Course Syllabus
Narratives of Spiritual & Religious Experience
Fall Term 2016: Weekend Course
Saturday, October 22, 9am-4:30pm,
Friday, October 28, 1pm-4:30pm
Saturday, October 29, 9am-4:30pm
IST 2111 - 2 Quarter Credits
Instructors:
Dr. Gayle Civish, Ph.D.
Dr. Albert Hernández, Ph.D.
Course Description:
This course explores the nature and understanding of Personal Spiritual Experiences, (PSEs), the role such experiences play in people’s lives, and ways of increasing the safe expression of PSE’s for personal, group, and congregational life transformation. We will be utilizing information gained from Dr. Gayle Civish’s study of Personal Spiritual Experiences on the Iliff campus, published in 2013. A historical review of how, over the centuries, PSE phenomena have been expressed, and sometimes also repressed, will be offered. With insights gained from the history of religion and science as well as from qualitative psychological studies, we are able to reconsider personal religious and spiritual experiences in new and exciting ways that can revitalize faith and hope.
Overview, Objectives, and Readings
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