ETHC124 – Womanist Literature as Resource for Theological Ethics
In addition to spiritual autobiography and religious writings, theologians and ethicists resource literature as a locus for unearthing the sacred canopy of lived experience. Beginning with the trailblazing work of Katie Cannon, womanist theological ethics continues to affirm “the Black women’s literary tradition is the best available repository for understanding the ethical values Black women have created and cultivated in this society.” The central aim of the course is to engage womanist literature, works written by Black women, as a source for doing theology and ethics. This course takes up writings that engage the everyday experiences of women of the African Diaspora navigating oppressive socio-political contexts (particularly) and the human condition (universally). Students will read primary historical and contemporary autobiographical, fictional and poetic texts while interrogating theoretical and pragmatic pathways for theology and ethics.
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