Liberating Worship

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This introductory class will consider how worship can contribute to liberation by enacting and embodying feminist, womanist, and other liberative theologies.  We will also ask if worship might need to be liberated from practices and paradigms that are too limiting in today’s world.  This exploration will be rooted in history and theology of Christian worship as well as site visits that include some of the diversity of Christian worship styles.  There will be short reflection papers and site visits, but the primary method for demonstrating learning will be design and implementation of hybrid Monday afternoon worship services at Berkeley School of Theology.