PSYC 411 - Psychology and Spirituality | 2025-2026

Academic Year
2025-2026
Course Credits
3.00
Course ID
PSYC 411
Course Name
Psychology and Spirituality
Description
This course examines the notion of spirituality in light of the psychological theories of Jung, Frankl, Maslow, May, Fromm; contemporary trans-personal psychologists; and Christianity, as well as several Eastern religions. Includes the exploration of spiritual themes such as suffering, surrender and relinquishment, forgiveness, love and unity, ecstasy and peak experience, mysticism and sacredness, creativity, meaning, meditation and serenity, authenticity and truth, and birth and death.
NB
Not offered every year. See Department chair.
Prerequisite(s)
PSYC 105, 106, 301; plus 6 additional sem. hrs. of Psychology.