RS 351JContemporary Western Mysticism
- Faculty
- Arts
- Last listed
- 1976–77
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1975–76 to 1976–77 (before that, 1974–75 used the number for Towards a Contemporary Contemplative Spirit); the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
A theological interpretation of the 20th century search for self-meaning and expansion of consciousness with emphasis given to the following approaches: the psychedelic, the psychotherapeutic, the ecological, the sexual, the monastic, the revolutionary, and the scientific. Prereq: 2nd year standing or consent of instructor. 2 hours, Fall term
As printed in the 1975–76 to 1976–77 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original.
Check it elsewhere
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1974–75 to 1976–77, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1975–76 to 1976–77 2 calendars
A theological interpretation of the 20th century search for self-meaning and expansion of consciousness with emphasis given to the following approaches: the psychedelic, the psychotherapeutic, the ecological, the sexual, the monastic, the revolutionary, and the scientific. Prereq: 2nd year standing or consent of instructor.
2 hours, Fall term
1974–75 1 calendar
Another title: Towards a Contemporary Contemplative Spirit, probably a different course under the same number (or a misread scan).
A theological interpretation of the 20th century search for self-meaning and an attempt to explore the need for and the - possibility of a contemporary contemplative spirit. An exami- . nation of the influence of science on theology and an investigation of the religious dimensions in science. Some “contemporary contemplatives” will be considered: Jacob Bronowski, Martin Luther King, Thomas Merton, Emmanuel Mournier, Simone Weil, Elie Wiesel, etc. Prerequisite: 2nd year standing or the consent of the instructor 2 hours, Fall term Hall