To achieve those objectives, the course will: - deal with a specific question of spiritual or mystical theology; - highlight the methods of spiritual theology; - offer an introduction to the discernment of spiritualities.
At the end of this course, the student will be able: - to implement the methods of spiritual theology; - to know and implement the criteria of discernment of spiritualities; - to tackle a problematic, a current or an author of spiritual theology.
The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Oral examination on the course or on the written work on St John of the Cross.
2016-2017
The course will focuse on St John of the Cross (1542-1591). It will present the biography of St John of the Cross, the relevant bibliography, his current reception, and it will propose a commentary of main parts of his work. The course will examine the notion of mystical experience and the importance of St John of the Cross in the contemporary theological thought.
