Theology and Ministry

At the core of our MA lies the desire to integrate theology and ministry in a way that enriches both. This integration is the hallmark of all of our modules, and is exemplified in our programme’s core module, Theological and Practical Reflection on Mission & Ministry. Here students explore Practical Theology, an approach to theology that seeks to take practice and experience seriously, both as a context for the development of new insight and faithful response in light of Scripture and tradition, and as a source of new questions to bring to Scripture and tradition.

This approach engages the whole range of theological sub-disciplines and can sometimes also be interdisciplinary in its engagement of social scientific or other academic disciplines. Above all, it reflects a desire to live faithfully in the light of rigorous and prayerful thinking.

Course Structure

You will gain the MA in Theology and Ministry by completing the core module, three optional taught modules and a dissertation (total 180 credits). The following modules are validated for the MA in Theology and Ministry but, as modules are usually taught on a bi-annual basis, we cannot guarantee the running of certain modules during a course of study.

Examples of modules:

· Theological and Practical Reflection on Mission & Ministry (core module)

· Preaching from the Old Testament

· Mission and Ministry in the Acts of the Apostles

· The History and Theology of the Charismatic Movement

· Intellect and Imagination: Apologetics in the Mass Media

· Psychology and Christian Ministry

· Preaching from the New Testament

· Leadership in Christian Ministry

· Theological Approaches to Spiritual Direction

· Mission and Ecclesiology: Critical Frameworks for Pioneering

· Forgiveness and Pastoral Ministry Today

· Advanced Old Testament Studies

· Mission and Ministry in the Johannine Literature

· Early Christian Perspectives on Mission and Ministry

· Christian Doctrine in the Life of the Church

· Advanced New Testament Studies

· The Thought of Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Context