SU S1 2025 - SPIRITUALITY AND THE PSALMS

SPT 536/436

Spirituality and the Psalms: A Way of Life

Audit (Easy Listening, Non-Credit)

June 2-6, 9 AM - 11 AM CT

Donald Berry, Ph.D.

Course Description: This course looks at the origins of the Psalms as well as their place in the daily life of the Hebrew people. The focus is on the use of the Psalms by Christians in developing personal spirituality

Donald Berry served as Professor of Religion at University of Mobile from 1987 to 2003. He attended Southern Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky where he earned an MDiv (1978) and a PhD in biblical studies in 1987. Through the years he has taught several courses for the Spring Hill College Theology Department. He holds a special interest in the wisdom and poetry of the Old Testament. His dissertation was published as The Psalms and Their Readers: Traditional Approaches and a Reader-Oriented Analysis of Psalm 18 (Sheffield Press). He also authored a college textbook: An Introduction to Wisdom and Poetry of the Old Testament.