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Syllabi
Addressing Workers and Social Justice
Faculty
dedicated to teaching students about worker and economic justice
issues have contributed these syllabi. The material on this website
comes from various academic disciplines and faith traditions. Thanks
to Rev. Joan Martin, Ph.D., Episcopal Divinity School, and Jacquelyn
O'Sullivan, Research Assistant, for helping compile and organize
these syllabi.
If
you would like to post relevant syllabi or resources on the website
please download
the permission form and email to Joy
Heine or
fax 773-728-8409.
Sorted
by Topic | Sorted
by Type of Institution/Religion
Sorted Alphabetically by Title
Focused Syllabi
These
are full courses focused on religion
and labor, with an emphasis on work, labor
and economic life.
NEW—Applied
Christian Ethics,
David Wheeler, Ph.D., San Francisco Theological
Seminary, Pasadena, California.
Changing
the Rules of the Game: Feminism and Economics, Pamela
K. Brubaker, Ph.D., California Lutheran University,
Thousand Oaks, California.
The
Church, Economic Life, and the Meaning of Work, Eugene
TeSelle, Ph.D., Vanderbilt Divinity School, Nashville, Tennessee.
The
Church and the Struggle for Economic Justice, Rev.
Wayne Stumme, Ph.D., Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio.
Community,
Jobs, and the New Economy: Strategies for Change,
Virginia Parks, Ph.D., The School of Social Service Administration,
University of Chicago.
Contemporary
Issues in Christian Social Ethics: Ethics of Vocation and Work
in Church and Society, Rev. Joan Martin, Ph. D., Episcopal
Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Economics
and the Christian Faith. James H. Weaver, Ph.D., Wesley
Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C.
Ethics
and Economic Theories, Rev. Gloria Albrecht, Ph.D.,
University of Detroit Mercy. Faith,
Labor, and Economic Life, Rev. Mark Wendorf, Richard
Perry, Ph.D., Rev. Kazi Joshua, and Ms. Kim Bobo, Association
for Chicago Theological Schools.
NEW—Introduction
to Christian Ethics: Economic Justice,
Carol Robb, San Francisco Theological
Seminary.
NEW—Jesus
Was a Carpenter: Faith Perspectives
on Labor and Justice,
Peter R. Gathje, Ph.D., and Rev. Rebekah
Jordan, Memphis Theological Seminary.
NEW—Readings
In Religion and Social Change,
Melissa James, DM, Wartburg College,
Waverly, Iowa.
Women
Do Count: Feminism and Economics, Pamela K. Brubaker,
Ph.D., California Lutheran University,
Thousand Oaks, California.
Partial
Syllabi These courses
have a component that focuses on work, labor and economic life.
Business
Ethics (Women's Studies), Rev. Gloria Albrecht,
Ph.D., University of Detroit Mercy.
Christian
Ethics, Rev. Gloria Albrecht, Ph.D., University
of Detroit Mercy.
Community
Organizing,
Kim Bobo, Iliff School of Theology, Denver, Colorado.
Dimensions
and Dynamic of Urban Ministry: The Gospel in the City,
Rev. Yvonne Delk, Ph.D., Seminary Consortium for Urban
Pastoral Education (SCUPE), Chicago.
Educating
for Social Justice Ministry, Rev. Rebekah Jordan,
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois.
Ethical
Issues in Economics & Business, Rev. John
T. Pawlikowski, OSM, Ph.D., Catholic Theological Union.
Ethics,
Economics and Liberation, Fr. Thomas Massaro,
S.J., Ph.D., Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
Good
News for the City: Paradigms and Prophetic Leaders for
Urban Mininstry in the 21st Century, Rev. Yvonne
Delk, Ph.D., Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education
(SCUPE), Chicago.
Immigration,
Politics, and Religion in a Hemispheric Perspective,
Manuel A. Vásquez and Philip J. Williams, University
of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Intro
to Christian Ethics, Pamela K. Brubaker, Ph.D.,
California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, California.
Introduction
to Catholic Social Ethics, Fr. Thomas Massaro,
S.J., Ph.D., Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
Issues
of Justice, Aryeh Cohen, Ph. D., University
of Judaism - Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies.
Theories
and Strategies of Community Change, Virginia
Parks, Ph.D., The School of Social Service Administration,
University of Chicago.
Work,
Family and Ecology, Fr. Thomas Massaro, S.J.,
Ph.D., Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Other
Syllabi
These
courses are focused on the church, society
and justice.
Religion,
Democracy and Civil Society, Jerome Baggett, Ph.D.,
Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, Berkeley, California.
Church,
Power, Justice, Jerome Baggett, Ph.D., Jesuit School
of Theology at Berkeley, Berkeley, California.
For more
information. . .
If you would like more
information or want
to get involved in
this project, please
contact Joy Heine,
Project Director, Religious Perspectives on Work, Interfaith Worker
Justice, 1020 West
Bryn Mawr, 4th Floor,
Chicago,
IL 60660, or (773)
728-8400 ext. 33.
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