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Boston University
School of Theology
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TC723
United Methodist Ministry and Polity
BTI Category
Church Polity/Canon Law
Semester
SP24
Covers the polity, structure, procedures, and ritual of the United Methodist Church along with the basic structure of and ecclesial concepts contained within its Book of Discipline. Designed to meet one of the requirements for membership in a UMC Annual Conference.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Williams
T
3:30pm-6:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TC818
Writing for Public Worship
BTI Category
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
Semester
SP24
The course explores the relationship between the languages of worship/prayer and faith/belief; enables the student to develop foundations and skills for writing prayers, liturgies, and other ritual resources for public worship; and fosters theological/liturgical/pastoral evaluation of the liturgical texts and practices used by faith communities. This course requires instructor's approval for all doctoral students.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Westerfield Tucker
J TERM
9:00am-4:00pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
January 8-9, 11-12, 15-16, with the class sessions held 9-4 each day. Currently full, taking waitlist
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TC835
Evangelism and Contemporary Cultures
BTI Category
Practical/Pastoral Theology
Semester
SP24
This course explores the practice of bearing faithful, visible, and embodied witness to God's commonwealth in contemporary contexts and cultures. The course covers the biblical, historical, and theological foundations of evangelism, its practice within congregational life, and contextual strategies.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Stone
T
3:30pm-6:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TC840
Paradigms of Racism, the Ignorance They Hide, and the Harm They Sustain
BTI Category
Practical/Pastoral Theology
Semester
SP24
Racism is ugly, painful, and seemingly inimical to understanding much less constructive intervention. When it comes to race, people often yell at, talk past, or simply avoid each other. Experiencing frustration, rage, and despair, some fear and may conclude that racism is intractable, even insoluble, while others "know" that racism does not exist. This course offers hope, exploring how groups of people form and defend competing systems of truth (that is, "paradigms") that hide ignorance and sustain harm. By discussing eight "paradigms" of racism and attendant forms of ignorance, we seek to enlarge our understanding as a basis for concrete practical steps that could be taken by different people in different sites.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Goto with Schlauch
W
2:30pm-5:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
RCT Certificate
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TC877
Sabbath: Theology and Practice
BTI Category
Practical/Pastoral Theology
Semester
SP24
This course explores Sabbath keeping as a central practice of faith and a core practice of transformative religious leadership. Drawing upon Jewish and Christian traditions, we will study theologies and practices of Sabbath keeping and reflect upon their meaning in contemporary contexts. Topics include Sabbath keeping and spiritual formation, Sabbath and "time poverty", Sabbath and the Lord's Day, Sabbath keeping as a dimension of pastoral excellence, Sabbath keeping as countercultural practice, Sabbath and ecological stewardship, and Sabbath and social justice. The course includes contextual site visits in an effort to learn across traditions. Students will be encouraged to cultivate a practice of Sabbath keeping throughout the semester and are invited to draw upon music and the creative arts in their practice and reflections. As the culmination of the course they will have the opportunity to do a substantial research paper or design a practical theological project relevant to their own community and context of leadership.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Wolfteich
Arranged
10:00am-4:00pm, 6:00pm-9:00pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
10-4p, 6-9p. 1/26, 2/9, 3/1, 3/22, 4/5 // Currently full, taking waitlist
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TH811
History of the Episcopal Church & Constitutions and Canons
BTI Category
Church Polity/Canon Law
Semester
SP24
Not currently available
Professor
Class Day & Time
Feyerherm
M
2:30pm-5:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TH827
History of U.S. Christianity
BTI Category
Church History/History of Religions
Semester
SP24
The development of American Christianity as a social, intellectual, institutional, and cultural movement. The course includes visits to churches in Boston.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Evans
R
3:30pm-6:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
PREREQ: TF701/702 or equivalent.
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TH860
Female Medieval Mystics
BTI Category
Church History/History of Religions
Semester
SP24
Not currently available
Professor
Class Day & Time
Boyer (Pak)
W
6:30pm-9:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
Currently full, taking waitlist
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TM815
Christian Mission
BTI Category
Practical/Pastoral Theology
Semester
SP24
Exploration of biblical, historical, theological, political, and cultural perspectives on the world mission of the church. This course is a requirement for United Methodist MDiv students pursuing ordination in the United Methodist Church.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Robert
T
12:30pm-3:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
IME Certificate
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TN862
Africana and Womanist Hermeneutics
BTI Category
Scripture & Biblical Studies
Semester
SP24
This is a seminar-style, intensive course in which students critically read works of African American and Womanist biblical scholarship on the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament, while critically engaging biblical passages and peers in discussions about approaches, contexts, implications, strengths and challenges. The course begins with the conviction that all knowledge is perspectival. That is, how we access and interpret texts has to do with a complex combination of factors, including ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and social-cultural history (just to name a few), that constitute who we are at one particular instance in time. In particular, the course seeks to understand the historic perspectives and approaches of African American and Womanist readings and appropriations of biblical texts as a way to build students' capacities to appreciate the interpretative strategies of others (especially historically marginalized and/or underrepresented groups) as well as to identify and articulate their own critical and socially-situated understandings of biblical passages and its implications.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Smith
T
12:30pm-3:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TO829
Genesis
BTI Category
Scripture & Biblical Studies
Semester
SP24
A study of the Book of Genesis in the context of other ancient Near Eastern creation myths and stories. The course covers the Primeval Cycle, the Abraham Cycle, the Jacob Cycle and the Joseph Narrative with special attention to their reception and relevance for contemporary religious audiences.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Botta
T
3:30pm-6:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
PREREQ: STH TO704 Introduction to Hebrew Bible or equivalent
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TO838
Biblical Interpretation from Hispanic and Latin American Perspectives
BTI Category
Scripture & Biblical Studies
Semester
SP24
An examination of the setting, origin, purpose, and religious outlook of Second Temple Jewish writings usually labeled Old Testament Apocrypha/Pseudoepigrapha, with attention given to the continuity of the Biblical traditions and the background they provide for an understanding of first-century Judaism and the New Testament.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Botta
W
2:30pm-5:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
PREREQ: STH TO704 Introduction to Hebrew Bible or equivalent
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TR814
Advanced Qualitative Research
BTI Category
Sociology/Ethnography/Research Methods
Semester
SP24
This course is for students involved or interested in independent qualitative research, including interviews, ethnographic projects, and/or content analysis. It will function much like a workshop, providing extensive guided practice with project conceptualization and design, finding funding, meeting university ethics requirements, gaining access to communities, recruiting participants, managing and storing data, creating coding schemes and using software, integrating mixed types of data to support an argument, balancing "home" and "field," being reflexive, and exercising respect and care for both oneself and one's interlocutors. Relative attention to these issues will depend on the needs and interests of the students. It can fruitfully be taken either separately or in addition to TR 800, Ethnographic Research.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Manglos-Weber
R
12:30pm-3:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TS818
Sexual Ethics
BTI Category
Ethics (all traditions)
Semester
SP24
Since the 1960s, ethical reasoning about sex in America has been narrated in terms of a sexual "revolution" or "liberation." Yet historiographies of increasing sexual freedom conceal the continued conceptual instability and normative confusion around sex as an element of human living. We will study the historical shifts and current debates around sexual identity, sexual violence, monogamy, polyamory, sex work, and pornography; consider the complex negotiation of sex with state, religion, commerce, racialization, technology, and medicine; and explore the place of sex in the stages of a human life. You will be encouraged to use the course material to clarify and refine your own ethical reasoning about sex.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Yin
M
2:30pm-5:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TS881
Introduction to Environmental Justice
BTI Category
Ethics (all traditions)
Semester
SP24
This course explores the ways in which injustices are mediated through our physical environment, and how academics, artists, ordinary citizens, organizers, and religious leaders are addressing those injustices. Through articles, case studies, discussion, writing, and excursions to encounter the the work of the environmental justice movement in Boston, we will explore how communities engage (or avoid engaging) the connection between environmental and public health. We will explore how environmental justice activists navigate the complex webs of different stakeholders and analyze the ways that power and voice relate to environmental health. By the end of this course, you will have developed your own creative response to an instance of environmental injustice and have joined the other academics and activists at work in this vital field.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Copeland
M
2:30pm-5:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TT826
Political Theology
BTI Category
Systematic Theology & Philosophy (Western)
Semester
SP24
Recent developments across a variety of disciplines have led to deep and widespread interest in "political theology" -- a diverse range of approaches to interrogating, (re)imagining, and (de)constructing the intersection of politics, religion, and theology, present and past. Scholars have argued that dominant paradigms of sovereignty, the secular, modernity, and liberalism are themselves secularized, corrupted, or otherwise transformed versions of Jewish and Christian theology. Others contend that modern political practices and paradigms represent not the legacy of early modern secularization but the trail of an early modern reinjection of theology in political and social theory. Others still find in the practices of contemporary communities lived political theologies that subvert existing power structures and cast doubt on common conceptions of contemporary political life and possibilities. This course examines these competing developments, readings, and proposals; their interactions; and the contested histories, theories, and values that underwrite them. Considering political theology as both a historical and contemporary phenomenon and engaging a range of perspectives and figures, the course also considers relations and interactions between political theology and other approaches to questions of "religion and politics."
Professor
Class Day & Time
Decosimo
R
12:30pm-3:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
Masters Level
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TT898
Theologies of Liberation
BTI Category
Systematic Theology & Philosophy (Western)
Semester
SP24
Liberation theology has been one of the most influential theological movements in contemporary Christian theology. This course surveys some of its main tenets, texts, and practices. We pay particular attention to the development of liberation theologies in light of the experience of oppressed communities and how these experiences shape their theological imagination. In addition to covering some of the pillar texts in the tradition, the course will investigate several developments in liberating theologies: womanism, mujerista theology, queer theology, postcolonial theologies, and ecotheologies.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Maia
R
3:30pm-6:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
PREREQ: TF701/702 or equivalent. RCT Certificate. Currently full, taking waitlist
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TT926
Political Theology
BTI Category
Systematic Theology & Philosophy (Western)
Semester
SP24
Recent developments across a variety of disciplines have led to deep and widespread interest in "political theology" -- a diverse range of approaches to interrogating, (re)imagining, and (de)constructing the intersection of politics, religion, and theology, present and past. Scholars have argued that dominant paradigms of sovereignty, the secular, modernity, and liberalism are themselves secularized, corrupted, or otherwise transformed versions of Jewish and Christian theology. Others contend that modern political practices and paradigms represent not the legacy of early modern secularization but the trail of an early modern reinjection of theology in political and social theory. Others still find in the practices of contemporary communities lived political theologies that subvert existing power structures and cast doubt on common conceptions of contemporary political life and possibilities. This course examines these competing developments, readings, and proposals; their interactions; and the contested histories, theories, and values that underwrite them. Considering political theology as both a historical and contemporary phenomenon and engaging a range of perspectives and figures, the course also considers relations and interactions between political theology and other approaches to questions of "religion and politics."
Professor
Class Day & Time
Decosimo
R
12:30pm-3:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
DOCTORAL LEVEL: STH TT926 is for Doctoral students and is 4 credits
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TC725
UU Polity
BTI Category
Church Polity/Canon Law
Semester
SP24
Not currently available
Professor
Class Day & Time
von Courter
J TERM
9:00am-5:00pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
January 10-16
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TC822
Organizing for Justice and Peace
BTI Category
Leadership Formation & Ministry Skills
Semester
SP24
Not currently available
Professor
Class Day & Time
McCarty
R
3:30pm-6:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TC837
Vocation, Work, and Faith
BTI Category
Practical/Pastoral Theology
Semester
SP24
Who am I called to become? What am I called to do? What are my gifts and where will they be recognized and of service? These kinds of vocational questions are fundamental to our lives. The course seeks to open up reflection, study, and dialogue about vocation, work, and spirituality in religious traditions and in our own life experience. Work and vocation are often connected. Work too is a crucial religious question in contemporary society. Work exerts a powerful--and often unrecognized--influence on human beings. It can support life, develop talents, elicit creativity, and enable people to contribute to the common good. Work also can demean human beings, undermining their dignity, perpetuating unjust structures, overpowering values, and crowding out other important spheres of life. Labor issues are important concerns for faith communities and faith-based community organizations. This course explores vocation and work as theological/spiritual issues, including implications for ministry. We will explore themes such as: work as spiritual practice or challenge; labor and justice issues; discerning vocation; creativity; Sabbath; "time poverty"; and work-life balance. The course involves site visits, vocational mentoring, seminar presentations, and individual research/ministry projects.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Wolfteich
J TERM
9:00am-4:00pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
Jan 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, and 17, 9 AM-4 PM // Currently full, taking waitlist
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TC868
Worship in the Anglican and Wesleyan Traditions
BTI Category
Preaching, Liturgy, & Ritual
Semester
SP24
A study of the historical, theological, liturgical, and sociocultural influences which have shaped the worship patterns of the major American denominations claiming a Wesleyan heritage.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Westerfield Tucker
T
12:30pm-3:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TC880
Claim Your Superpower for Ministry
BTI Category
Leadership Formation & Ministry Skills
Semester
SP24
In this leadership development workshop, students engage in discerning and more fully owning their "superpower" for ministry--an extraordinary ability at the heart of one's vocation to perceive, analyze, and respond to harm that others ignore. Drawing on feminist epistemology and practical theology, the workshop provides tools and case studies in Christian ministry. We explore the complex and sometimes hidden origin of one's superpower, the challenges of drawing on it as a leader, the importance of learning from others, and the wisdom of helping others discern and more fully own their superpower. Notice the word their in the last line is italicized for emphasis.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Goto
Arranged
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
1-credit workshop, TBD, 8-5:30, and TBD, 8-12:30
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TH826
Reformations
BTI Category
Church History/History of Religions
Semester
SP24
Survey of social, personal, institutional, and theological aspects of reform and renewal in the late medieval and early modern periods, including Nominalism, Conciliarism, the papacy, Luther, the German and Swiss Reformations, Anabaptism and radical reformers, Calvin, the French Reformation, the English Reformation, Catholic Reform, Ignatius and Theresa, and the Council of Trent.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Brown
M
8:00am-10:45am
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
PREREQ: TF701/702 or equivalent.
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TH853
Christianity in Colonial Latin America
BTI Category
Church History/History of Religions
Semester
SP24
Christianity in Colonial Latin America is a graduate-level survey course that introduces students to the historical trajectory of Christianity in Latin America from the arrival of Christopher Columbus (1492) to the period of the Latin American wars of independence (1791-1821). Attention is given to the encounter with pre-Colombian religions as well as the transactional adaptation of core Christian theological, institutional, and ascetical traditions. Accordingly, special consideration will be given to theological discourses of the other, the adaptation of ecclesiastical institutions such as the episcopacy, and missionary practices. Reading selections include primary source material as well as secondary scholarly literature. Students will have the opportunity to acquire both a general appreciation for the historical trajectory of Christianity during the colonial period as well as an in depth understanding of selected topics intended for independent research.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Roldan Figueroa
R
12:30pm-3:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TH893
Ecclesiastical Latin
BTI Category
Languages
Semester
SP24
This course seeks to equip students to work with Biblical, patristic, medieval and Renaissance Latin texts in various forms. The course presupposes some basic familiarity with Classical Latin (at least through introductory self-study). After a quick review of Latin morphology and grammar, the course explores the development of Latin by Christian authors, including Latin translations of the Bible, the western church fathers, medieval monasticism, liturgy and hymns, sermons, scholastic theology, Renaissance humanism, and post-Reformation Latin texts. The course includes work in systems of abbreviation typical of medieval Latin manuscripts and early modern printed editions, some limited work in reading different medieval and early modern hands (paleography), and consideration of the pre- modern book as an object (codicology). Participants are encouraged to identify texts of their own interest to workshop together with the group.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Brown
W
8:00am-10:45am
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TM863
African Christianity: Narratives, Beliefs, and Practices
BTI Category
Church History/History of Religions
Semester
SP24
This course examines the history of Christianity in Africa, with focus on the 19th-21st centuries. It pays particular attention to themes in African theology, gender and social action, environmentalism, Pentecostal spiritualities, African missions, and church/state relations-- including issues of colonialism and democratization. A highlight of the course will be a conference on African Christian Biography with leading scholars, in late October.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Robert with Wariboko
F
8:00am-10:45am
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TO804
Ezekiel
BTI Category
Scripture & Biblical Studies
Semester
SP24
The book of Ezekiel is radical literature; and those who would study it seriously must be prepared for strange visions, troubling twists on traditions, weird sign acts, priestly minutiae, and almost relentless divine anger. We will read the entire book of Ezekiel, using "among other resources" Darr's commentary on the book of Ezekiel in the New Interpreter's Bible Commentary. Class sessions will include lectures and seminar-style class discussions.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Darr
W
8:00am-10:45am
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
PREREQ: STH TO704 Introduction to Hebrew Bible or equivalent
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TO833
Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period: Old Testament Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha
BTI Category
Scripture & Biblical Studies
Semester
SP24
An examination of the setting, origin, purpose, and religious outlook of Second Temple Jewish writings usually labeled Old Testament Apocrypha/Pseudoepigrapha, with attention given to the continuity of the Biblical traditions and the background they provide for an understanding of first-century Judaism and the New Testament.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Botta
W
6:30pm-9:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
PREREQ: STH TO704 Introduction to Hebrew Bible or equivalent
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TO846
Middle Egyptian
BTI Category
Scripture & Biblical Studies
Semester
SP24
An introduction to the classical stage of the Egyptian script and language spoken in Ancient Egypt during the Middle Kingdom which became the standard hieroglyphic language until the Graeco-Roman Period. (Cluster 1)
Professor
Class Day & Time
Botta
W
8:00am-10:45am
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TS816
Paul and Contintental Philosophers
BTI Category
Systematic Theology & Philosophy (Western)
Semester
SP24
Non-Christians and atheists have interpreted Paul's work in ways that have deepened our understanding of politics and social ethics of Christianity and even the legacy of Christian thought on radical philosophy and revolutionary thought. We will, among others, critically engage with the works of French philosophers Alain Badiou and Jean Luc-Nancy, Italian thinker Giorgio Agamben, and Slovenian radical scholar Slavoj ?i? ek, who are some of today's leading interpreters of Paul and his influence on political theology/philosophy, community, messianism, subjectivity, and social transformation. We will also study the works of scholars within the Christian tradition who are picking on some of their radical insights and bringing them into theology, social ethics, and biblical studies. All these new forms of scholarship making provocative proposals about society and political philosophy prompt a re-turn to classical readings of Christian texts in order to strengthen and broaden our knowledge of Christian thought as it applies to transformative praxis. Students will be encouraged to approach their study in this course with some particular social-political problem in mind so as to discern more readily the implications of the new interpretations of Paul's theological thought for dealing with contemporary moral issues.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Wariboko
M
2:30pm-5:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TS824
Christian Ethics
BTI Category
Ethics (all traditions)
Semester
SP24
This course introduces students to the sources and methods of Christian ethics. We will consider the ways in which Christian moral thinking is shaped by the Hebrew Bible and New Testament; survey some prominent approaches to Christian ethical discernment (divine command, natural law, Christian realism, virtue ethics, as well as feminist and womanist ethics); examine the deformation of Christian subject by empire, racism, and economic exploitation; and finally, probe the promise of Christian moral vision in reimagining human response to mass incarceration, finance-dominated capitalism, disabilities, racial capitalism, migration, and environmental justice.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Yin
R
3:30pm-6:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TT733
Constructive Theology
BTI Category
Systematic Theology & Philosophy (Western)
Semester
SP24
Not currently available
Professor
Class Day & Time
Rambo
T
3:30pm-6:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
Y
Notes
PREREQ: TF701/702 or equivalent. Currently full, taking waitlist
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TT830
Readings in Marx
BTI Category
Systematic Theology & Philosophy (Western)
Semester
SP24
This course will engage in close readings of Karl Marx's political and philosophical work and trace his critique of capitalism as formulated in Capital. Students will be introduced to Marx's intellectual context, his key texts and concepts, and reflect on the legacy of his philosophical and political contributions, particularly in critical studies in religion and theology. The course will also engage with texts that expand the Marxian contribution to the realm of postcolonial studies and critical theory.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Maia
T
12:30pm-3:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TT904
Readings in Marx
BTI Category
Sociology/Ethnography/Research Methods
Semester
SP24
This course will engage in close readings of Karl Marx's political and philosophical work and trace his critique of capitalism as formulated in Capital. Students will be introduced to Marx's intellectual context, his key texts and concepts, and reflect on the legacy of his philosophical and political contributions, particularly in critical studies in religion and theology. The course will also engage with texts that expand the Marxian contribution to the realm of postcolonial studies and critical theory.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Maia
T
12:30pm-3:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
4
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
DOCTORAL LEVEL: STH TT904 is for Doctoral students and is 4 credits
School
Boston University School of Theology
STH TY811
Object Relations and the Study of Religion
BTI Category
Practical/Pastoral Theology
Semester
SP24
Achieving familiarity with and fluency in a series of psychoanalytic theories of personality/character, development, relationships, motivation, health, and pathology, as a context in which to practice psychoanalytic interpretations of religious matters.
Professor
Class Day & Time
Schlauch
M
2:30pm-5:15pm
Grading Option
Letter
Credits
3
Professor Approval Req'd?
N
Online?
N
Prerequisites?
N
Notes
N
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