Foundations of Christian Spirituality

This course is an exploration of the mystery of life and of human existence. Students are guided into a descriptive and explanatory, systematic and dynamic, two-fold foundation of an integrated, incarnational spirituality: the anthropological component and the grace component. Central to the course is the study of conversion in its religious, moral, psychic and intellectual forms. Grace, Theological and Moral Virtue will be explored as they emerge and transform the human, along with the Gifts and Fruits of the Holy Spirit, Charisms, and the Beatitudes. Contemporary spiritual writers and spiritual disciplines will be researched and evaluated.