PC065-812 - Christian Spirituality: Tradition and Practices

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category advanced unit
    C
  • pastoral churchUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code PC752-4. Unit exclusions: PC040-812, PC040-912, PC067-812, PC067-912

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, the traditions and practices of Christian spirituality

 

B. Be able to

1. Examine recent scholarship on the traditions and practices of Christian spirituality

2. Demonstrate skill in utilising diverse scholarship to devise approaches to spiritual disciplines and practices

3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives to assess the “health” of spirituality of personal life and Christian community
 

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying Advanced perspectives and skills from ‘Christian Spirituality: Traditions and Practices’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

  1. The foundation and frameworks of Christian spirituality.
  2. Traditions and models of Christian Spirituality: Desert fathers, Monastic life, Orthodox spirituality, Mendicant spirituality, Lutheran spirituality, Ignatian spirituality, Reform spirituality, Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross, Anglican spirituality, Wesleyan spirituality, Evangelical spirituality and Chinese Christian traditions (1800-1949).
  3. Practices of Spiritual disciplines: Spiritual journey, Discipline of solitude and silence, Lecito divina, Praying with an icon, Discipline of simplicity, Devotional use of catechism, Discipline of self-examination, Discipline of faithfulness in our calling, Discipline of living in the presence of God, Praying the office, Discipline of accountable discipleship, and Discipline of meditation.

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.


Prescribed:

Foster, Richard. Streams of Living Water: Celebrating the Great Traditions of Christian Faith. Reprint Edition. San Francisco: HarperOne, 2001.

Holmes, Urban T. A History of Christian Spirituality: An Analytical Introduction. Harrisburg: Morehouse, 2002.

Howard, Evan B. The Brazos Introduction to Christian Spirituality. Ada, MI: Brazos, 2008.

Peterson, Eugene H. Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008.

Tozer, A. W. The Pursuit of God. Updated Edition. Abbotsford, WI: Aneko, 2015.

Williams, Rowan. The Wound of Knowledge: Christian Spirituality from the New Testament to St. John of the Cross. New Edition. London: Darton, Longman & Todd, 2014.

周學信. 《無以名之的雲：歷代人物靈修與默想》. 楊英慈等譯. 靈修神學系列. 台北：長頸鹿文化，1999.

 

Recommended:

Aumann, Jordan. Spiritual Theology. Delhi: Facsimile Publisher, 2016.

Christian Spirituality in the Catholic Tradition. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1985.

Canlis, Julie. Calvin’s Ladder: A Spiritual Theology of Ascent and Ascension. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2010.

Chan, Simon. Pentecostal Theology and the Christian Spiritual Tradition. Journal of Pentecostal Theology Supplement Series 21. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 2000.

Dunn, Marilyn. The Emergence of Monasticism: From the Desert Fathers to the Early Middle Ages. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley-Blackwell, 2003.

Houston, James Macintosh. The Transforming Friendship: A Guide to Prayer. Vancouver: Regent College Publishing, 2010.

Holt, Bradley P. Thirsty for God: A Brief History of Christian Spirituality. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2009.

McGinn, Bernard. The Growth of Mysticism: Gregory the Great through the 12th Century. The Presence of God Series 2. New York: Crossroad, 1994.

Nouwen, Henri J. M. Reaching Out: The Three Movements of the Spiritual Life. Rochester, NY: Image, 1986.

Pennington, Dom M. Basil. Centered Living: The Way of Centering Prayer. Liguori, MO: Liguori/Triumph, 1999.

Prevot, Andrew L. Thinking Prayer: Theology and Spirituality amid the Crises of Modernity. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2015.

Reed, Angela H., Osmer, Richard R. and Smucker,‎ Marcus G. Spiritual Companioning: A Guide to Protestant Theology and Practice. Baker Academic, 2015.

Thompson, M., Soul Feast: An Invitation to the Christian Spiritual Life. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1995.

伊拉里翁. 《正教導師談祈禱卅二講》. 愛西里爾譯. 輔大神學叢書87. 台北：光啟，2009.

牟敦. 《默觀生活探秘》. 第二版. 江炳倫譯. 台北：光啟，1991

李耀全編. 《靈修與修靈：華人教會靈修神學二十一世紀的議程》. 教牧神學研究系列. 香港：建道神學院，2003.

林榮洪. 《中華神學五十年：1900-1949》. 香港：中國神學研究院出版部，1998.

郭鴻標. 《歷代靈修傳統巡禮》. 二版. 香港：香港基督徒學會，2002.

溫偉耀. 《追求屬靈的得與失：評基督宗教靈修學四大傳統的優點與危機》. 啟迪系列. 香港：基督教卓越使團，1998.

彭順強. 《二千年靈修神學歷史》. 香港：天道書樓，2005.

劉錦昌. 《中世紀拉丁教會的靈修與神學》. 新竹市：基督長老教會聖經書院，2014.

 

Classics:

Bonaventura. The Minds Road to God. Translated by George Boas. New York: Macmillan, 1953.

Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite. The Works of Dionysius the Areopagite. Neuilly sur Seine: Ulan Press, 2012.

Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite. Pseudo-Dionysius: The Complete Works he Works. The Classics of Western Spirituality. London: SPCK, 1987.

大德蘭. 《七寶樓台》. 趙雅博譯. 台北：光啟，1975.

Teresa of Avila. The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, Vol. 2. Translated by Otilio Rodriguez and

本篤. 《聖本篤會規》. 譯者不詳. 石家莊：河北信德社，2005.

Kardong, Terrence G. Benedict’s Rule: A Translation and Commentary. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1996.

安東尼等. 《沙漠教父言行錄》. 陳廷忠譯. 北京：三聯書店，2012.

沃蒂編. 《生命的智慧：與沙漠教父相遇》. 周偉信譯. 靈修學系列3. 香港：道風山基督教叢林，1997.

Ward, Benedicta. The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection. Cistercian Studies. México: Buena Prensa, 2006.

剛斯. 《神操新譯本》. 鄭兆沅譯. 台北依納爵靈修中心校訂. 台北：光啟，2011.

George E. Ganss. Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius: A Translation and Commentary. Chicago: Loyola Press, 1992.