Womanist Visions of Justice

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Interrogating the nature of justice in America and its Christian theological foundations, this course explores American injustice as a religious problem and the implications of categories of race, gender and class on perceptions of guilt, innocence, worth, humanity, solidarity and love through the precarious position of black women in American political institutions, criminal justice, economic policies and the like. Students will analyze contemporary case studies alongside womanist responses to these phenomena and how they might be incorporated into an ethic of solidarity and justice for America writ large. Prerequisite: RELS 110 .