MIN 7561 -The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

MIN 7561 -The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts

MIN 7561 MIN/7561 MIN7561 Week 10 Assignment 2 Discussion/Dq The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts -South University

Tasks

In 400-500 words, post to the Discussion Area your responses to the questions below:

• Having concluded your in-depth study of the biblical, theological, pastoral, and societal basis for pastoral thanatology, reconsider the following:
  • How do you categorize the varying roles of the medical, political, cultural, and faith communities within your sphere of influence?
  • To what extent does each have a separate task in relation to thanatology?
  • In what ways do you see them interacting, overlapping, or collaborating in service to the dying and the bereaved?
• How do your answers differ from those you gave in response to the similar assignment in Week 1? What conclusions or observations are suggested by your comparison of the two responses?
• What are the needs of your community’s population of the dying (i.e., all human persons) and the bereaved and the services, teams, or organizations currently dedicated to meeting some portion of those needs? From this research, determine where and what the gaps are between needs and services.
• What additional services, teams, or organizations do you see needed? How would you go about building a team to provide support, assistance, and, eventually, additional practitioners of pastoral thanatology to fulfill those needs?

Participation

Read all of your fellow students’ postings and respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. All responses should be respectful but critical in scholarly thinking. Responses should be between 100-150 words. Responses must begin by naming the individual to whose post you are responding along with one sentence that summarizes his or her point. This way, a person reading your post will understand to whom you are responding.