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PSTH 655 - Family Stories and Ministry

3 credits
This course explores family loss and major tragedies (abandonment, rape, incest, accidental death, suicide, alcoholism, mental illness, racial identity, conflict, sexual identity disclosure, physical disability, etc.) as interpreted by a family member through personal (autobiographical) account. The course will engage in issues related to the experiences of the suffering endured by the author and other family members, their efforts in alleviating such suffering, the role of religious convictions in their coping with the suffering, and implications for pastoral care of families in pain. In addition, Family Systems Theory will be the main theoretical framework in interpreting and providing pastoral strategies for such experiences of the suffering. 


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