Goals of the Academic Area

     Spirituality focuses on a critical understanding of religious experience. Particular attention is given to the Christian tradition in the context of cross-cultural studies. Study of Asian religions and interreligious dialogue is also encouraged. Because human actions are both social and individual, the Academic Area addresses the personal, communal, and political dimensions of spirituality. In dialogue with the Catholic theological tradition, spirituality also draws on the methods of philosophy, biblical studies, psychology, sociology, and the history of religions to analyze religious experience as expressed in worship, contemplation, doctrine, catechesis, and the spiritual classics.

Degrees Offered