Schedule
Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (6/15/2015 - 12/31/2015) Location: MAIN ADM
Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM (6/15/2015 - 6/19/2015) Location: MAIN ADM 216
Description
Centering on congregations and neighborhoods, this course looks sociologically and theologically at social and religious dynamism and developmental dilemmas within urban contexts, including: racial, ethnic, and economic shifts in neighborhood demographics; the impact of public and business sector policies on the developmental trajectories of neighborhoods and metropolitan areas in general; group relations and interactions across social boundaries, including boundaries between congregations and neighborhood residents; and congregational approaches to interpreting and responding to social, structural, spiritual, and behavioral factors impacting urban contexts and populations. The focus is primarily on U.S. urban contexts, but in ways that also open out on global aspects of these dynamics.