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CF 603 Skill Development in Soul Care This course builds on CF 513 The Practice of Soul Care to further enhance competency in both individual and group spiritual direction. Emphasis is given to the development of specific soul care skills and practical ministry application. Offered fall semesters. Two hours. CF 604 Readings from the Spiritual Masters I: Patristic and Medieval Engages the wisdom for formation and soul care as presented by leading patristic and medieval spiritual authorities in the Christian tradition. Offered fall semesters, odd years. Two hours. CF 605 Readings from the Spiritual Masters II: Reformation to the Present This course engages the wisdom for formation and soul care as presented by leading Christian spiritual authorities in the Christian tradition from the Reformation to the present, with an emphasis on reading the original sources informed by their respective historical and biographical backgrounds. Offered fall semesters, even years. Two hours. CF 606 Scripture, Soul Care, and Ignatian Spirituality Highlights how Scripture reading and meditation, the ancient practice of Lectio Divina, and the spiritual exercises of Ignatius of Loyola may be constructively employed in spiritual guidance ministries. Offered spring semesters. Two hours. CF 607 Incarnational Spirituality: Knowing God through Jesus Provides an opportunity to explore their image of God and the sources from which that image comes, primarily from His revelation in Jesus Christ. Students are challenged to encounter the living Jesus through Gospel stories and to guide others into this experience. Offered fall semester, even years. Two hours. CF 608 Redemptive Suffering Explores the universal phenomenon of human suffering with attention to God's purposes for suffering in the lives of committed Christians. God-honoring responses and the transformational outcomes of suffering are explored. Offered summer session, odd years. Two hours. CF 609 Mystical Theology of the Eastern Orthodox Church A survey of the principal theological themes of the Eastern Orthodox Church and their relation to Christian spirituality. Emphasis is on the inner connection between the gospel and the spiritual life, as interpreted through the Greek church fathers and ecumenical councils from the second to the fourteenth centuries. Special attention is given to the desert fathers and mothers, and a classic collection of orthodox spiritual writings known as The Philokalia. Two hours. CF 611 Christian Formation and Soul Care Intensive This course provides live engagement with, and participation in, fruitful formation ministries with appropriate academic readings, reflection, and applications for life and ministry. Additional fee for food and lodging. Offered intersession in a retreat setting, even years. Two hours. CF 630 Theological Tensions and Spiritual Formation: Historical Studies Examines several core theological conflicts in Christian history that are of particular relevance to Christian spirituality. The historical contexts of the questions, the key thinkers and leaders, and the discourse and resolutions will be explored. Each development is then considered in light of 85