TRS 344 Spiritualities and Liturgies of the Eastern Churches
This course consists of two parts. The first will be an introductory study of the Divine Liturgies of the various Eastern Church traditions. A comparison will be made of the various texts, and the theology of each tradition will be examined. The second part of the course will present an introduction into the spiritual traditions of the Syriac speaking and Byzantine Churches. It will study the writings of the major figures of each tradition with the view of developing the common themes that characterize the spirituality of the Eastern Churches. It will also provide the theological world-view out of which these spiritual writers developed their insights.
Prerequisite
TRS 201 or TRS 201H or
HSTR 101