| Course Objectives: | 1. To make students aware of the approaches to the interpretation of the Bible in
the Black community.
2. To enable students to understand the historical reasons why these differences
exist.
Communicate Effectively through Writing
To strengthen skills in written composition, analysis, and presentation by means of
projects such as essays, papers, reports, and examinations.
Communicate Effectively through Speech
To strengthen skills in oral expression, analysis, style, and interaction by means
such as class reports, class discussion, and oral examinations.
Computer Literacy
To enhance and facilitate computer literacy by the use of word processing, the web,
email, and OASIS through research, preparation, and presentation of work such as
oral class reports and completion of written assignments.
Critical Thinking
To foster critical thinking by engaging in activities such as classroom discussion
and debate, essay examinations, and oral presentations.
Moral Reasoning (Ethics)
To assist in the continued development of moral and ethical reasoning and
reflection by encouraging creative thinking regarding individual and community
concerns and needs, the challenging of prejudices and stereotypes, and examining
rational and ethical bases of constructive social interactions. |
| Topical Outline: | I. Biblical Studies in the Post-Enlightenment Period
II. 19th Century African American Interpreters of Scripture
III. Black Biblical Hermeneutics: 1900-1950
IV. Black Biblical Hermeneutics: 1950 to the Present
A. Thurman, forerunner to King, Cone, & Felder
B. King, the student of Thurman
C. Cone & Liberation Theology: A Marxist Appropriation of Thurman
D. Felder: Advancing Thurman into the 21st Century
V. Course summation and conclusion |