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85 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 the spiritual formation that issued out of the different positions in the conflict. These positions will be viewed as voices that shape spiritual formation, with a view toward better understanding directors' and directees' spiritual assumptions and positions. Two hours. CF 631 Integrative Seminar in Christian Formation and Soul Care Integrates course materials, readings, retreat experiences, group experience, and ministry practice, together with exploration of vocational opportunities in the field. This seminar is reserved for Christian formation and soul care students in the spring semester of the final year of study who have completed at least sixteen hours of CF-prefixed courses. Offered spring semesters. Two hours. CF 640 Following Christ in the Monastic Tradition Encourages students to develop deeper patterns and disciplines of spiritual formation by learning from the history and practices of Christian monasticism. Students will be invited to consider how an understanding of the religious life can inform, inspire, and reshape their own life of discipleship. There will be a focus on engaging with original monastic writers and sources, especially the Conferences of John Cassian. Offered summer session, even years. Two hours. CF 590, 690 Studies in Christian Formation and Soul Care These course numbers are reserved for courses of special or one-time interest that do not otherwise appear in the catalog. Two or three hours. CF 591, 691 Individualized Study in Christian Formation and Soul Care These course numbers are reserved for courses that are designed to free the student for independent investigation in Christian Formation and Soul Care under the guidance of a professor. One to three hours.