Week 4 Assignment 1 -Therapy and Theology

Week 4 Assignment 1 -Therapy and Theology

Week 4 Assignment 1 -Therapy and Theology

Week 4 Assignment 1 Discussion/Dq Therapy and Theology -South University

Tasks

In around 400-500 words, post to the Discussion Area your response to any one of the following question:

• How should a competent practitioner of pastoral thanatology offer the assurance of grace to members of his or her faith community? Would there be a difference in how that grace is offered to community referrals outside the faith community? What additional barriers would arise when the contact comes through a public entity (e.g., hospice, hospital, or public schools)?
• How much of one’s efforts toward offering an assurance of grace take the form of providing information on Christian assurance, as opposed to identifying and supporting whatever view(s) the patient or parishioner holds? In what ways does the practitioner’s ministry context (e.g., hospital chaplaincy versus parish pastorate) inform, influence, or dictate the boundaries and approaches to doing either or both?
• By identifying the therapeutic value, is Anderson differentiating what makes the patient or parishioner feel better and a clear representation of objective truth(s)? If so, is this advisable? Why or why not? If not, how does one prepare for the inevitability that a clear representation of objective truth(s) may significantly upset or distress the patient or parishioner?

Give your opinion and support from the Bible as well as course readings (or another scholarly book) and/or a scholarly article. Scholarly text is defined as coming from a publishing house, peer-reviewed journal, commentary, etc. What is not wanted is for a citation to be supported by an online blog or a personal website. Each post must demonstrate critical thinking and provide support from the readings or outside material including workplace experience.

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.

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Reference:

Anderson, Ray S. 1986. Theology, Death and Dying. New York, NY: Basil
Blackwell.