Module Code: H9SARD
Long Title Spiritual Accompaniment and Psychology of Religious Development
Title Spiritual Accompaniment and Psychology of Religious Development
Module Level: LEVEL 9
EQF Level: 7
EHEA Level: Second Cycle
Credits: 10
Module Coordinator: Jane Liu
Module Author: Thomas Grenham
Departments: NCI Learning & Teaching
Specifications of the qualifications and experience required of staff  
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Learning Outcome Description
LO1 Practice and apply the skills needed for spiritual accompaniment from a contemplative stance.
LO2 Explore and evaluate the human and spiritual dimensions of their own and client’s narrative.
LO3 Reflect on theological and ethical principles of spiritual accompaniment.
LO4 Identify the stages of human development and personal identity and apply this knowledge to facilitating clients in their spiritual journey.
Dependencies
Module Recommendations

This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is required before enrolment on this module. While the prior learning is expressed as named NCI module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
No recommendations listed
Co-requisite Modules
No Co-requisite modules listed
Entry requirements  
 

Module Content & Assessment

Indicative Content
Indicative Content
o Spiritual Conversation Skills: self-disclosure, physical and psychological attending, summarising, paraphrasing, probing, empathy, immediacy, confrontation; o Fostering a contemplative stance to experience; o Exploring the spiritual dimension of experience; o Identifying the evolving religious experience; o The Spiritual direction relationship; o Exploring the prayer experience in spiritual direction; o A code of ethics for Spiritual Accompaniment. o Spiritual abuse. o Developmental psychology – life span theorists o The dialogue between developmental psychology and spirituality o Spiritual conversation across the life span o Faith development o Spirituality and mid-life crisis o Case studies in developmental and spiritual growth o Spiritual assessment and referral o Trauma and spiritual care o Sexuality and spiritual care o Spiritual Abuse
Assessment Breakdown%
Coursework100.00%

Assessments

Full Time

Coursework
Assessment Type: Assignment % of total: 50
Assessment Date: n/a Outcome addressed: 1,2,3,4
Non-Marked: No
Assessment Description:
Weekly Reflection entries.
Assessment Type: Essay % of total: 50
Assessment Date: n/a Outcome addressed: 1,2,3,4
Non-Marked: No
Assessment Description:
3,000 word essay
No End of Module Assessment
No Workplace Assessment
Reassessment Requirement
Repeat failed items
The student must repeat any item failed

NCIRL reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Module Target Workload Hours 0 Hours
Workload: Full Time
Workload Type Workload Description Hours Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload
Lecture No Description 36 Every Week 36.00
Independent Learning Time No Description 214 Every Week 214.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 36.00
 

Module Resources

Recommended Book Resources
  • Tilden Edwards. (2001), Spiritual director, spiritual companion, Paulist Press, New York, [ISBN: 080914011X].
  • Gifts for Contemplative Living. (2010), Embracing the Call to Spiritual Depth, Paulist Press, New York, p.176, [ISBN: 0809146274].
  • Parker J. Palmer. (2000), Let your life speak, Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, [ISBN: 0787947350].
  • Janet K. Ruffing. (2000), Spiritual direction, Paulist Press, New York, [ISBN: 0809139588].
  • by Leo Hendry and Marion Kloep.. (2012), Adolescence and adulthood, Basingstoke; Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, [ISBN: 0230296408].
  • Robert Kegan. (1982), The evolving self, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., [ISBN: 0674272315].
  • Felicity Brock Kelcourse, editor. (2004), Human development and faith, Chalice Press, St. Louis, Mo., [ISBN: 0827214421].
  • John J. Shea. (2005), Finding God again, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Lanham, Md., [ISBN: 0742542157].
  • Leonie Sugarman. (2001), Life-span development, Psychology Press, London, [ISBN: 041519265X].
  • edited by Norvene Vest. (2000), Still listening, Morehouse Pub., Harrisburg, PA., [ISBN: 0819218146].
  • James W. Fowler. (2000), Becoming adult, becoming Christian, Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco, [ISBN: 078795134X].
  • Larkin, S (Publication pending). (2016), In T. Grenham & S. Hyland (Eds.), Education that is Transformative: Leadership, Justice and Service, The Centrality of Adult Faith Development for the Future of The Catholic Church in Ireland, Peter Lang, Oxford, UK.
Supplementary Book Resources
  • Duane R. Bidwell. (2004), Short-Term Spiritual Guidance, Augsburg Fortress Publishers, Minneapolis:, p.129, [ISBN: 0800636589].
  • Jane Kopas. (2005), Seeking the Hidden God, Orbis Books, New York, p.183, [ISBN: 1570756244].
  • Rosemarie Carfagna. (2008), Contemplation and midlife crisis, Paulist Press, New York, [ISBN: 0809144980].
This module does not have any article/paper resources
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