Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 SGPP Catalog and Handbook 
    
2017-2018 SGPP Catalog and Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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HD706 The Spiritual Life of Family (2 cr.)


This course focuses on the theoretical and personal aspects of spiritual development through examining primary relationships within the family unit. Through use of poetry, autobiography, and small group discussion students explore these earliest sacred connections.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

  1. Discern spiritual expressions between family relationships through themes such as gratitude, wisdom, compassion, grace, and connection.
  2. Analyze how family rituals, traditions and sense of belonging affect one’s spirituality.
  3. Explore and synthesis spiritual development stages from early childhood through adulthood within a theoretical and personal context.
  4. Synthesize life cycle events such as birth and death within the role of family.
  5. Create a personal practice of attending to the family’s soul.



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