MA Theology and Ministry Studies

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Introduction

Cathedral (Theology)

The School specialises in providing ministerial training validated by the Ministry Division of the Church of England and Formation in Ministry in the Methodist Church. Postgraduate studies are ideal for those who want to work at an advanced level in pursuit of their own life-long learning and faith development. They also support the professional development for those engaged in full-time and part-time ministry in the Church.

The MA in Theological Reflection and Ministry Studies is designed to support those undertaking professional development as stipendiary or non- stipendiary ordained ministers, Readers and Local Preachers in the Christian Church in Lincolnshire, for those engaging in work in a predominantly Christian environment (education, administration, chaplaincy etc) and for those who want to study theology at postgraduate level for their own personal interest or spiritual and personal development.

The programme is designed to promote and enable a critical dialogue between the contexts provided by contemporary experience and the sacred texts and traditions of the Christian faith which finds expression in reflective theological practice. Each module therefore begins with a critical, inter-disciplinary investigation of the student’s relevant context, supports theological reflection on and in that context, and examines how that can be expressed in practice. Integral to the programme is the idea of the participant as a reflective practitioner.

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Pathways through the course can be negotiated, depending upon individual requirements and available resources, but can include:

Level One

8x15 credits

Beginning Theological Study
Reflective Ministerial Practice A
Old Testament
Liturgy and Worship
New Testament
History of Christianity
Gospel, Church and Society
Homelitics.

Level Two

8x15 credits

A Placement
Faith, Creeds and the Church
Faith, Creeds and the Church
Pastoral Theology and Practice
Hermeneutics
Practising Kingdom Ethics
Liturgy and Pastoral Offices Reflective Ministerial Practice.

Level Three

Core (1 x 24 + 1 x 36 credits)

Dissertation in Theology and Ministry Studies (36)
Researching Practice (24).

Options (1 x 24 + 1x 36)

Preaching the Lectionary Gospel (24) or;
Worship Through the Christian Year (24)
Christian Mission (36) or;
Christian Spirituality Today (36) or;
Contemporary Anglicanism (36) or;
Contemporary Christian Ethics (36) or;
Contemporary Methodism (36).

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Modules reflect the range of teaching and learning methods and the ways in which these are matched by a variety of assessment procedures. Modules will be delivered on the University campus. They will be delivered through a combination of lectures, seminars and tutorials supported by group work and by self-directed study and research.

The course would usually be delivered on one evening during the week over a period of eight weeks per module, totalling twenty-four 2-hour sessions per year. In addition, each module would require attendance at one full-day seminar and one half-day seminar (normally delivered on a Saturday in Lincoln).