Cap-Christ. Spi rSelf Help Lit

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This course summarizes the spiritually therapeutic lessons of previous coursework by comparing the counsels of great spiritual books studied in the Certificate (scriptures, mystical writings, theological reflections, religious novels, encyclicals) with those of popular self help literature. The aim is to invoke self-help literature to identify the spiritually therapeutic richness of Christian Spiritual Literature and also to provide a Christian reference point for evaluating advice given in popular self-help books, especially in areas where such advice is in tension with of tension with Christian spirituality, morality and revelation.