An Associated Press story on the ongoing phenomenon of the declining Christian population in the Middle East. A truly fascinating account of this cultural heritage and its loss can be read in the travelogue From the Holy Mountain: A Journey Among the Christians of the Middle East by William Dalrymple. I picked that up back in South Bend and it - ( Read more... )

I just finished writing up my notes and lesson plan for today's session of Introduction to Theology. For today they read the second half of Book VIII of The Confessions of Augustine: the conversion scene. Lots to talk about regarding the will, psychology in general, the interaction of grace and nature, and so forth ( Read more... )

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This image from one of the Desert Fathers has been coming back to me of late: An elder was asked by a certain soldier if God would forgive a sinner. And he said to him: Tell me, beloved, if your cloak is torn, will you throw it away ( Read more... )

THEO 540

THEOLOGY AND SPIRITUALITY

The Self, Transformation and Holiness

The course explores the fundamental connections between theology and spirituality in relation to different understandings of being human, of Christian identity and of the process of transformation or growth in holiness. The first ( Read more... )