Christology:Jesus as Compan

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Taught by DSPT. Salesian scholar, Sr. Giuseppina Del Core has written with conviction that this moment of history is marked by confusion and a desperate search for the spiritual. It is a time marked by disjointed spiritual and human formation which often leads to a lonely search for meaning. It is her belief that the world needs a spirituality of accompaniment: "A spirituality of accompaniment is a grace and a necessity for this moment." Sr. Del Core refers specifically to a Salesian Spirituality which reveals Jesus as companion and points the way to holiness as a path that is shared by pilgrims one to the other and with their God. It is appropriate to thrust into the scene of rising new Christologies a specifically Salesian Christology as this grace and necessity demands. This course will present this Christology with its roots in the spiritualities of St. Francis de Sales and St. John Bosco and the many inspired paths borne of these two spiritual giants. Taken together, the image of Christ is a precise one that is profoundly new while rooted deeply in the Gospel encounters. This Christology begs Jesus the traveler to stay awhile in this globalized chaos that we might break bread and return to our communities enlivened. Requirements: Reading of required materials, three theological reflections based on the material and its application to pastoral experience, and one classroom presentation. [Auditors with faculty permission]