RELS 323 Religion and Social Justice
Struggles for social justice in many lands have drawn ideals, energies, and institutional support from faith traditions. Students in this course will learn to see the connections between religious traditions and struggles for social justice through the examination of texts, narratives, cultural practices, and human action. Multiple traditions in the contemporary world will be compared, including materials relating to traditions that may include those from the Abrahamic faiths, Asian religions, African religions, and Indigenous religions. Students will make use of community resources to explore contemporary connections between religion and the quest for a just world.
Prerequisites
4 Undergraduate credits
Effective May 2, 2024 to present
Learning outcomes
General
- Interpret the connections between multiple world religious traditions and struggles for social justice.
- Relate different religious efforts to create social justice and different conceptions of social justice, as expressed in multiple religious traditions.
- Appraise the contributions of multiple world religious traditions to movements for social justice and the achievements of those movements.
- Develop ideas about a religious basis for a just society and a just world that are personally meaningful as well as intellectually and ethically valid.