Postgraduate: CH8002W
Unit offered alternatively as DS1002W | DS2002W | DS8002W
Unit offered alternatively in the discipline of Spirituality (DS)
(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.