THEO 3816 - Christian Mystical Theology

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Fordham University

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Mystical Theology is the study of their experiences, and what they reveal about God, our world, and ourselves. Our course will begin with the roots of Christian spirituality in the Old Testament and the Greek philosophers, then trace its story through New Testament mysticism as embodied in Jesus and expressed by St John, St Paul, and the Apocalypse, the great spiritual writers of the First Church (Ignatius of Antioch and Irenaeus Lyons above all); the spirituality of the Greek Fathers (especially Gregory of Nyssa and Athanasius); the founders of medieval western mysticism (Dionysius the Aereopagite and Benedict pre-eminently), and then chronicle of mystical experience: the early Medievals; Anselm, Bernard and the New Orders; Francis, Bonaventure, adn the great 12th and 13th-century poets of Divine Love; Hildegarde and the German heritage; the great counter-Reformation mystics, especially Teresa and Juan de la Cruz; and the modern mystics, culminating in Simone Weil, T. S. Eliot, and Mother Theresa. 4.000 Credit Hours 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate, Post Baccalaureate Schedule Types: Lecture Undergraduate Colleges College Theology Department

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.fordham.edu

Phone Number:

(718) 817-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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