THEOLOGY/SPRITUALITY OF WAITING (GRSP 524)

Term: 2008-2009 Fall Term

Faculty

Mary Kathleen Flannery SSJShow MyInfo popup for Mary Kathleen Flannery SSJ

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Schedule

Tue, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM (8/26/2008 - 12/2/2008) Location: MAIN

Description

A spirituality of vigilance/expectation/waiting is deeply rooted in the Judeo-Christian tradition. This course will explore the phenomenological, psychological, and theological aspects of "waiting" emerging out of concrete, human experience (cross-cultural) and in the divine/human encounter (waiting for God/waiting of God). Using biblical and biographical lenses, varied themes will be examined including the mysticism of waiting, the poverty/emptiness of waiting, the agony/terror of waiting, and the sacred gift/fruitfulness of waiting.