Module TMMC2297: Introduction to Disability Theologies

Department: Theology, Ministry and Mission

TMMC2297: Introduction to Disability Theologies

Prerequisites

• None

Corequisites

• None

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None

Aims

• To develop students’ knowledge and understanding of disability theologies, with their theological, contextual, and social dimensions.
• To enable students to evaluate and analyse arguments within disability theologies and to use them creatively within ministry settings.
• To enable students to understand some of the key biblical and hermeneutical questions behind disability issues.
• To help students integrate thinking about disability into their own ministerial practice.

Content

• Models and critiques of disability theologies.
• Disability in the Bible and the use of a disability hermeneutical lens.
• Discussion of selected theological themes relevant to disability such as issue of human personhood (e.g. imago dei, embodiment), vulnerability, power dynamics, prayer, and healing.
• Pastoral questions around the inclusion of those with disabilities in the life, ministry, and mission of the church.

Learning Outcomes

• [SSK2] Describe and analyse one or more key questions in disability theologies, and the controversies around them, and explain how they relate to aspects of faith, Church, and society.

• [SS3] Apply knowledge of disability theologies to one or more complex contexts, evaluating their impact on the life and ministry of the Church.

• [KS 1, 2, 3]
• Identify, gather, analyse, and evaluate textual source materials for a range of purposes, and communicate their findings with clarity and fairness.
• Undertake a critical analysis of information and arguments, communicating these effectively showing critical awareness of their own beliefs, commitments, and prejudices.
• Take responsibility for a task that involves independent inquiry; the management of time, resources, and use of IT; meeting deadlines, evaluating the task and learning from it.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Teaching methods to be specified by each TEI, using the ‘Guidelines for Modes of Teaching and Learning’.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University