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Universal Spirituality: Meister Eckhart

by
Jason Manseau
on
Aug 19, 2009
held at
University of Waterloo

Often people have a hard time understanding ‘what their religion really teaches’ - its core spirituality. Meister Eckhart, a 14th Century master of spirituality still proves to be an important figure in the quest for people’s spirituality today in the 21st Century. Eckhart’s work is understudied and hard to find in today’s literature. If given a chance, Eckhart’s teachings are profoundly relevant in reconciling the divisions that people experience as a result of prevalent spiritual misunderstandings.

Because of his strong and devout Christian background, Eckhart’s work exhibits a deep and insightful understanding of Christian spirituality. His writings and sermons are totally unifying of all beings. His work illustrates that understanding core spirituality of religion is essential in creating one human family living in the wider world community. Clearly articulating concepts such as Godhead and its relationship with beings in the uncreated and the created worlds, Eckhart builds a convincing argument on how a human being can achieve salvation from creaturely living seeing “thy neighbour as thyself” in order to “love thy neighbour as thyself”.

This seminar attempts to illustrate Eckhart’s unifying spirituality.

New Cohort and Coursework Scheduling

 

Ubiquity University requires a SHEN coursework certificate worth 16 credits for their MASc degree, 24 credits for a combined MASc/PhD, and 13 credits beyond MASc for a PhD degree, a credit being one hour of engagement for a 15-week semester. 

To understand how SHEN plans for you to qualify for various SHEN Coursework certificates, you need to understand the following:

  1. SHEN divides a calendar year into three 10-week academic terms, 
  2. The academic terms begin on the third Monday of January, April, and September, 
  3. An academic term is followed by a free period,
  4. New students are admitted three times a year in the three academic terms, 
  5. Participating students take a minimum of one 3-hour/week course in each term (2 credits), 
  6. A course is scheduled for three hours per week, usually in one continuous session,
  7. MASc level certificate requires 8 30-hour  courses,
  8. Combined MASc/PhD level certificate requires 12 30-hour  courses,
  9. PhD level certificate requires 5 30-hour courses and 1 45-hour course after their MASc.
  10. The maximum number of participating terms required to qualify for a MASc level certificate is 8, for a combined MASc/PhD level certificate is 12, and for a PhD level certificate is six after obtaining a MASc level certificate. 

Here is a pictorial view of the above coursework scheduling description.

  

New Cohort and Course Scheduling