This unit follows on from DS111 and is intended to acquaint the student with some significant examples of Christian literature from the later Middle Ages to the present. 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 or aspects of this subject, e.g. a visit to a monastic foundation.

Prerequisites

DS111 or equivalent

Requirements

3 hours per week

Assessment

Bibliography

• Cunningham, Lawrence S., and Keith J. Egan. Christian Spirituality: Themes from Tradition. New York: Paulist, 1996.
• Downey, Michael, ed. The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1993.
• Dreyer, Elisabeth A. and Mark S. Burrows, eds. Minding the Spirit. Baltimore: John Hopkins University Press, 2005.
• Fanning, Steven. Mystics of the Christian Tradition. New York: Routledge, 2001.
• Flood, Gavin. The Ascetic Self: Subjectivity, Memory, and Tradition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
• Healey, Charles J. Christian Spirituality: An Introduction to the Heritage. New York: St Paul’s, 1999.
• Holder, Arthur, ed. Christian Spirituality: The Classics. London: Routledge, 2009.
• Hughes, Gerard W. God in All Things. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 2003.
• Nichols, Aidan. Spirituality for the Twenty-first Century. Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor, 2003.
• Perrin, David B. Studying Christian Spirituality. New York: Routledge, 2007.