Pick My Summer Classes – Update #2

UPDATE #2: You’d think I would have learned from last quarter, but no. Again, one of the classes I wanted was full. So instead of Theology and Pop Culture, I’m taking the next runner-up in the poll: Ministry Issues in Gender and Human Sexuality.

UPDATE: Well, the results are in and the winners are:

Thanks to everyone who voted! Classes start Monday. I’m looking forward to these courses and will keep you posted on the content as the quarter progresses.

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Yesterday I finished my two Spring classes at Fuller Seminary, which means it’s time to pick my classes for Summer. As with last quarter, I’m going to invite you, the readers of Pastoralia, to choose my classes for me. I only have 3 courses left to complete my masters degree (woot!), which means this is your last chance to help choose the courses I take in seminary.

Please make three choices in the poll below. However, one of the three must be a one-week seminar, so choose one of the Seminars in the poll. You have until Tuesday, June 15th the vote.

Scroll down to see the syllabus summary of each class and a link to the full description:

Remember: Pick 3, including 1 seminar!

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Seminar #1 – Urban Immersion
This course is designed as an interactive, participatory learning immersion that will connect participants with the historical and contemporary socio-cultural and ministry dynamics of Los Angeles. Using the city as our lab, we will journey through city streets, exploring both the urban context and faith responses to the context. We will engage both heads and hearts, using a model analysis guide, as we encounter various approaches to community and city transformation.

Seminar #2 – Advocacy for Social Justice
In civil law, advocacy is the act of pleading for, supporting, or recommending active espousal of someone’s cause. Social justice is a reference often used to talk about the structuring of a just society in order to address and correct instances of poverty, racism, sexism, or human oppression and exploitation. Advocacy for social justice is arguably an integral, though often ignored, part of the Judeo-Christian moral and spiritual mandate to speak up for or take up the causes of those who suffer yet have no advocates. This course explores what it means for every Christian–whether working in a ministry context or in a secular calling–to observe God’s call “to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God.” Participants will explore various biblical, theological, and historical traditions of social justice. We will investigate detailed examples of injustice as well as models of advocacy, both in the United States and internationally. Finally, students will research and uncover specific and tangible ways in which ordinary Christians can intervene individually and organizationally in order to help remedy instances where injustice exists.

Ministry Issues in Gender and Sexuality
This course will deal with the spiritual, psychological, sociological, and physiological aspects of gender and human sexuality. The focus will be on specific issues relevant to persons in Christian ministry.

Perspectives on Christ and Culture
The Christian community has long debated the appropriate ways for Christians to relate to their cultural surroundings. This course will focus on some key perspectives, beginning with a critical examination of the typology made popular by H. Richard Niebuhr in his classic study,

Theology and Pop Culture
This multi-disciplinary course will engage students in a two-way dialogue between pop culture and theology, with emphasis upon music, movies, TV, art, fashion, and sports. Students will develop a biblical, theological, and sociological understanding of these art forms and a critical understanding of the advertising, consumerism, and globalization that drives pop culture.

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