The purpose of this exercise is to enter into the experience of worship with sensitivity and with enough historical background to participate and analyze the experience with care. Your lively and informed participation in all class activities is valuable for you and contributes to the edification of all. Active involvement in class will be taken into account in determining final grades. Each student must complete two book reports. There is no particular format stipulated for the Report, simply the need for the reader to demonstrate their knowledge of and dialogue with the book in question.
Students are free to choose the books upon which to report, but in consultation with the instructor.
Each student will be required to develop a practical project, a way of translating the learning of the course into a form that can be utilized in Christian worship, religious education, pastoral care settings, or other forms of ministry. This requirement can be fulfilled in a number of different ways and will be discussed in class. Christ is communion . When the Church is a radiant mystery of motherly love and forgiveness, it offers a clear reflection of Christ Jesus.