How can Christian theology guide our personal development? What virtues can we learn from scripture to shape our character? What unites spiritual communities in worship and theological practice? In this specialization, you'll learn from a diverse group of Christian faith leaders as you critically engage with Biblical scripture. By the end of your learning experience, you'll be able to explain how you can apply theology in your daily life. In the first course of the series, Christian Virtues for Spiritual Growth, you'll explore kindness, generosity, hope, and humility to examine your interior life and to develop a new way of thinking about ethics inspired by Christian tradition. In the second course, you'll build on this examination of virtues by engaging with your emotions through Psalms and the Arts, considering how scripture and art can enrich your life. In the final course, Cultivating a Scriptural Imagination, you will reflect on scripture to guide you to take practical steps in how to incorporate theology in your own worship, fellowship, teaching, and mission. No previous background in theology, Christianity, or church leadership is required. You can complete these courses individually or as part of a group.
CS
I felt the class was related to what I needed as I become a principal for the catholic schools
DW
A wonderful class. An in depth teaching of the PSALMS. I found interesting and enjoyed learning the psalms through music, art, poetry. This class was a real treat for me.
SL
I strongly recommend this course. It is amazing to learn how to view the Bible/Scripture and live it out in the world today.
VK
Thought provoking and Heart touching . We can see these virtues are significant for a Christian but often being neglected.
CS
This course helped me with self realization of how trivial my concerns are compared to others that have it worse than me.
PP
Fantastic course. Very knowledgeable and honest teacher.
SL
This course is very helpful for better appreciating the psalmists and understanding their thoughts and perspectives, including the world of suffering.
SL
This is a very good course for Christian living and spiritual growth. Thank you to everyone responsible for creating it. God bless.
RR
An amazing juxtaposition of art, dance, music, and commentary to create a meditative space to reflect on the Psalms examined in the course. There shoud be more courses like this one.
LS
Clear and easy to understand. In short...Excellent
JN
An easy-going course that helps you explore the emotions within the Psalms and understand how different artistic expressions can reflect our thoughts and prayers to God.
MN
Very inspirational, very educational, and Hauerwas was wonderful as always. Well worth my time. Thanks.
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What a fascinating course! I've never experienced such profound enjoyment for any other course. It made me re-think conventional ideas about kindness, humility and generosity and, in the process, reflect on how (really) kind, how humble and how generous I am and how I could further develop these virtues in my life.
This is a very good course for Christian living and spiritual growth. Thank you to everyone responsible for creating it. God bless.
Thought provoking and Heart touching . We can see these virtues are significant for a Christian but often being neglected.
Very inspirational, very educational, and Hauerwas was wonderful as always. Well worth my time. Thanks.
I felt the class was related to what I needed as I become a principal for the catholic schools
A great lesson in Spiritual Growth and how to cultivate that experience in real life.
Fantastic course. Very knowledgeable and honest teacher.
Clear and easy to understand. In short...Excellent
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I appreciated the structure of the course. I did not always feel prepared to do well on the quizzes, but they may be me, not the instructor. More examples, more storytelling, some of which appears in The Character of Virtue, might make things slightly more informative and fun. But very happy I took the course.
This class has some good core principals to learn about. I did enjoy! I would recommend