Classics of the Christian Contemplative Tradition

This course will focus on the primary texts of the Christian contemplative tradition beginning with the gospels and the desert fathers and mothers, proceeding through the monastic and mystical traditions of the western and eastern church, the Reformation and following, and contemporary writers of the 20th and 21st centuries.  The course will include reading selected primary texts, as well as commitment by student to some personal contemplative spiritual practice during the time of the course.  Students are recommended to have taken WYP2636H or have an established practice of Christian contemplative prayer (lectio divina, centering prayer, Christian mediation, etc.).