Theology of Social Responsibility

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This course provides an exploration of belief and practices related to agitation, direct action for social change, and responsible action in the religious setting. This course dives into how identity, power, and suffering shape historical judgments about the intersection of religion and ethics. Close readings of primary sources drawn from autobiographies, letters, sermons, poems, and treatises. Figures may include John Wesley, Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Eberhard Arnold, Martin Luther King Jr., Pauli Murray, Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, Jean Vanier, Daniel Berrigan, Joan Chittister, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, and The Sister Fund.