Student Rituals
Nov. 23rd, 2003 11:27 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
qosI got to engage in one of my favorite student rituals last week: registering for the next term. No matter how tired and stressed I am by one quarter's classes, registering for the next quarter is always exciting. Here is a brand new subject area to explore! New books! New mysteries! A new journey to embark upon!
My school makes it nice, because they post the syllabus for every class as a link on the online schedule, so we have more than just the course description to go by when we make our selection. As a first-year student, I'm focusing on the required courses, but it's still nice to have the detail.
I'll be taking "Sacramental and Liturgical Theology" -- which sounds exciting to me. (I understand if many of you want to start snoring -- or run for the nearest exit.) Because this is an M.Div. program, which focuses on preparing ministers, there will be a strong emphasis on practical application as well as theological theory. Because it's an ecumenical class taught by a Jesuit, there will be an interesting variety of viewpoints about the number and nature of the sacraments. As a Swedenborgian -- and a Grail Priestess, who celebrates a rite called the Grail Mass -- I'll have a slightly different perspective than any of my classmates. It should be fun.
My school makes it nice, because they post the syllabus for every class as a link on the online schedule, so we have more than just the course description to go by when we make our selection. As a first-year student, I'm focusing on the required courses, but it's still nice to have the detail.
I'll be taking "Sacramental and Liturgical Theology" -- which sounds exciting to me. (I understand if many of you want to start snoring -- or run for the nearest exit.) Because this is an M.Div. program, which focuses on preparing ministers, there will be a strong emphasis on practical application as well as theological theory. Because it's an ecumenical class taught by a Jesuit, there will be an interesting variety of viewpoints about the number and nature of the sacraments. As a Swedenborgian -- and a Grail Priestess, who celebrates a rite called the Grail Mass -- I'll have a slightly different perspective than any of my classmates. It should be fun.
