Social Justice

Catalog description

This course is designed to help students engage the realities of social injustice while introducing them to the variety of ways in which the Christian tradition responds to injustice. Students will study selections from scripture, Catholic Social Teaching, Jesuit spirituality, and the lives of Christian teachers, saints, and martyrs. The class specifically addresses issues of racism, classism, sexism, militarism, and environmental degradation in global context through the works of African American, feminist, womanist, and Latino/a theologians. Students will gain a better understanding of Christian perspectives on social justice that can be applied to their own life journey.