Theological Thinking (TEL - Cohort) FA26

Pacific School of Religion

Group-Based Medium Level Theological Imagination
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Theological Thinking (TEL - Cohort) FA26

About This Course

This course is one part of nine in the Theological Education for Leadership (TEL) Learning Path for both the Congregational Renewal Cohort and the Ministry Leadership Track offered by PSR.  It is one quarter of the full-term course of the same name and is considered the introduction to the introductory overview of Spiritual Formation.  The course guides you in an exploration of your own embedded spirituality and will introduce you to the practice of translating scholarly spiritual and theological insights into a public-facing spiritual philosophy that will enable you in becoming spiritual leaders to individuals and communities while aiding in your own spiritual development.

Course Components

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📋 5 Lessons
📚 4 Resources
✍️ 0 Quizzes
📖 14 Assignments

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Learning Objectives

In this TEL course, you will learn to:

  1. Shape your thinking theologically with the perspective of Self, World, Other, God.
  2. Articulate an understanding of the constructed and contextual nature of information. 
  3. Engage in cultural and political analysis both theologically and ethically, especially for insights into structural inequality, systemic injustice, and institutionalized oppressions. 
Instructor Your Instructor

Susan Abraham

ThD, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dean of Faculty, Professor of Theology and Post-Colonial Cultures

Dr. Susan Abraham is Professor of Theology and Postcolonial Cultures, VP of Academic Affairs, and Dean of Faculty at Pacific School of Religion. She is the author of Identity, Ethics, and Nonviolence in Postcolonial Theory: A Rahnerian Theological Assessment (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007), co-editor of Shoulder to Shoulder: Frontiers in Catholic Feminist Theology (Fortress, 2009), Blessed are Those Who Mourn: Depression, Anxiety, and Pain on the Path of an Incarnational Spirituality (Marymount Press, 2020) and numerous essays and articles in anthologies of contemporary theology and peer-reviewed journals. She is also the President of the Board of Editors of Concilium: An International Journal of Theology. In 2023 she was elected to the presidential line of the Catholic Theological Society of America and will serve as president of the CTSA in 2025.

Dr. Abraham brings wide experience and knowledge of higher education and institutional practices through her past affiliations with St. Bonaventure University, Harvard Divinity School, and Loyola Marymount University. Her publications, courses, and presentations weave practical theological insights from her experience of working as a youth minister in Mumbai, India, with theoretical perspectives from postcolonial theory, cultural studies, political theory and feminist theory.

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