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TMMC2297: Introduction to Disability Theologies

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Type Tied
Level 2
Credits 10
Availability Available in 2025/2026
Module Cap
Location Durham
Department Theology, Ministry and Mission

Prerequisites

  • None

Corequisites

  • None

Excluded Combinations of Modules

  • None

Aims

  • To develop students knowledge and understanding of disability theologies, with their theological, contextual, and social dimensions.
  • To enable students to evaluate and analyse arguments within disability theologies and to use them creatively within ministry settings.
  • To enable students to understand some of the key biblical and hermeneutical questions behind disability issues.
  • To help students integrate thinking about disability into their own ministerial practice.

Content

  • Models and critiques of disability theologies.
  • Disability in the Bible and the use of a disability hermeneutical lens.
  • Discussion of selected theological themes relevant to disability such as issue of human personhood (e.g. imago dei, embodiment), vulnerability, power dynamics, prayer, and healing.
  • Pastoral questions around the inclusion of those with disabilities in the life, ministry, and mission of the church.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

  • [SSK2] Describe and analyse one or more key questions in disability theologies, and the controversies around them, and explain how they relate to aspects of faith, Church, and society.

Subject-specific Skills:

  • [SS3] Apply knowledge of disability theologies to one or more complex contexts, evaluating their impact on the life and ministry of the Church.

Key Skills:

  • [KS 1, 2, 3]
  • Identify, gather, analyse, and evaluate textual source materials for a range of purposes, and communicate their findings with clarity and fairness.
  • Undertake a critical analysis of information and arguments, communicating these effectively showing critical awareness of their own beliefs, commitments, and prejudices.
  • Take responsibility for a task that involves independent inquiry; the management of time, resources, and use of IT; meeting deadlines, evaluating the task and learning from it.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

  • Teaching methods to be specified by each TEI, using the Guidelines for Modes of Teaching and Learning.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

ActivityNumberFrequencyDurationTotalMonitored
Lectures81.7516 
Independent Study184 
Total100 

Summative Assessment

Component: Written Theological ReflectionComponent Weighting: 100%
ElementLength / DurationElement WeightingResit Opportunity
Essay2500 words100

Formative Assessment

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