What is discipleship?
Who is it for?

In this online, self-paced course, Prof. John Swinton helps us reevaluate our common assumptions about discipleship by considering what it means to follow Jesus in relation to mental health, disability, and marginalization. We’ll look at perspectives often overlooked by the church and discover a vision of discipleship that is richer and more inclusive than the one-way street we too often imagine it to be.

Course Outline

    1. Welcome to Discipleship at the Margins

      FREE PREVIEW

    2. Course Introduction

      FREE PREVIEW

    1. Framing Activity

    2. Foundations of Discipleship

    3. Reconsider, Reflect, Relate

    4. Liturgical Reflection Prompt

    5. Liturgical Reflection

    1. Framing Activity

    2. Scripture’s Disruptive Discipleship

    3. Reconsider, Reflect, Relate

    4. Liturgical Reflection Prompt

    5. Liturgical Reflection

    1. Framing Activity

    2. Embodied Discipleship

    3. Reconsider, Reflect, Relate

    4. Liturgical Reflection Prompt

    5. Liturgical Reflection

    1. Framing Activity

    2. Discipleship Beyond Words

    3. Reconsider, Reflect, Relate

    4. Liturgical Reflection Prompt

    5. Liturgical Reflection

    1. Framing Activity

    2. Discipleship Beyond Memory

    3. Reconsider, Reflect, Relate

    4. Liturgical Reflection Prompt

    5. Liturgical Reflection

About Discipleship at the Margins

  • $14.99
  • 1.5 hours of video content

Meet Your Instructor

John Swinton

Professor in Practical Theology

Dr. John Swinton is Professor in Practical Theology and Pastoral Care and Chair in Divinity and Religious Studies at the University of Aberdeen. For more than a decade, John worked as a registered mental health nurse. He also worked for a number of years as a hospital and community mental health chaplain alongside people with severe mental health challenges, and in 2004 he founded Aberdeen's Centre for Spirituality, Health and Disability. He has published widely within the areas of mental health, dementia, disability theology, end of life care, and pastoral care. His book, Dementia: Living in the Memories of God, won the Archbishop of Canterbury’s Ramsey Prize for excellence in theological writing. John is also a musician. You can find his album, Beautiful Songs About Difficult Things, online.

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