Wednesdays 8-10pm (ET) Strarting Jan 28 via Zoom.

This course will introduce students to the theological foundations of Christian ethics in a way that equips them to consider diverse perspectives and practices of faithful living that are shaped and patterned by the teachings of Jesus Christ and as they have developed over time through the witness of the Christian Church. While certainly not exhaustive in scope, this course will explore the following themes: the sources and history of Christian ethics; poverty and income equality; urban degradation; immigration; homosexuality and sexual identity; war, nonviolence, and just peacemaking; racism; public education and community formation.    

Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, students will have gained a rudimentary understanding of the various sources of Christian ethics including: the legacy of the Greek philosophical traditions, the Roman concept of ‘natural law’, the influences of Jewish social ethics (Torah and Covenant), the Kingdom teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, the contributions of Roman Catholic and Reformed theologians and the impact of ethics in and beyond modernity.

 Building on this introductory foundation of Christian ethics, students will then engage in class discussion with a series of short essays written by a diverse collection of Christian ethics scholars including: Tim Dearborn, D. Stephen Long, Jessica Joustra, Seung Woo Lee, Joshua Beckett, Matthew Jones, Jacob Alan Cook, Jeff Liou and Ryan Michael Huber.

Register with this page for the FOR CREDIT version of the course.  If you you do not wish to have your assessed for academic credit, please choose the AUDIT version ofthe course.