Student happy with children's gift of leaf hat

Craft craft program with dalit children, Mysore

Institute Assistant Elizabeth Pammett with Nrityavani Dancers: Suchita Kujur and Mahdu Rawat

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Students with Director Louise Graves

Spirituality & Global Awareness: India

This course takes place in both Canada and India. The overarching goal is to deepen students knowledge of themselves and their place in the contemporary world through  interaction with our partners in India and through critical reflection upon theological, historical, cultural, and psychological factors which have shaped self, religious beliefs and practices, and our world.

Course Goals:       

a) Reflect theologically about the contemporary global situation.

b) Examine effects of historical colonization and contemporary globalization on religion and spirituality in India.

c) Explore variety of expressions of  inculturation in Indian Christian practice and reflect on possibilities for inculturation in Canadian religious Context.

d) Contemplate emerging Eastern and Western liberation theologies.

e)   Examine relationships between spiritual and psychological development and social justice and global awareness.

f) Increase self awareness and capacity for empathy through engaging in the contemplative practices of mindfulness meditation and tonglin.