Description
This course examines the extent to which urban churches and other urban social institutions have appropriately embraced women's concerns, critiques, contributions, and leadership in efforts to achieve health and wholeness within urban family life, church life, civic life, and economic life. Special attention will be given to how the conceptual and organizational frameworks out of which congregations operate compared with those of other community-related, social service-related, or civic institutions in responding to issues bearing on the well-being and empowerment of women. These urban community-level examinations will be situated within a broader theogically-informed assessment of ongoing issues of equality, voice, and participation at the fullest level for women.