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JB111 please let us know. I was thinking about applying this weekend, specifically so I can get the syllabus. I'm teaching a class until mid-December and am starting my second semester of Hebrew with a break at Christmas. I was going to aim for starting mid-December but if it requires a lot of forum posts, reading assignments etc. I might just need to squeeze it in now so I can get that first class completed before January 1.

Hi!  I emailed Gail@Nations.  She did not have the MRS 622 syllabus but sent BRS 100 (attached and very similar).  So look at that and compare vs. the MRS 622 summary below.  For the part about visiting 5 religious establishments, they allow you to do online research instead.  Here is where I found all the Masters course summaries https://www.nationsu.net/course/index.php?categoryid=21  Since it's asynchronous, there is no time limit on the courses - more based on what you can finish in your blocks of time.  Good luck.

[i]A consideration of spirituality, beginning with its reasonableness, its connection with the sacred, and its actualization

The course is laid out as a journey with stages, organized in five modules: (1) The Concept of Spirituality, (2) A Sense of the Sacred, (3) Spirituality Actualized, (4) A Spiritual Community, and (5) The Spiritual Life. A quest for authentic spirituality, the course objective is to inspire that longing, inquisitive, searching spirit within to look beyond the physical universe and claim the blessing that spirituality makes available. 3 semester hours of graduate credit. May not be taken if the student has credit for BRS 16.6. 
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Objectives

• Identify the concepts, methods, and structures related to a personal quest for a spiritual experience with God through Jesus Christ

• Identify spirituality, parameters, and its essence in terms of faith and reason.

• Recognize the emotional response to faith and how one is drawn to the sacred.

• Explain the effects of the spiritual community in the life of the spiritual person.


Credit. Credit for the course requires a score of 70 percent or greater on each of three multiple choice examinations, an electronic notebook that includes personal reflections, and a 2,000 word essay.  A sample exam problem is given below:

[i]From a biblical point of view, to believe that God is a Spirit, and then use an image in worship (A) is acceptable, if the image is considered a "representation" of God and not God himself, (B) helps the worshiper focus on the true God, © is inconsistent with biblical teaching.

Resources[/i]

You will find the following resources very helpful in your journey.

A Bible in any translation

à Kempis, Thomas. [i]The Invitation of Christ. Dover Publications, 2003. 160 pages. $2.50. ISBN: 978-0486431857

Augustine. The Confessions of Augustine. Dover Publications, 2002. 319 pages. $4. ISBN: 978-0486424668[/i]

Suggested Addition

Srygley, David. [i]From Cloisters to Cubicles: Spiritual Disciplines for the Not-So-Monastic Life. Westbow Press, 2015. Paperback/eBook, $13.95/$4.99  ISBN: 978-1490867243.[/i]

Works by à Kempis and Augustine can be read online, if you prefer. 

The Confessions of Saint Augustine
Imitation of Christ