Theological Approaches to Wellbeing
The unit will expose you to key questions and perspectives related to a Christian understanding of human flourishing and wellbeing. It will enable you to reflect upon approaches to understanding wellbeing within the history of ideas and Christian thought, and to critically assess the contribution of positive psychology from a biblical and theological framework, with a view to application in ministry and professional settings.
- Human flourishing in the history of ideas and Christian thought
- Human flourishing and wellbeing in the Old Testament
- Human flourishing and wellbeing in the New Testament
- Theological reflections upon positive psychology and contemporary understandings of happiness
- Suffering, resilience and wellbeing
- Virtue and its relationship to wellbeing
- The contribution of the church to wellbeing