The course serves as an introduction to advanced study of Christian spirituality through in-depth reading of selected classics in the tradition of Christian spirituality and analysis of secondary literature in the discipline. The course will expose students to significant works in the tradition and will train them to read such texts with theological, historical-contextual, and practical theological perspectives. Primary texts will rotate each time the course is taught. Critical issues raised will include: relationship between spirituality and theology, relationship between spirituality and ecclesiology, spiritual practices, the human sciences and the study of spirituality, apophatic and cataphatic spiritual paths, and contemporary pastoral appropriations of classic texts. The course is required for all ThD minors in spirituality, DMin students completing plans of study in spirituality, and STM students with a specialization in Spirituality. Masters students admitted with permission of instructor.