Course Description
This seminar is designed specifically for students following the Diploma in Spirituality program. It complements the lecture course History of Spirituality II, providing students with the opportunity to study directly some of the most important texts of the figures considered in the lecture course: Ignatius Loyola, Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross, Francis de Sales, Fenelon, de Caussade, George Herbert, Therese of Lisieux, Newman, Simone Weil, Thomas Merton, Pope Francis.
Bibliography
The texts to be studied are chosen and distributed by the convenor of the seminar. Otherwise:
J. AUMANN, OP, Christian Spirituality in the Catholic Tradition, Sheed and Ward, London, 1985.
M. DOWNEY, editor, The New Dictionary of Catholic Spirituality, The Liturgical Press, Collegeville MN, 1993.
B. McGINN, The Essential Writings of Christian Mysticism The Modern Library, New York, 2006.
P. SHELDRAKE, editor, The New SCM Dictionary of Christian Spirituality SCM Press, London, 2005.