Black Churches and the Quest for Economic Justice

3 credits · Divinity School

The efforts of Black women, men, and children to realize justice from their status of being historically oppressed and economically exploited status within U.S. society has contributed greatly to the expansion and evolution of movements to both civil society and political economy in order to include countless other disadvantaged groups - women, immigrants, LGBTQ people, the disabled and the working poor to name a few. Towards this end, the course seeks to help students comprehend diverse visions of human freedom, justice, equality, and dignity predicated upon the intersectional viewpoints of those individuals and communities who have been largely exploited and excluded by the Church, the State, and the Market n the hopes of fomenting the societal transformation necessary to make them the beneficiaries of new laws, sociocultural norms, political rights, religious values, and economic relations. [3] Mr. Floyd-Thomas