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PT9050 Theology and the Psychotherapeutic Schools
Focus on modern psychotherapeutic schools, including psychoanalysis, analytical
(Jungian) psychotherapy, client-centered therapy, family systems therapy,
cognitive-behavioral therapy, etc. Assumptions regarding human nature, the locus
of responsibility for dysfunction or complaint, and prospects and recommended
initiatives for amelioration or change are among the issues that will be discussed.
The writings of advocates for the integration of theology and a given psychotherapeutic
orientation will be read and evaluated, and students’ own integrative work
will be considered. An area seminar in pastoral theology. 3 credits.
Fall Semester, 2008–2009; Ms. Hunsinger
PT9054 Erik Erikson: Resource for Pastoral Theology
This seminar focuses on the life and writings of Erik H. Erikson, giving particular
attention to his psychoanalytic orientation; his life-cycle theory; his early emphasis
on play therapy with children; his subsequent emphasis on the identity conflicts
of adolescents and young adults; his psychosocial and psycho-historical studies of
groups and individuals; his writings on gender, race, social class, and contemporary
political conflict; his interpretation of the Golden Rule in the light of new psychological
insights; his study of Jesus; and his lifelong interest in religion. In focusing
on the work of a single author, the seminar will offer an illustration of how a pastoral
theology student may use the work of a prominent psychologist in the development
of a dissertation topic. 3 credits.
Spring Semester, 2008–2009; Mr. Capps
PT9066 Technologies of the Self
Analysis of the self, including conceptions of its madness and technologies for its
transformation from biblical, theological, historical, and psychological perspectives
relevant to contemporary pastoral theology. The relation of self to soul and the
implications of imago Dei will shape the seminar discussion. Readings in Foucault,
Kohut, LaCugna, Lifton, Moltmann, Ricoeur, Rogers, Weiss, and others. 3 credits.
Spring Semester, 2009–2010; Mr. Dykstra
PT9074 Homiletical Theory I: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment
A study of representative texts from the classical rhetorical tradition, the history of
preaching, and the history of theology formative for the development of homiletical
theory. Among thinkers, preachers, or movements examined are Aristotle,
Cicero, and Quintilian, Origen and Chrysostom, Augustine, scholasticism and the
preaching orders, Luther and Calvin, Puritanism and Anglicanism, and Fénelon and
the court of Louis XIV. 3 credits.
Fall Semester, 2008–2009; Mr. Kay
PT9075 Homiletical Theory II: From the Enlightenment to the Present
A study of representative texts formative for the development of modern homiletical
theory. Among thinkers, preachers, or movements examined are representatives
or heirs of the Scottish Enlightenment, Romanticism and Revivalism,
dialectical and kerygmatic theologies, and the New Hermeneutic and the New
Homiletic. 3 credits.
Spring Semester, 2008–2009; Mr. Kay
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