History of Christian Thought

Week 8 March 1^st – 5^th

M:        The Pat to Salvation (Monastic Calling)

            Reading: History, Ch 9 (139-122)

W:        Monasticism continued

            Reading: Selections from Callings:

o   Anthanasius, “Life of Antony” (59-65)

o   Palladius (73-80) [optional]

o   Sayings of the Desert Fathers (80-82)

o   Introduction to part 2 (107-114)

o   John Cassian (115-123)

o   Bendict of Nursia (128-132)

F:         No class meeting.

Have a great spring break!

Week 9 March 15^th – 19^th

M:        Leading Lives that Matter: [Cory Koch and Chris Baldwin, discussion leaders.]

            “Must my job by the primary source of my identity” (“Friday” discussion continued)

Reading: Selections in Leading Lives by Muirhead and Sayers (188-195); Heschel (216-221) and Meilaender (229-243).

W:        Faith Seeking Understanding: Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages

Reading: History, Ch 10 (140-161). Skim Callings – selection by Aquinas (154-169) to get the feel for how Aquinas argues.

F:         Leading Lives that Matter: “Is a Balanced Life Possible”

[Brittany Frazier and Matt Shumaker discussion leaders].

Reading: Introduction and selections by Wuthnow, Miller-McLemore and Hochschild (245-277).