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MA Christian Spirituality

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Masters Degree Description

Examine the spiritual traditions of Christianity in their historical and contemporary forms, and develop the ability to understand and evaluate the language, ideas and forms of Christian spirituality. You will focus on Christianity in its Western development.

The degree attracts people in ministry and teachers of religious education, as well as people whose professional life or vocational work involves religious questions.

Entry Requirements

 

  • An honours degree (normally 2.1 or above) or equivalent in theology or in another appropriate subject

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Fees

UK and EU Full time: £4,500 Part time: £2,350 Overseas: Full time: £11,500 Part time: £5,725

Module Details

Core module

Foundations for the Study of Christian Spirituality

Examine theoretical issues surrounding religious experience and spirituality as an academic field which studies this experience.

Optional modules

Patterns of Spiritual Growth and Personal Transformation
Examine how historical and contemporary Christian writers and theologians have contributed to its understanding.
This module is taught every two in three years.
 
History of Christian Mysticism to the Reformation
Focus on the writings of the major writers including Augustine, Meister Eckhart, Teresa of Avila and John of the Cross to show how Christian mysticism emerged and developed.
This module is taught every two in three years.
 
Spiritual Direction in the Tradition of Ignatius of Loyola
Look at texts of Ignatian origin and those that emerge in the Ignatian tradition on spiritual direction.
This module is taught every two in three years.
 
The Franciscan Spiritual Tradition: Faith, Reason and Spirituality
Explore the spiritual and theological tradition in the writings of Francis and Clare of Assisi, Bonaventure and John Duns Scotus.
This module is taught in alternate years.
 
Spirituality and Society
Explore the emerging quest for a Christian spirituality that is socially and politically contextualised and ethically integrated. Focus on the relationship between spirituality and the embodiment – gender and sexuality, society (work, money and social transformation), and creation (ecological questions).
This module is taught in alternate years.
 
Theology of Religious Life
Explore the call to religious life, its mission in the Church and the form its future might take. You will reflect critically on religious life from a broad spectrum of disciplines.
 
Moral Imagination, Art and Spirituality
Explore the connections between ethics, spirituality and art. You will study the meaning and role of moral imagination and use it as a tool for addressing the complexities of the moral-spiritual realities as represented in literary and visual works of art.
 
Spirituality, Religion and Ethics in Contemporary Healthcare
Expand your understanding of spiritual, religious and ethical issues which are not normally part of medical formation. Explore such concepts as the human person, the meaning of life, care and justice, and examine the bases of (and difficulties with) the language of human dignity, sickness, health, stigma and vulnerability.
This module is taught as a four-day intensive course.

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