Description
The question of widening disparities in wealth and power are the subject of much public discourse, scholarly inquiry and ecclesial statements. The theme of the 2014 Congress on Urban Ministry addressed some of these problems as well. This course will enable students to explore how these disparities shape us all the way to the core in both church and world and what alternatives might look like. Theological traditions from the three Abrahamic traditions, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, will be introduced to rethink justice from the perspective of the exploited and the oppressed, considering God's preferential option for the poor and emerging movements of deep solidarity along the lines of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and class. The class will include theological reflection, ethical imagination, and practical suggestions for organizing. COURSE MEETS IN CHICAGO. IN ADDITION TO REGISTERING FOR SCUPE COURSES AT LUTHER SEMINARY, STUDENTS SHOULD REGISTER WITH SCUPE AT https://www/sc