| CODE | MRT5001 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Introduction to Spirituality | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Moral Theology | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will introduce the subject matter by analysing spiritual theology as a theological discipline and its correlations with dogmatic and moral theology. It will introduce the students into the foundations of spiritual theology covering the phenomenological and dialogical backdrop to the divine-human interaction and transformation. Moreover, participants will be given the tools of spiritual theology as used in the descriptive, systematic, hermeneutic, and mystagogical methods while studying, finally, the relationship between discernment and methodology. Study-Unit Aims: - To present Spirituality as a theological discipline, and its corelation with other branches of Theology. - To expose the foundations and the four main pillars of spiritual methodology. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Establish, in theological terms, the divine-human interaction and transformation. - Recognise the humanistic foundations of spiritual thought in the light of the multifaceted approach to Spiritual Theology. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Critically appraise the rudiments of Spiritual Theology with regards to a scientific approach combining the deductive and the inductive methods. - Differentiate and synthesise a diversity of spiritualities and human experiences. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Text: Waaijman, K., Spirituality: Forms, Foundations, Methods (= Studies in Spirituality Supplement 8), tr. John Vriend, Leuven: Peeters, 2002. Supplementary Reading: Sheldrake, Ph., Explotations in Spirituality: History, Theology, and Social Practice, New York: Paulist Press, 2010. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Pre-requisite Qualifications: General religious knowledge | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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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 Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice.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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