Social Justice, Public Policy, and Political Theology

Catalog description

The rationale for this course is to support students seeking to use their divinity degree to engage in mission work for social change in the political structures, policies and laws that compose social orders for community and nation. Students who desire to engage in social change for justice and equity consistent with Christian narratives should have some understanding of how social justice movements have achieved some success in modern America. An understanding of major federal policies in existence today, the origins of their development in social justice movement and the various interactions of these policies with faith communities is both informative and formative for seminarians who desire to engage in social change of political orders.