Contemplating God: Classics of the Christian Contemplative Tradition

This course will focus on the primary texts of the Christian contemplative tradition beginning with the gospels and the desert fathers and mothers, proceeding through the monastic and mystical traditions of the western and eastern church, the Reformation and following, and contemporary writers of the 20th and 21st centuries. The course will include reading selected primary texts, as well as in-depth reading on one or two writers of the student's choice, and a class presentation on those writers.