File 2103 - Lecture notes and reading notes for spring 1975 seminar

1.4 cm of textual records

File consists of a bound volume of typed and handwritten lecture notes and reading notes by Nouwen. There is only two pages of typed lecture notes. The rest of the bound volume consists of handwritten reading notes or lecture notes by Nouwen which are heavily annotated. The reading notes covers works by Michael Novak, David Steindl-Rast, Anselmus Stolz, Diadoque de Photice, James Hannay, St. Benedict, and Thomas Merton.

Title based on contents of the file.
All the notes contained in this volume are three-ring hole punched.

Christian Spirituality was a seminar offered by Nouwen during the spring semester of 1975 along with a similar seminar on Thomas Merton. This course had developed out of Nouwen's own monastic experiences and he hoped to explore ways of integrating the main aspects of Christian spirituality into modern society, rather than offering a straightforward historical approach to Christian spirituality. The discussions focused on the relationship between prayer and the common life, and prayer and study. Although monasticism was the focus of this course, Nouwen hoped to use the monastic world as a catalyst to raise and respond to questions about modern spirituality that were not typically monastic.

Revised by L Joson, 13 November 2018