Theological Approaches to Wellbeing

1. Human flourishing in the history of ideas and Christian thought

2. Human flourishing and wellbeing in the Old Testament

3. Human flourishing and wellbeing in the New Testament

4. Theological reflections upon positive psychology and contemporary understandings of happiness

5. Suffering, resilience and wellbeing

6. Virtue and its relationship to wellbeing

7. The contribution of the church to wellbeing

This unit expects 150 hours of work from you in total, or around 10-12 hours each week over the semester. This volume of learning includes working through the learning materials and required learning tasks, additional reading and self-directed study, and working on assessment items, and for online units this includes participation in any online forums.

PC136 is available at level 9 as PC206-912: Specialised Studies in Pastoral and Church-Focussed Ministry – Theological Approaches to Wellbeing which is a Category C (advanced unit).
This unit is also available as a Category C (advanced) capstone unit PC205-912: Theological Approaches to Wellbeing Capstone.