3 hours. In A Theology of Social Justice, students will formulate responses to American racial injustice from biblical, theological, and ethical perspectives. This will include engaging the history of the construction of race in western thought and its correlative reading perspectives toward the Bible. Special attention will be given to understanding the nature of systemic sin as well as various reader-response hermeneutics from oppressed perspectives.
The Christian Imagination: theology and the origins of race by 
(Online) The Christian Imagination: theology and the origins of race by 
A Testament of Hope: the essential writings and speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. by 
The Bible and Social Justice: Old Testament and New Testament foundations for the church's urgent call by 
(Online) The Bible and Social Justice: Old Testament and New Testament foundations for the church's urgent call by 
Jesus and the Disinherited by 
(Online) Jesus and the Disinherited by 
The Cross and the Lynching Tree by 
(Online) The Cross and the Lynching Tree by 
Sisters in the Wilderness: the challenge of womanist God-talk by (Online) Sisters in the Wilderness: the challenge of womanist God-talk by 
The Black Christ by (Online) The Black Christ by 
The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism by (Online) The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism by 
Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope by (Online) Reading While Black: African American Biblical Interpretation as an Exercise in Hope by 
Stamped from the Beginning: the definitive history of racist ideas in America by 
A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation by 
(Online) A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics, and Salvation by