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PMC 560 - Children in Contemporary Paganism
Instructor:Anne Hill, D.Min.

Class Meeting Times: Wednesdays. No Chat Component. Readings, posted lectures and electronic discussion list . Term paper will be required.
3 Unit Hours

A survey course exploring various issues of Pagan parenting and education, the ways in which children are incorporated into Pagan communities across traditions, and how this next generation is shaping (or re-shaping) Paganism. The course is primarily designed for Pagan parents and other community leaders who are responsible for or interested in facilitating the participation of children in Pagan spiritual life. While the course is not specifically designed for counseling professionals, those who are engaged in pastoral counseling of Pagan families may also find the class informative.

Required Texts:

Public Ministry Department

Class Meeting Times: Instead of weekly classes: 3 ninety-minute conference calls with the class; 2 phone meetings with instructors, and 10 hours of dialogue with others. Note that attending the 2008 Summer Intensive fulfills the dialogue requirement for Being Thea/ologically.
3 Unit Hours

What have you experienced? What do you know that you know? What do you sense and what do you think? How is it the same, or different, for you as an individual, a part of community, a being in the world? What, then, do you do, believe, and value? And what preconceived notions, which no longer apply, are operating? What questions inform your curiosity? How can you use your insight, your questions and your scholarship to be of service?

You will be asked to raise up the skin, the muscles, the blood and the bones of your true self, and to reflect carefully on your thoughts, your experiences, your feelings, your traditions and your communities. Your ruminations will be expressed in an academically credible way that helps equip you for being Pagan clergy.

Pagan Theology, Michael York,
She Who Changes, Carol Christ
One new-to-you, academically-credible book, agreeable to the teacher, in an area of your interest
One already-read credible book that was formative for you., deliberately chosen for reflection and recounting your history/experience

Final Checklist

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• Filed an Admissions Application.
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• Provided the same name as that which appears on your CHS application.