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3.00 Credits
James H. Evans, Jr. The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the theological enterprise as it has developed in the African-American Christian community. This will be a lecture and discussion course, and each student will contribute to the learning and teaching process. The course will begin with an overview of the distinctive events and themes in the emergence of black theology in the United States. It will include an examination of the major systematic motifs in black theology. The course will conclude with a discussion of current themes and emphases in black theology.
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3.00 Credits
Christopher H. Evans This course analyzes gender in the Unites States from the 17th century to the present and the function of organized religion in creating, reinforcing and perpetuating gender roles in American society. It also traces the participation of women in various religious communities.
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2.00 Credits
John S. Walker This second semester study of the black church in America will attempt to trace the major events and movements of that institution from the latter Eighteenth Century. Also examined will be some of the major personalities of the black church, women and men who have shaped its history.
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3.00 Credits
James H. Evans, Jr. The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to the major themes, methods, and motifs in African-American Philosophy. We will read selected texts in light of the Western philosophical tradition and attempt to critically assess the resources that these texts may provide for contemporary theological understanding. Special attention will be paid to the notion of "Africa" as a central concept and to the contribution of African-American philosophy to the development of African-American theology. Sessions will focus on thinkers, themes or both.
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1.00 Credits
John S. Walker This course is constructed to emphasize the major events and personalities of the black church in America from approximately 1830 to 1940. Additionally, when necessary, discussion relative to the role of the church as participants in movements such as civil rights and black liberation will be included. Of importance will be profile studies of historic figures of the black church. Also included will be some discussions examining the various subjects of controversies, conflicts and doctrinal disputes of the church, including denominationalism and study of the National Baptist Convention, Incorporated. The unity question relative to black Methodism will also be explored.
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3.00 Credits
Prince S. Conteh This course examines the worldview and religion of the peoples of sub-Saharan Africa. It will address the components, theology, rites and rituals of African Traditional Religion (ATR), its past and present interactions with other faiths and its place in interreligious dialogue. Special attention will be paid to the modern practice of ATR in Africa and in the Diaspora, and to the responses of ATR to modern social issues.
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3.00 Credits
Melanie A. May This course explores the range of Christian and other religious responses to war and violence, together with traditions of Christian and other religious teachings about peacemaking, both in historical and in contemporary ecumenical and global contexts. Attention will be given to war and peace in biblical traditions, to war and peace as themselves conflictive issues within religious traditions, to statements made by Christian churches on war and peace in the last thirty years, and to the current World Council of Churches Decade to Overcome Violence. Attention will also be given to analyses of structural violence-including gendered perspectives and exploration of ethnic and racial construals of violence-and to various faces and forms of religious extremism. This exploration will aim to articulate new paradigms for Christian peace witness in ecumenical and interfaith dialogue.
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3.00 Credits
Melanie A. May An exploration of pornography and prostitution-in various historical and contemporary settings-in order to clarify and critique ways in which women have been and are represented in some strands of Christian tradition. With Mary Magdalene as companion, this course will address theological understandings of the body, sexuality, and power. The course will also address the ever more urgent issues of poverty and violence against women, asking about the role and responsibility of the churches. Throughout, students will engage the implications of these issues for ministerial practice.
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3.00 Credits
Marcia B. Bailey The psychology of women, the men's movement, the politics of homophobia, issues of sexual abuse and harassment, new understandings and practices of pastoral care for women and men, reimaginings of God and the church will be engaged. Women and men are both welcome!
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3.00 Credits
Stephanie L. Sauvé This class will explore some aspects of Native American Spirituality. We will look to the four directions, seeking as we strive to gain wisdom, insight and appreciation. This class will be an opportunity to learn of the ways of the First People of this continent, called Turtle Island. As we begin to honor these Sisters and Brothers we will come to understand that "spirituality" is part of everyday life, it cannotbe separated out. When Native people cook, dance, do beadwork, hunt, gather food or herbs for medicine they are praying.
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