| CODE | MRT5100 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Foundations of Spiritual Theology | ||||||||
| 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. It will introduce the students into the foundations of spiritual theology covering the phenomenological and dialogical approaches. Moreover, participants will be given the tools of spiritual theology as used in the descriptive, systematic, hermeneutic, and mystagogical methods. Study-Unit Aims: - To present Spirituality as a theological discipline; - To co-relate with other branches of Theological discipline; - To elucidate the foundations and the main pillars of the methodology used in Spiritual Theology. 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; - Analyse the inner processes of Spiritual transformation; - Recognise the humanistic foundations of spiritual thought; - Value a 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 a scientific approach; - Critically combine the deductive and the inductive methods in use within the area of Spiritual Theology; - Differentiate the diversity of spiritualities within human experience. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - AUMANN JORDAN, Spiritual Theology, Huntington: Our Sunday Visitor; London: Sheed and Ward 1980. - BERNARD CHARLES ANDR脡, Teologia Spirituale, Milano: Edizioni Paolini, 1989. - CL脡MENT OLIVIER, The Roots of Christian Mysticism. Text and Commentary, London, Dublin, Edinburgh: New City 1993. - DREYER ELIZABETH A. AND MARK S. BURROWS (ED.), Minding the Spirit: The Study of Christian Spirituality, Baltimore MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005. - LESCHER BRUCE H., ELIZABETH LIEBER (ed.), Exploring Christian Spirituality. Essays in honor of Sandra M. Schneiders IHM, Paulist Press, New York/Mahway NJ, 2006. Supplementary Readings: - MCGRATH ALISTER E., Christian Spirituality. An Introduction, Oxford and Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers 1999. - MCINTOSH MARK A., Mystical Theology. The Integrity of Spirituality and Theology, Blackwell, Oxford, 1998. - SHELDRAKE PHILIP, Spirituality and Theology. Christian Living and the Doctrine of God, London: Darton, Longman and Todd 1998. - SHELDRAKE, PHILIP., Explotations in Spirituality: History, Theology, and Social Practice, New York: Paulist Press, 2010. - WAAIJMAN, KEES., Spirituality: Forms, Foundations, Methods (= Studies in Spirituality Supplement 8), tr. John Vriend, Leuven: Peeters, 2002. - WOODS RICHARD J., Christian Spirituality, God鈥檚 Presence through the Ages, New York, Orbis Books 2006 (new expanded edition). |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Glen Attard Charlo Camilleri |
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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 2025/6. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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