Catalogue 2008 Book - Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary

interdisciplinary medical team to the team’s health plan for the patient. Activities
include visits with patients and family members, participation with interdisciplinary
teams including planning of patient discharge and the ethics committee, and
presentations for other disciplines in areas of pastoral care. Prerequisite: Pastoral
Care in a Hospital Setting I or one unit of CPE. Three credits.
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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
THE CHURCH’S LIFE AND MISSION IN ZAMBIA
This seminar begins with travel to Lusaka, Zambia, to Justo Mwale Theological College
where students share activities and lectures with Zambian students. From there, we will spend
time in a Zambian town or local village and share in the communal activities of the village
and the Reformed congregation located there. Finally, we will visit one or more of the many
national parks, encountering the splendor of the African wilderness and the Zambezi River
ecosystem. Six credits. Mr. Greenway
THE CHURCH’S MINISTRY WITH OLDER ADULTS
This course examines the forces and factors that are creating the increasingly larger numbers
of persons over age sixty-fi ve in the United States, and studies the signifi cance of this
increase for the people themselves, the society, and the church. Offered in cooperation with
Faith Presbyterian Church, Sun City, Arizona, students spend time in the homes of older
adult church members. Based on the varied needs of these older adults, suggested plans for
developing a ministry with them in the congregation will be examined and investigated.
Available resources are explored, and ways of using them are reviewed. Opportunities are
provided for individual study in areas of special interest. Six credits. Mr. Park
CONTEXTUALIZATION OF THE GOSPEL IN BALI AND JAVA, INDONESIA
In this travel seminar participants study how the Protestant churches in Hindu Bali and
Muslim East Java are proclaiming and living out the gospel of Jesus Christ. Students have the
opportunity to speak to Hindu, Muslim, and other religious leaders about their perceptions
of religious pluralism in Indonesia. We visit a number of sites where Christians are engaging
their society through education, social service, economic projects, medical work, interfaith
dialogue, religious reconciliation programs, and evangelism. We also talk to church leaders,
both clergy and lay, about the leaders’ experiences and visions as a small but vigorous religious
minority in Indonesia. Worship services on the two islands reveal how Christians in Indonesia
are using indigenous culture to express our faith. Six credits. Mr. A. Jones
CROSS CULTURAL MINISTRIES: SANTA FE AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO–AN
ALTERNATIVE CONTEXT FOR MINISTRY
Students enrolled for this educational event reside at Ghost Ranch @ Santa Fe, New Mexico
and travel throughout Northern New Mexico to experience and to learn about ministry in this
multicultural setting. Participants refl ect upon their own ministries and the church’s mission
in light of the immersion experience. This educational opportunity is available as a directed
study and is arranged through the Offi ce of the Academic Dean. Three or six credits.
CROSSCURRENTS IN CHRISTIAN WORLDWIDE WITNESS TODAY
This course, offered through the Overseas Ministries Study Center in New Haven,
Connecticut, is sponsored jointly by the Center and a number of theological schools. Each
week a separate theme is addressed, but as a whole the experience constitutes a comprehensive
survey of Christian world mission. This educational opportunity is available as a directed
study and is arranged through the Offi ce of the Academic Dean. Three or six credits.
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