REGR 6385 EDUCATION FOR PEACE / JUSTICE Fordham University Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education

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1 REGR 6385 EDUCATION FOR PEACE / JUSTICE Fordham University Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education Spring Semester 2016 First Class: 01/19/16 Semester Dates: 01/19-05/09/16 Prof. Harold (Bud) Horell Office Keating Hall 303J horell@fordham.edu Office phone: (718) Cell phone: Course Description: The course focuses on enabling religious educators and pastoral ministers to think theologically about issues of peace and justice. The course will explore biblical, historical, theological, and philosophical resources for understanding peace and justice as a constitutive dimensions of Christian faith. Special attention will be given to pedagogical approaches to peace and justice within the field of religious education. There is also a focus on providing a foundational framework for social ministers to envision their ministry and how their ministry relates to other ministries in the church. Based on student interest and experience, the course will explore ways of bringing a concern for peace and justice issues into liturgy, preaching, religious education and pastoral ministry; how to relate Christian understandings of peace and justice to everyday work, and civic, political, and family life; and how to address social issues from a Christian faith perspective. Learning Objectives: Students will be able to: Demonstrate an understanding of core theories, approaches, and specialized knowledge within the academic field of religious education pertaining to religious education for peace and justice Demonstrate an ability to effectively relate this understanding to one s own lived experience and ministerial contexts Demonstrate a well-rounded knowledge and critical appropriation of Catholic and Jesuit theological traditions within the broader context of religious education for peace and justice Course Resources: Required texts: Forell, George W. and James M. Childs, eds. Christian Social Teachings: A Reader in Christian Social Ethics from the Bible to the Present. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, (ISBN: ) 1

2 Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. 30th Anniversary Edition. New York: Continuum, (ISBN: , ) Hessel, Dieter T. Social Ministry. Revised Edition. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, (ISBN: ) Holland, Joe and Peter Henriot. Social Analysis: Linking Faith and Justice. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, (ISBN: , ) Omar, Irfan A. and Michael K. Duffey, eds. Peacemaking and the Challenge of Violence in World Religions. Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, (ISBN: ) There will be additional readings posted on the course Blackboard site. The experience and insight of the teacher. The experience and insight of the students. Course Curriculum Part One: Introduction: Thinking Theologically about Peace and Justice - Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from a Birmingham Jail (pp ) Omar and Duffey, Peacemaking and the Challenge of Violence in World Religions: - Chapter 2 - Christianity: From Peacemaking to Violence and Home Again (pp ; 80-82) - Chapter 3 - Jewish Ideologies of Peace and Peacemaking (pp ; ) - Chapter 1 - Jihad and Nonviolence in the Islamic Tradition (pp. 9-40; 44-46) Part Two: Educational Foundations: Human Experience and Liberation Alvarado, Elvia The Real Honduras is Hidden. In Don t Be Afraid Gringo: A Honduran Woman Speaks from the Heart: The Story of Elvia Alvarado, translated by Medea Benjamin, New York: HarperPerennial. Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed (pp ) Part Three: Social Analysis: Reading the Signs of the Times 2

3 Holland and Henriot, Social Analysis: Linking Faith and Justice (pp. ix-112) Opongo, Elias O. and Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator Faith Doing Justice: A Manual for Social Analysis, Catholic Social Teachings and Social Justice, 15-27; Nairobi, Kenya: Paulines Publications Africa. Bergman, Roger Ignatian Pedagogy and the Faith That Does Justice. In Catholic Social Learning: Educating the Faith That Does Justice, New York: Fordham University Press. Part 4: Biblical Perspectives: Faith That Does Justice Biblical Influences (pp. 2-15) Tradition: Ethical Roots of Spiritual Social Activism Judaism, Christianity, Islam. In Liberating Faith: Religious Voices for Justice, Peace, and Ecological Wisdom, ed. Roger S. Gottlieb, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Donahue, John What Does the Lord Require? A Bibliographical Essay on the Bible and Social Justice. St. Louis: The Institute of Jesuit Sources. Karabell, Zachary Peace Be Upon You: Fourteen Centuries of Muslim, Christian, and Jewish Conflict and Cooperation. New York: Vintage. (pp. 3-21). Pope Francis Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel) par. 1-24; 46-49; 52-67; Wink, Walter The Education of the Apostles: Mark s View of Human Transformation. Religious Education 83, no. 2: Part 5: Historical Influences: Catholic, Reformation, and Radical Reformation Perspectives on Peace and Justice Augustine. Letter 138, to Marcellinus. In Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Vol 1., ed. Phillip Schaff. Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Company. - Augustine. Selections from Enchiridion, City of God, and Of the Morals of the Catholic Church (pp ; 54-56) - Thomas Aquinas. Selections from Summa Theologica II (pp ) Stivers, Robert L Vietnam s Legacies. In Christian Ethics: A Case Method Approach, Fourth Edition, ed. Laura A. Stivers, Christine E. Gudorf, and James B. Martin-Schramm, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books. - Martin Luther. Selections from Treatise on Christian Liberty and 3

4 Temporal Authority (pp ) - John Calvin. Selections from Institutes of the Christian Religion (pp ) Cahill, Lisa S War in God s Name. In Love Your Enemies: Discipleship, Pacifism, and Just War Theory, Minneapolis: Fortress Press. Erasmus. War and the Christian Prince. In War and Christian Ethics, ed. Arthur F. Holmes 2005, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic. Bender, Harold S The Anabaptist Vision. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press. (pp. 3-36) - The Anabaptists. Selections from The Schleitheim Confession of Faith and Menno Simons, Reply to False Accusations (pp ; ) - The Quakers (Society of Friends). Selections from Rules of Discipline (pp ) Part 5: Catholic Social Teaching Pope Leo XII Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Labor) par. 1-23; 31; 42; Pope Pius XI Quadragesimo Anno (On the Reconstruction of the Social Order) par. 1; 16-24; 39-41; 46-47; 78-93; Pope John XXIII Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth) par. 1-77; ; 167 Vatican II Gaudium et Spes (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World) par ; 23-45; 54-62; 66; 69; 76-78; 83 Pope Paul VI Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples) par. 1-26; 42; 49; Synod of Bishops Justicia in Mundo (Justice in the World) par Pope John Paul II Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concern) par. 1-4; Pope Benedict XVI Caritas in Veritate (Charity in Truth) par. 1-35; 43-46; 53-54; 68; 79 Pope Francis Laudato Si (On Care for Our Common Home) par. 1-6; 13-15; 18-36; 43-52; 65-69; 76-77; 93-95; 105; 112; 116; 119; ; ; ; Part Seven: Social Ministry Hessel, Social Ministry (pp. vii-208) Fagan, Harry Empowerment: Skills for Parish Social Action. 4

5 New York: Paulist Press. Introduction, Chapters 1-2: Part Eight: Pedagogies for Peace and Justice Arrupe, Pedro Men and Women for Others. In Pedro Arrupe: Essential Writings, ed. Kevin Burke 2004, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis. Brady, Judith Educating for Justice. In A Place at the Table: Justice for the Poor in a Land of Plenty, New London, CT: Twenty-Third Publications. Butkus, Russell A Christian Education for Peace and Social Justice. In Education for Peace and Justice, ed. Padraic O Hare, San Francisco: Harper and Row. Elias, John L Education for Peace and Justice. Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice 9, no. 2: Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed (pp ) Groome, Thomas A Faith that Does Justice: Beyond the Scales In Educating for Life: A Spiritual Vision for Every Teacher and Parent, Allen, TX: Thomas More. McGinnis, James B Educating for Peace and Justice. Religious Education 81, no. 3: Moore, Allen J A Social Theory of Religious Education. In Religious Education for Social Transformation, ed. Allen J. Moore, Birmingham, AL: Religious Education Press. Schipani, Daniel S Education for Social Transformation. In Mapping Christian Education, ed. Jack L. Seymour, Nashville: Abingdon. 5

REGR 6120/8120 EDUCATION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE (Online) Fordham University Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education

REGR 6120/8120 EDUCATION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE (Online) Fordham University Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education Fall 2016 A Joseph A. Petriello, Ph.D. August 22-October 24, 2016 petriello@fordham.edu