1. Understanding the identity of Spiritual Theology (=ST), its object of study and its method.

2. Identifying the ST contribution to the interdisciplinary dialogue.

3. List and justify the sources of the ST.

4. Acquiring a notion of the anthropology underlying the Christian spiritual experience.

5. Recognizing Jesus as the configurative centre of Christian spiritual experience.

6. Explain what a spiritual itinerary is and characterize its great phases.

7. Identifying the various dimensions of the Christian experience.

8. To acquire the notion of a "School of Spirituality" and to understand its articulation with the whole of ecclesial experience.