Gordon T. Smith (PhD, Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University) is President of Ambrose University College and Seminary in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is former Academic Vice President/Dean and Associate Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College, and the author of Called to Be Saints: An Invitation to Christian Maturity, Essential Spirituality: Renewing Your Christian Faith through Classic Spiritual Disciplines, Listening to God in Times of Choice and Courage and Calling: Embracing Your God-given Potential.
Spiritual Discernment
Speaker(s): Gordon Smith
Date: Winter 2006
Length: 22:19:30
Product ID: RGDL3604S
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Description
This course is an introduction to the art of spiritual discernment, which enables individuals to recognize and respond to the prompting or inner witness of the Spirit. The course provides a model for effective decision-making that incorporates the wisdom of the Christian heritage, and investigates the corporate dimensions of discernment and decision-making and the role of the spiritual mentor. The topics discussed include;
- Theology, Spirituality & the Questions of Religious Experience
- Faith Development & Spiritual Discernment
- The Witness of Scripture and the Contours of Spiritual Discernment
- History: Discernment & the Spiritual Heritage of the Church
- The Rules of Discernment: From Discernment to Decision
- The Discerning Person: Listening With Heart and Mind
- Discernment & Decision-Making
- Discerning Vocation
- Liturgy, Worship & the Ordering of the Affections
- Discernment & Suffering
- Discernment & Community
- Making Decisions Together
- John Cassian
- Discernment & the Cross of Christ
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