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3.00 Credits
Introduces youth and youth ministry in an urban, multicultural context. Participants study adolescents and ministry to adolescents in the inner city. Emphasizes biblical, theological, and historical themes of reconciliation, diversity, poverty, and justice. Experiences include homeless shelters, youth ministry centers, and the religious and cultural life of a major city. (Carries cross-listing in biblical and theological studies and youth ministry.)
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3.00 Credits
Explores the history of South Africa: the impact of colonialism on the indigenous peoples, and emergence of apartheid and its impact. Attention is given to the role of the church both in the evolution of apartheid and in its demise. The multiculturalism that enriches South Africa is explored.
Prerequisite:
Enrollment in the South Africa Term.
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3.00 Credits
Provides practical peacemaking and reconciliation skills relevant to helping Christians resolve conflict in a healthy, balanced way. Focus on using experiential learning to develop negotiation and mediation skills.
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3.00 Credits
Using multidisciplinary perspective, the course explores the different ways and dimensions that businesses relate to society and the nature of reciprocal relationship (whether good or bad) between the two social entities. Examines contrasting ethical arguments in historical contexts about the role of business in society. Considerable time will be spent discussing ways that healthy relationships can be promoted between business and society for the benefit of both entities.
Prerequisite:
Christianity and Western Civilization; Western Humanities; World Cultures (U) course. (Carries cross-credit in sociocultural studies.)
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3.00 Credits
Practical learning experience to apply understanding and skills of reconciliation studies in a real-world setting.
Prerequisite:
RES201; major in reconciliation studies; junior or senior standing.
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4.00 Credits
Prepares students to use the lenses of Christ-centered biblical "reconciliation" theology, critical thinking, multicultural perspectives, social change analysis, and conflict resolution skills for leadership in the work of reconciliation in society. Students study theoretical underpinnings of reconciliation studies and leadership models of reconciliation practice. A service-learning component is required.
Prerequisite:
RES201; senior standing. Sociocultural Studies Courses
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4.00 Credits
Survey of human needs with attention paid to the cultural perspectives and reality of those populations in need. Through traditional teaching methods and intensive experience with a cultural group that lies outside the majority culture(s) and lives in the Twin Cities area, study social, cultural, political, spiritual, environmental, and economic forces that shape human needs. Emphasis on those models with holistic ministry responses that are participatory and culturally contextualized.
Prerequisite:
GES130 (may be taken concurrently) or GES244 (may be taken concurrently).
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3.00 Credits
Exploration of ways in which socioeconomic issues, politics, and religion affect human development in Africa. Study of unique features of African versions of Christianity as they are shaped by local historical and cultural experiences on the one hand, and North American and European influences on the other.
Prerequisite:
GES130, THE201, or GES246.
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3.00 Credits
Experientially based introduction to the religious, ethnic, and economic diversity of urban life. Formal and informal interrelationships of people living in the urban environment and various models for approaching urban ministry. Students explore the reality of living in urban life through intensive study of and interaction with a specific cultural group that lies outside the majority culture(s) found in North America. Students are encouraged to understand their own feelings and social roles.
Prerequisite:
GES130 (may be taken concurrently) or GES244 (may be taken concurrently).
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3.00 Credits
Examines the multiple dimensions of the causes, processes, mechanism, strategies, and consequences of social change in the United States, Western, and non-Western societies at large. Topics include: patterns of change; spheres of change; duration of change; reactions to change; impact of change; costs of change; strategies of change; and assessment of change. Focuses on how community development programs through non-profit organizations can be used to promote meaningful and desirable social change in society.
Prerequisite:
[GES130; Contemporary Western Life and Thought (L) course; World Cultures (U) course] or [GES246; World Cultures (U) course].
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