Code
Undergraduate: CH1002W or CH2002W
Postgraduate: CH8002W
Unit offered alternatively as DS1002W | DS2002W | DS8002W
Postgraduate: CH8002W
Unit offered alternatively as DS1002W | DS2002W | DS8002W
Level
Undergraduate (Level 1 or Level 2) and Postgraduate Foundational (Level 8)
Discipline
Church History (CH)
Unit offered alternatively in the discipline of Spirituality (DS)
Unit offered alternatively in the discipline of Spirituality (DS)
Field
Christian Thought and History (C)
Prerequisites
Nil
Online
Yes
Location
Whitley College view location >
Faculty
TBC
Class Time
2022: Synchronous online mode via Zoom, with additional asynchronous component
(Three hours per week equivalent)
(Three hours per week equivalent)
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Learning outcomes
Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:
Undergraduate
Level 1:
- Describe the kinds of historical evidence available for discovering how people shaped the understanding of spirituality.
- Apply appropriate hermeneutical methods for reading and evaluating the terminology informing spirituality across generations.
- Explain the role of spiritual terminology in shaping historical spiritual practices.
- Discuss the relevance of shifts in spiritual terminology and practices for contemporary expressions in spirituality.
Level 2:
- Describe the kinds of historical evidence available for discovering how people shaped the understanding of spirituality.
- Apply appropriate hermeneutical methods for reading and evaluating the terminology informing spirituality across generations.
- Assess the role of spiritual terminology in shaping historical spiritual practices.
- Discuss the relevance of shifts in spiritual terminology and practices for contemporary expressions in spirituality.
Postgraduate
- Discuss the kinds of historical evidence available for discovering how people shaped the understanding of spirituality.
- Employ hermeneutical methods for reading and evaluating the terminology informing spirituality across generations.
- Assess the role of spiritual terminology in shaping historical spiritual practices.
- Debate the relevance of shifts in spiritual terminology and practices for contemporary expressions in spirituality.
- Formulate a personal critical response to a core issue in Spirituality.
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Assessment
Undergraduate
Level 1:
- Weekly forum responses (1,000 words) (25%)
- One seminar or tutorial paper (1,000 words) (25%)
- One essay (2,000 words) (50%)
Level 2:
- Weekly forum responses (1,250 words) (25%)
- One seminar or tutorial paper (1,250 words) (25%)
- One essay (2,000 words) (50%)
Postgraduate
- Two 1,500-word seminar papers (3,000 words) (50%)
- One essay (3,000 words) (50%)
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Recommended reading
Set texts recommended for purchase are highlighted in blue
- Benner, David G. Spirituality and the Awakening Self: The sacred journey of transformation. Grand Rapids, MI: Brazos Press, 2012.
- Dreyer, E., & M.S. Burrows. Minding the Spirit: the study of Christian spirituality. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
- King, U. Christian mystics: the spiritual heart of the Christian tradition. London: Batsford, 1998.
- Mabry, John R. Growing into God: A Beginners Guide to Christian Mysticism. Wheaton, IL: Quest Books, 2012.
- McColman, Carl. The Big Book of Christian Mysticism: The Essential Guide to Contemplative Spirituality. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Roads Publ. 2010.
- McEntee, R., and A. Bucko. The new monasticism: an interspiritual manifesto for contemplative living. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2015.
- Pelkian, J. Jesus Through the Centuries: His Place in the History of Culture. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1999.
- Sheldrake, P. Spirituality: A Brief History. Second Edition. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell, 2013.
- Shults, F. Leron & Steven J. Sandage. Transforming Spirituality: Integrating Theology and Psychology. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2006.
- Tacey, David. The Postsecular Sacred: Jung, Soul and Meaning in an age of Change. Oxon: Routledge, 2020.