This unit will be mainly concerned with the English writers from the Reformation period to the present: Thomas More, John Fisher, Austin Baker, Richard Challoner, John Chapman, Ronald Knox, C. S. Lewis. Attention will also be given to poets including: John Donne, George Herbert, Gerald Manly Hopkins, John Henry Newman, T. S. Eliot, R. S. Thomas.

Prerequisites

two units of Spirituality

Requirements

3 hours per week

Assessment

Required Reading

Each student should have available each of the following:

• Thomas More. Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation. London, 1977.
• John Fisher. Defence of the Priesthood. London, 1935.
• Austin Baker. Holy Wisdom. London, 1950.
• Richard Challoner. Meditations for Every Day of the Year. London, 1935.
• John Chapman. Spiritual Letters. London, 1939.
• C. S. Lewis. The Four Loves. London, 1963.
• Ronald A. Knox. Pastoral Sermons. London, 1955.

Bibliography

• Davis, Charles, ed. English Spiritual Writers. London: Burns & Oates, 1961.
• Dupré, Louis, and Don E. Saliers, eds. Christian Spirituality: Post Reformation and Modern. New York: Crossroad, 1996.
• Healey, Charles J. Christian Spirituality: An Introduction to the Heritage. New York: Alba House, 1998.
• Jones, Cheslyn, Geoffrey Wainwright, and Edward Yarnold, eds. The Study of Spirituality. London: SPCK, 1986.
• Knowles, David. English Mystical Tradition. London: Burns & Oates, 1961.
• Mursell, Gordon. English Spirituality. 2 vols. London: SPCK, 2001.