This unit is intended to acquaint the student with some significant examples of Christian literature from the beginnings of the Christian movement to the Middle Ages. The focus will be upon the study of these significant texts in their theological and cultural setting. Students will be required to experience some contemporary expressions of aspects of this subject, e.g. a Liturgy of Eastern Christians.

Prerequisites

none

Requirements

3 hours per week

Assessment

Bibliography

• Clement, Olivier. The Roots of Christian Mysticism: Text and Commentary. Translated by Theodore Berkleley. London: New City, 1993.
• Costello, Stephen J., ed. The Search for Spirituality: Seven Paths Within the Catholic Tradition. Raheny: Liffey Press, 2003.
• Cunningham, Lawrence S., and Keith J. Egan. Christian Spirituality: Themes from the Tradition. New York: Paulist, 1996.
• Harmless, William. Mystics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
• Holder, Arthur, ed. Christian Spirituality: The Classics. New York: Routledge, 2010.
• Raab, Christian, and Harry Hagan, eds. The Tradition of Catholic Prayer. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2007.
• Rolheiser, Ronald. Longing for the Holy: Spirituality for Everyday Life. Newark, NJ: Renew International, 2009.
• Williams, Rowan. The Wound of Knowledge: Christian Spirituality from the New Testament to St John of the Cross. Oxford: Rowan and Littlefield, 2003.