| CODE | MRT5005 | ||||||
| TITLE | Gender Spiritualities | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Moral Theology | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Due to changes that occurred in recent past years on the social and anthropological spheres some suggest that the so called gender revolution is coming to an end. Similarly some hold that the aforesaid revolution is still unfolding. In an attempt to live freely and without limitation activists celebrate gendergiftedness in everyone claiming the existence of a number of definable human gender types. Can the Christian understanding of the human person enter into a fruitful dialogue with this rapid and profound transformation of models of feminine and masculine identity and the relation between the sexes? In this light, Pope Benedict XVI, voicing the Christian perspective and natural law called for an ecology of the human person understood in the proper manner. Taking the Pope's address as a starting point, the studyunit will delve into the rationale of the Christian perspective to present the spiritual implications of such a perspective. Study-Unit Aims: This studyunit attempts to respond to this call by delving into the existing insights on gender as presented by the past and present spiritual experience of mystics and spiritual writers. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - conduct research in and assess new anthropological and cultural paradigms as regards to gender issues. - investigate the Christian understanding of the human person as expressed in spirituality and mysticism. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to establish a healthy dialogue with the emerging new cultural paradigms with the help of a Christian perspective on the human person. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - KATHRYN M. RINGROSE, The Perfect Servant: Eunuchs and the Social Construction of Gender in Byzantium, Chicago 2004. - Medieval Writings on Female Spirituality, edited by Elisabeth Spearing, London 2003. - RICHARD ROHR, From Wild Man to Wise Man: Reflections on Male Spirituality, Cincinnati 2005. Supplementary Reading: - LEON J. PODLES, The Church Impotent. The Feminization of Christianity, Dallas 1999. A comprehensive bibliography together with handouts will be distributed in class during the very first lecture. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualifications: Background in Theology or Religious Studies Pre-requisite Study-units: Any study-unit in the field of Christian Anthropology Co-requisite Study-units: Any study-unit in the field of Theology and Sexuality |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Natalino Camilleri Kevin Schembri |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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