Spirituality of Everyday Life

Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:

Undergraduate

1. Identify and evaluate models of spirituality that embrace the contexts, activities, and relationships of daily life rather than negate or marginalize them.
2. Engage with the resources of the Christian tradition – biblical, historical, theological and experiential – and examine how these interact with the challenges of contemporary life, both personal and communal.
3. Articulate a clear understanding of how their own spirituality is more thoroughly integrated with their daily lives.
4. Critically examine a specific topic in dialogue with the current literature.

Postgraduate

1. Identify and evaluate models of spirituality that embrace the contexts and activities of daily life;
2. Engage with resources of the Christian faith — biblical, historical, theological — and critically examine their relevance to the challenges of contemporary life;
3. Articulate an understanding of how their own spirituality is more thoroughly integrated with their daily lives;
4. Demonstrate a capacity to research a specific topic in a critically rigorous, sustained and self-directed manner.

Undergraduate

• Two tutorial papers (1,000 words each) (40%)
• One essay (2,500 words) (60%)

Postgraduate

• Two tutorial papers (1,750 words each) (40%)
• Essay (3,500 words) (60%)

• Ammerman, Nancy. Sacred stories, spiritual tribes: finding religion in everyday life. New York: OUP,2013 ebook Bass, Dorothy C (ed). Practicing our faith. 2^nd ed. Chichester: John Wiley, 2010
• Bass, Dorothy C (ed.) Christian practical wisdom: what it is, why it matters, Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2016
• Cosper, Mike. Recapturing the wonder: Transcendent faith in a disenchanted world, Illinois: IVP, 2017
• Ford, David F. The shape of living. 2^nd ed. Norwich: Canterbury Press, 2012
• Holt, Simon C. Heaven all around us: Discovering God in Everyday Life. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2018
• Pembroke, Neil. Moving toward spiritual maturity: psychological, contemplative, and moral challenges in Christian living, New York: Routledge, 2012
• McGuire, Meredith. Lived religion: faith and practice in everyday life Oxford: OUP, 2008, ebook
• Taylor, Barbara Brown. An altar in the world: a geography of faith, New York, HarperOne, 2010
• Warren, Tish Harrison. Liturgy of the ordinary: Sacred practice in everyday life, Illinois: IVP, 2016