Sprtl Disciplines Eastern Xtn

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Taught by GTU. The course will follow a lecture/discussion format as students will study spiritual disciplines of the Eastern Orthodox Tradition. The following subjects will be included - The Jesus Prayer, silence, fasting,Pilgrimage and the Elder, the desert. Readings will be taken from the Patristic Tradition as well as contemporary authors. Students will be required to do two papers and one presentation. Emphasis will be placed on class participation.