Christian Spirituality: History And Theology To 1500
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Last updated 4/2024
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 11.51 GB | Duration: 8h 46m
Understanding the Tradition
What you'll learn
Demonstrate an understanding of “Christian spirituality” in contradistinction to theology and history.
Be encouraged into a deeper life of prayer with understanding through an exploration of the variety of ways Christians have prayed in the period covered.
Be inspired by those in the past who have practiced the presence of God in order to inculcate a sense of discipline in the practice of the spiritual life.
Situate contemporary interests in spirituality within the wider Christian tradition.
Be exposed to primary sources in the Christian spiritual tradition.
Recover the Christian spiritual understandings of time, place, and space.
Appropriate principles from the Christian past so that there need not be spiritual poverty in the midst of material plenty.
Practice the ancient Christian exercise of praying with Scripture.
Articulate an evangelical perspective on the Christian spiritual tradition.
Requirements
Openness to learning about Christian spirituality in its historic context before 1500.
Description
The course acknowledges the contemporary interest in spirituality, both within and without the Christian tradition. It provides a detailed study of Christian spirituality from its beginnings to 1500 CE. Within this frame, definitions and traditions of spirituality are explored. Historical and theological approaches to the study of spirituality are identified with the purpose of identifying spirituality as a distinct academic discipline. The biblical roots of spirituality are identified in respect of Jewish tradition, with Jesus and the New Testament, and ways of reading the Bible for spiritual benefit. The relationship of spirituality to the visual arts, architecture and music are pursued. Prayer as a central focus of the spiritual life is examined in respect of practices in the early church, the Lord’s Prayer, and in liturgy and worship. The category of spirituality and celebration covers the eucharist in the context of feasting, food and worship. The spirituality of place covers journey, pilgrimage, and ascent as distinctives. With a sense of time the focus is on the year and week in the Christian tradition. Finally, the spirituality of darkness and light is outlined. Throughout an evangelical perspective and critique of spirituality is provided. A survey of the medieval spiritual inheritance concludes the course.
Overview
Section 1: Spirituality: Methods, Definitions, Themes
Lecture 1 Introduction: Contemporary Interest in Spirituality
Lecture 2 Definitions and Traditions of Spirituality
Lecture 3 The Evangelical Caution
Section 2: Spirituality, Theology, and History
Lecture 4 Historical Approaches to Spirituality
Lecture 5 Theological Approaches to Spirituality
Lecture 6 Spirituality as an Academic Discipline
Section 3: How Firm a Foundation: Biblical Roots of Spirituality
Lecture 7 Scripture and the Jewish Background
Lecture 8 Jesus and the New Testament
Lecture 9 Ways of Reading the Bible
Section 4: Survey of Developments in Spirituality: Beginnings to 1100
Lecture 10 Believing in a Hostile World: Spirituality of Martyrdom & Asceticism
Lecture 11 Monks, Monasteries, and Meaning
Lecture 12 Augustine
Lecture 13 The Evangelical Caution
Section 5: Survey of Developments in Spirituality, 1100-1500
Lecture 14 Spiritual Movements in the High Middle Ages, 1100 to 1350 Part 1
Lecture 15 Spiritual Movements in the High Middle Ages, 1100 to 1350 Part 2
Lecture 16 Spiritual Movements in the Later Middle Ages, 1350 to 1500 Part 1
Lecture 17 Spiritual Movements in the Later Middle Ages, 1350 to 1500 Part 2
Section 6: Spirituality and the Arts
Lecture 18 Theology, Spirituality and Art
Lecture 19 Church Architecture
Lecture 20 Spirituality and Music
Section 7: Spirituality and Prayer
Lecture 21 Characteristics of Prayer: The Lord's Prayer
Lecture 22 Prayer in the Early Church
Lecture 23 Prayer, Liturgy, and Worship
Lecture 24 The Evangelical Caution
Section 8: Spirituality of Celebration
Lecture 25 Feasting, Food, and Eucharist
Lecture 26 Worship: New Testament and Early Church
Lecture 27 Worship: Medieval
Lecture 28 The Evangelical Caution
Section 9: Spirituality of Place
Lecture 29 The Spirituality of Stability
Lecture 30 The Spirituality of Journey
Lecture 31 The Spirituality of Ascent
Lecture 32 The Spirituality of Pilgrimage
Lecture 33 The Evangelical Caution
Section 10: Spirituality of Time
Lecture 34 The Christian Conception of Time
Lecture 35 The Christian Year
Lecture 36 The Christian Week
Section 11: Spirituality of Darkness and Light
Lecture 37 Origins and Development
Lecture 38 Apophatic and Kataphatic Traditions
Lecture 39 Developments in the Middle Ages
Lecture 40 The Evangelical Caution
Section 12: Christian Spirituality: Past and Prospect
Lecture 41 Lay Spiritual Movement: Devotio Moderna
Lecture 42 Christian Humanism
Lecture 43 Conclusion: The Medieval Spiritual Inheritance
The course is suitable for all those wishing to learn about the origins and development of Christian spirituality before 1500.