Body&Soul / Cuerpo Y Alma

Catalog description

Taught by SKSM. "Decolonizing Latinx and Liberation Theologies." This course will explore Latin American Liberation Theologies and embodied ritual practices that interrogate the body as a space of contention, resistance, and transformation. Requirements: Weekly attendance and participation; Three individual five (5) page reflection papers; One collective class presentation; One final individual paper/project. Examples of topics to be discussed: 1) Indigenous Ways of Knowing: The Lived Religious Experience. 2) Two-Spirits/Queer/GNC Latinx Bodies as Decolonizing Narratives of Resistance. 3) Fleshing the Spirit: Storytelling and Healing Rituals as Research and Theological Narratives. Relates to SKSM Thresholds: 4, 5, 6, 8. Relates to MFC Comps: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7. [32 max enrollment; Auditors excluded]