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The course aims to explore the connection between spirituality, health and healing within the contemporary practice of health care. The course is multi-disciplinary (including Medicine and Nursing students). It examines issues of health and healing within various contexts, highlighting the benefits of a multi-disciplinary approach which incorporates the spiritual as well as the material aspects of human beings. Areas covered will include: the relationship between the ‘medical’ and the ‘spiritual’ within healing; the practice of Christian healing; psychiatry and religion; and alternative medicine
| Study Type | Undergraduate | Level | 4 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 30 credits (15 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | None. | Sustained Study | No |
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The course is located within the theological field of Practical Theology. It aims to explore the connection between spirituality, health and healing primarily but not exclusively within the context of the Christian tradition. It explores spirituality, health and healing within a variety of heath care contexts (religious communities, healthcare facilities, community care, culture and society) with a view to developing theoretical and practical understandings of key issues. The course is multi- disciplinary in its orientation, seeking to draw together theology, medicine, psychology and other disciplines involved in the practices of spirituality, health and healing. In line with its multidisciplinary aims, it involves students from the humanities and students studying medicine. Areas covered will include: theological perspectives on health and healing, psychiatry and religion; human disability and the nature of health, spirituality and dementia, end of life care, chaplaincy and spirituality in medicine.
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
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