Contemplative Practice in the Christian Tradition

3 credits

This course introduces students to a sampling of various contemplative theological visions and practices within the Christian tradition across ancient, medieval, and modern eras. Engagement with these contemplative sources will deepen their understanding of foundational Christian doctrines and offer a set of spiritual practices that can enrich their approach to other disciplines and their own Christian ministries. More specifically, we will focus on the way contemplative practices of silence and stillness open us to modes of knowing beyond the limits of discursive reasoning and transform the way we understand our ourselves, our encounter with God, and our relationship to other each other.