Fall Semester Intensive (required): 3 credits

Creation Spirituality and Cosmology Intensive I

August 24-29, 2004                                                                SUBJECT TO CHANGE

 

Course Description:  CSP 600

This course deepens the student’s understanding of creation spirituality and cosmology through study of the writings and books on the creation spiritual tradition and the new scientific understanding of the universe story.

 

Art as Meditation: Traveling a Creative Path (Robert Rice)

The Art as Meditation session will use creative movement, writing and art to explore the four paths of Creation Spirituality. Emphasis will be placed on how the creative process can help each participant identify specific qualities that are important to guide his/her future learning and spiritual direction.  These individual explorations will be combined with group arts experiences that introduce students to their collective creative potential.

 

Faculty:  Matthew Fox, Drew Dellinger, Betty McAfee, Robert Rice, Jackie Hairston

 

Texts: 1. Matthew Fox, Original Blessing

                 For those who have already read Original Blessing, the text is Fox and Sheldrake, Natural Grace

             2. Brian Swimme, The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos

Assignment:     12 page paper due Friday, September 24, 2004 . Topic to be assigned in class. Please use “MLA Guidelines for Course Papers” booklet for format.

 

August 24 • Tuesday, 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

5:00-7:30 pm              Welcome, Orientation, Light Supper, MLA staff - (Eckhart)

7:30-9:00 pm              Drew Dellinger: “Cosmology and the Planetary Crisis” 

                                 Text: Swimme, The Hidden Heart of the Cosmos

 

August 25   Wednesday, 9:00 am – 5:30 pm

9:00 am                     Body Prayer, Jackie Hairston (Guadalupe Lounge)

9:30 am-12:30 pm      Seminar: “Creation Spirituality and Science (Matthew Fox)

                                 text:   Fox, Original Blessing or Fox and Sheldrake, Natural Grace

1:30-4:00 pm              Art as Meditation (Robert Rice) “Traveling a Creative Path” (see description above)

4:30-5:30 pm              Process Group (MLA staff)          

 

August 26 Thursday, 9:00 am – 5:30 pm

9:00 am                     Body Prayer, Jackie Hairston

9:30 am -12:30 pm     “The Four Paths: A Multimedia Experience” (Betty McAfee)

1:30-4:00 pm              Art as Meditation (Robert Rice)

4:30-5:30 pm              Process Group (MLA staff)                               

 

August 27 Friday, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

9:00 am                     Body Prayer, Jackie Hairston

9:30 am-12:30 pm       Seminar: “Creation Spirituality and Science  (Matthew Fox)

1:30-4:00 pm              Art as Meditation (Robert Rice)

 
 
August 28 Saturday, 9:00 am – 5:30 pm

9:00 am                     Body Prayer, Jackie Hairston

9:30 am-12:30 pm       Seminar: “Creation Spirituality and Science  (Matthew Fox)

1:30-4:00 pm              Art as Meditation (Robert Rice)

4:30-5:30 pm              Process Group, MLA staff (Library)

 

August 29 Sunday, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm

9:00 am-12:00 noon    Information Session, MLA staff (Eckhart)

12:00 noon-1:00 pm    Body Prayer & Community Ritual, MLA staff & Jackie Hairston