted at advising@iliff.edu or by phone at 303-765-1146.
Inclusive Language: It is expected that all course participants will use inclusive language in speaking and writing, and will use terms that do not create barriers to classroom community.
Theology and Religious Practices (PR): engage, construct, and apply theological and interdisciplinary analyses in relation to contemporary religious traditions, practices, and institutions in order to assess, design, and perform transformative leadership and meaningful communal practices with sensitivity to contextual realities and theoretical constructions.
| Date | Day | Details | |
| Feb 11, 2016 | Thu | Discussion of The Good Funeral | due by 06:59AM |
| Feb 11, 2016 | Thu | Interview of a Practitioner | due by 06:59AM |
| Feb 11, 2016 | Thu | Identify your faith group/tradition | due by 06:59AM |
| Feb 13, 2016 | Sat | One Additional Reading | due by 06:59AM |
| Feb 18, 2016 | Thu | Site Visits | due by 06:59AM |