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Bible as a Source of Spiritual Life

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Course ID: WT-SSTA-BA
Erasmus code / ISCED: 08.2 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0221) Religion and theology The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title: Bible as a Source of Spiritual Life
Name in Polish: Bible as a Source of Spiritual Life
Organizational unit: Faculty of Theology
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): 2.00 Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles:
  • the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS;
  • the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h;
  • 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes;
  • weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS;
  • work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load.
Language: English
Subject level:

elementary
Learning outcome code/codes:

STL_W01;

STL_W02;

STL_W03;

STL_W04

STL_W06
Efekty kształcenia i opis ECTS:

knowledge: student knows the definition of the spiritual life, what its dimensions are and the role of the Bible in shaping the spiritual life

skills: student is able to identify which elements of biblical culture are fundamental to the spiritual life of a non-believer, a believing non-Christian, a Christian

competences: student is able to present a proposal for biblical inspiration for spiritual development to people from different cultural and religious backgrounds
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:

Sufficient (3)

knowledge:student knows at least one definition of the spiritual life and can identify what role the Bible plays in this understanding

skills: student can identify at least three elements of biblical culture that make up the life of a believer

competences: student is able to present at least one proposal for biblical inspiration for the non-believer, the believer and the Christian

Good (4)

knowledge: student knows at least three definitions of the spiritual life and can identify what role the Bible plays in their understanding

skills: he student is able to identify at least five elements of biblical culture that make up the life of a believer

competences: student is able to make at least three suggestions for biblical inspiration for the non-believer, the believer and the Christian

Very good (5):

knowledge: sstudent knows more than five definitions of the spiritual life and can identify what role the Bible plays in their understanding

skills: tstudent is able to identify at least seven elements of biblical culture that make up the life of a believer

competences:student is able to make at least five suggestions for biblical inspiration for the non-believer, the believer and the Christian

Classes in period "Winter semester 2023/24" (past)

Time span: 2023-10-01 - 2024-01-31
Selected timetable range:
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Type of class:
Classes, 30 hours more information
Coordinators: Waldemar Linke
Group instructors: Waldemar Linke
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Examination: Course - graded credit
Classes - graded credit
(in Polish) Opis nakładu pracy studenta w ECTS:

Participationo in lectures - 1

Student's own work - 1
Type of subject:

obligatory
(in Polish) Grupa przedmiotów ogólnouczenianych:

(in Polish) nie dotyczy
Short description:

1. Holy Spirit or human spirit?

2. Spiritual life: a notion in different contexts or different realities?

3. Source(s) of spiritual life.

4. The Bible: unity, holiness, and polyphony.

5. Reading the Bible as a source of spiritual life: methods or hermeneutics?

6. The Bible as a call to faith.

7. The Bible as a call to a personal vocation.

8. The Bible as an introduction to the sacraments.

9. The Bible as a fundament of the understanding of faith.

10. The Bible in the building of the Church.

11. The Bible in a formation of conscience.

12. The Bible in religious culture.

13. The Bible in theology.

14. The Bible in the ecumenical and interreligious dialog.

15. The Bible in humanistic discourse.
Bibliography:

1) L. Bouyer, Introduction to the Spiritual Life, Perth: Christian Classics Inc 2013.

2) K. Stendahl, “The Bible as a Classic and the Bible as Holy Scripture”. Journal of Biblical Literature, 103(1984), No. 1, pp. 3-10.

3) D.C. Baker, “Studies of the Inner Life: The Impact of Spirituality on Quality of Life”. Quality of Life Research, 12(2003), Supplement: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Health-Related Quality of Life, pp. 51-57.

4) R. Hendel, “Mind the Gap: Modern and Postmodern in Biblical Studies”. Journal of Biblical Literature, 133(2014), No. 2, pp. 422-443.

5) B. Cosgrave, “Understanding Spirituality Today”. The Furrow 68(2017), No. 11, pp. 593-602.

6) W. Załuski, “On the Relations between Vita Contemplativa and Vita Activa”. AVANT, 10(2019), No. 1, pp. 15-28.
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