Claiming the Psalms for the 21st Century

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TAUGHT BY JST. While historical considerations will be addressed, a literary-contextual interpretation will be the primary approach in this study of the Old Testament Psalms. How these exquisite ancient verses can more fully become expressions of our contemporary prayerful sentiments addressing the topics and events of this era (poverty, racism, trauma, ecology, covid, social justice, modernist quests for God, violence, etc) will be a consistent pursuit in this course. [Faculty Consent required; 12 max enrollment]