Understanding Grief
Australian College of Theology name: Understanding Grief
Aim
To introduce students to an understanding of grief and a Christian response to supporting people through the grieving process.
Learning Outcomes 
1. To be able to express a biblical understanding of grief;
2. To be able to understand the different kinds of grief;
3. To be able to understand the signs and process of grieving;
4. To be aware of the main helps and hindrances to providing Christian support to a person or family in grief.
Content
1. Biblical teaching on grief
2. A general overview of the character of grief, the reasons for particular responses and the help needed to resume "normal" life
3. Specific types of grief: Showing how the general principles of grieving are worked out in both acute and long-term situations, e.g death of parent/spouse/sibling/child; traumatic grief; grief of disability; the grief associated with suicide, separation and divorce, infertility, unemployment...
4. Supporting a person in grief: A discussion of the various ways a minister and a congregation can support a grieving person so that they are both spiritually and practically aided in their time of grief. Various approaches are discussed which allow the gospel to direct all that we do.
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