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Pastoral Care in a Marriage Context

PC089-612/712/812
2025 semester 1 | 2025 semester 2 | 2026 semester 1 | 2026 semester 2
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Lecturer

Karl Hood

Overview

The unit considers pastoral care and pastoral counselling skills in a marriage context, including counselling for various stages of marriage for marital conflict, unfaithfulness, separation, blended families, domestic violence, and remarriage.

Delivery

  • Online lectures
  • Essays and assignments

KEY TEXTS

  • T. S. Lane and P. D. Tripp, Relationships: A Mess Worth Making (Greensboro: New Growth, 2008).
  • W. Smith, Marriage Matters: Extraordinary Change through Ordinary Moments (Greensboro: New Growth, 2010).

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