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Advocacy and Human Rights
Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty
This course is designed to prepare Christian leaders to identify entry points for engagement in social justice advocacy in the context of the global struggle for human rights/justice. In order to approach such advocacy from a uniquely Christian perspective, participants will examine the Christian witness to the state (at all levels) and evaluate the role followers of Jesus have in walking with the oppressed to seek justice for them. Case studies from a variety of Christian and secular organizations will highlight the various levels at which advocacy can occur.
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A Spirituality of Christian Activism
Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty
This course will explore the intersection of Christian spirituality and social engagement. Against the stereotype surrounding those whom church history has called “mystics” that they are disengaged from the world, this course examines both historical and contemporary movements of spirituality—that is, movements that can be considered monastic or mystical—that were very much engaged in activities of compassion, justice, and advocacy.
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Christian Engagement with Poverty, Government, and Foreign Assistance
Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty
Stemming from the May 2010 Government, Global Poverty and God’s Mission in the World evangelical declaration (and consultation hosted at Wheaton College that originated the declaration), this course will explore four broad module categories that emerged: Theology of Poverty in Today’s World, How Christians Engage Government, Government Initiatives against Global Poverty, and Christian Advocacy on U.S. Foreign Assistance. Each module will include a robust exploration of: 1) important topics; 2) contentious questions; 3) key resources; and, 4) questions for reflection and action.
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CTM 604, The Bible, Pacifism, Just War and Just Peacemaking
Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty
An analysis of the arguments--biblical, theological, historical--for and against the claim that Christians should never kill and exploration of nonviolent peacemaking. Class discussion and student presentations will be a major part of the class.
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CTM 623: CHRISTIAN SOCIAL ETHICS
Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty
In this course we will examine selected theological, ethical and missional commitments of the Church of Jesus Christ in our contemporary world. Our chief purpose will be to explore the myriad of ways in which church groups, thinkers, writers and spokespersons have envisaged, understood and interpreted the connection between Christ and culture. These includes the relationship between the “Christ and Caesar”, the word and the world, the interface between Ethics and economics. Topics to be explored include the intersection between race, class and gender, the subject of the various roles of the church under conditions of “postmodernism,” “globalization” and empire. During the semester you will demonstrate your own learning and the immediate relevance of these commitments by connecting them to your practice and context of ministry and to your own development as a Christian thinker and leader.
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GLOBAL SOUTH THEOLOGIES AND PUBLIC POLICIES
Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty
The major goal of this seminar is for us, as Christ-ians, to explore a few of the theologies and political realities in the global south from the perspectives and experiences of global south scholars. A secondary goal is for us followers of Jesus to construct theological and public policy possibilities in conversation with what we are learning.
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Religious and Politics
Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty
This course is a study of the relationship between religion and politics primarily in the current United States, including examinations of political and religious theory, history, law, individual and group behavior, political elites and institutions, and policy issues, with a focus on Christianity but including discussions of other religions.
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THEOLOGIES AND PRACTICES OF NONVIOLENCE AND SOCIAL CHANGE
Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty
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The Arab Spring (2011) reminded the world both of the power of nonviolence to bring about social change and of the significant costs involved. In this course we will explore the theological and biblical resources in Christianity that support as well as interrogate nonviolent praxis and aggressive nonviolent direct action. We will discuss the spirituality of nonviolence, alternatives to both passivity and violence, justifications of violence and revolution, coercion, responsibility vs. faithfulness, and the pragmatic realities of refusing to kill people in order to improve one's socio-political-economic situation or in order to protect life.
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THEOLOGY AND PUBLIC POLICY
Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty
An introduction to the methodologies, representative thinkers and current Christian organizations in the area of Christian Faith & Public Policy. A theological/biblical analysis of the problems involved in moving from biblical revelation and theology to concrete public policy proposals.
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The Theology and Ethics of Martin Luther King, Jr. CTM 615
Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty
This class will explore and examine the theological and philosophical foundations of the life, work, and thought of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Attention will be given to King’s understanding of God, Christ, the Church and humanity and how the interplay of these conceptions informed his quest to critique, contest and transform North American civilization and the emerging global order. Students will be asked to probe into King’s identity as a minister of the gospel, explore his role and significance in the history of the Church, and examine his international theology and cultural legacy. In addition, students will be invited to discern the implications of King’s life and thought for contemporary ministry.
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Varieties of American Evangelicalism
Evangelical Advocacy: A Response to Global Poverty
Evangelical Protestantism has played a vital role in shaping American history, culture and religion. It is estimated that some 25-35% of the American population (c. 70-100 million) today identifies with this movement. Far from being a monolithic entity, however, the religious, ideological, and social allegiances of evangelicalism are quite diverse. In addition, evangelicals maintain a somewhat paradoxical relationship with American society, functioning simultaneously as a politically powerful interest group (insiders) and as cultural antagonists (outsiders). This course is designed to introduce students to the history of evangelicalism, its characteristic religious patterns, and its ongoing negotiations with contemporary American culture.
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