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3.00 Credits
Frances S. Adeney This course will survey the development of Christian missions using a combination of historical and theological approaches. Students will trace changes in conceptions and practices of mission beginning with biblical and early church models, moving through historical paradigms of Christian mission, and exploring relevant approaches to mission today.
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3.00 Credits
Scott C. Williamson This course will review the theological foundations and praxis origins of black ecclesiology. Scholarship from the fields of Christian Ethics and Practical Theology provide the resources and methods for this critical inquiry. Beginning with an evaluation of early preaching and pastoral care in black churches, we will examine the public debates over the traditional scope of pastoral ministries and the more radical voices of social justice. The course will trace the major movements within this controversy, extending from the antebellum period through the post-Civil Rights era of Black Theology. Students will be able to identify the major thinkers and themes comprising both the traditional development of black ecclesiology and the prophetic appeals of religious ethics. Ultimately, students will develop a practical theological critique of this historical debate.
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3.00 Credits
Scott C. Williamson This seminar is designed to introduce students to Frederick Douglass. Douglass was one of the most fascinating and influential figures of the nineteenth century. Remembered primarily as a dynamic abolitionist lecturer and candid editor, Douglass was also an important thinker. He was the nineteenth century's foremost spokesperson for social equality and racial assimilation. Douglass is among the first generation of black thinkers to combine elements of Protestantism, black nationalism and assimilationism into an effective model of social progress for blacks. The goal of the course is to discern Douglass's moral and religious point of view by reading autobiographical accounts, as well as the writings of several Douglass scholars.
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3.00 Credits
Scott C. Williamson Readings in the history of Christian ethics from New Testament times to the modern era are the focus of this course. Different types of ethical systems will be examined (ascetic, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Radi- cal Reformation, liberal), and topics such as war and peace, love and justice, class and race, economics and ecology, abortion and euthanasia, freedom and determinism, will be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
Scott C. Williamson What is distinctive about Christian ethics And why is it relevant to contemporary society In this course, students will enter into conversation with several prominent Christian ethicists in order to examine the ethics of Christian identity and community. The course begins with an analysis of the faith-premises, principles, and norms of Christian ethics. Topics in this section include the nature and role of biblical authority, the formation of the moral self, and the role of the church as a shaping and sustaining community. The course then moves into the social realm and examines models of the relation between Christ and culture. Other topics in this section include contemporary models of the church in the world, moral responsibility, and Christian love and social policy. Finally, the course considers the insights of feminism and the black church tradition to the study of Christian ethics.
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3.00 Credits
Johnny B. Hill; Scott C. Williamson The purpose of this course is to explore the theological and ethical dimensions of globalization as a contemporary phenomenon marked by a massive expansion of global economic and technological networks. The course seeks to engage in a critical reflection and analysis of the theological, ethical, cultural, political, and economic impact of globalization in today's culture. Radical shifts from an industrially centered economy to an informational and technologically driven economy has signaled new theological realities that urge creative responses and approaches to questions of justice, reconciliation, public policy, domestic and international trade policy, and fundamental issues of identity and difference. Students will reflect on the ways in which globalization emerges as a religious reality with its own distinctive rituals, practices, symbols, and deities. The class will also examine the church's teachings on economics and the persistent realities of poverty-from the ghettos of Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, and Detroit to the slums of Nairobi, Soweto, Tegucigalpa, Mexico City, the Chiapas, and the Balkans.
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3.00 Credits
Any group of students interested in a particular issue in American religious history can arrange with the instructor for disciplined study in that area. Topics may include slavery in America, chiliasm, social gospel, liberal trends, ministry in American history, evangelism, or particular ethical issues.
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3.00 Credits
Kathryn L. Johnson This course introduces traditions of spirituality from different periods of the church's history, from the major religious communions of Christianity, and from both women and men. A number of classic works in Christian spirituality will be examined, and students will be encouraged to reflect on their own spiritual disciplines in light of the resources of the church's experience.
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3.00 Credits
Scott C. Williamson This course provides a study of the relationship of both the Catholic and the Protestant churches to Blacks in the United States from 1789 (the departure of Richard Allen from St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church) to 1989.
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3.00 Credits
James W. Lewis; Dianne Reistroffer This course surveys the major themes and developments of American religious history. The focus is on American Protestantism, especially the so-called "mainstream" Protestantdenominations. But lectures and readings will also examine American Catholicism, African- American Christianity, and Judaism, as well as alternative religious movements.
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