This course is only open to participants in Lake Hart Stint
Description: Following Jesus in our contemporary context is complex. We face decisions and questions that require thoughtful reflection, Scriptural study, and concrete action in our personal, ecclesial, and public lives. As people involved with Cru, we also care about presenting the good news of the gospel as some of these same questions press in on our culture. Does Christian faith have anything meaningful to offer cultural questions about race, sexuality, politics, environmental concerns, human trafficking, economic justice, etc.? This is a foundational course in Christian world view and ethics that is designed to help us follow Christ faithfully and develop as Christian ministers. In this course we will study different methods of ethical reasoning, authority of Scripture, moral formation, and moral norms; and we apply these principles to contemporary issues of economic, racial, and ecological justice; as well as sanctity of life, sexual faithfulness, and politics, with a special attention to global and pluralistic contexts of Christian ministry today.
Dates: Monday to Friday, January 25-29, 2021
Time: 9:30a – 11:30a and 1:00p – 3:00p
Location: Zoom (online)
Instructor: Dr. Luke Bobo
Tuition:
$200 IBS Credit (tuition covered by Lake Hart Stint program)
*Note: Auditing an IBS course (i.e., attending the lecture but not doing any work) does NOT fulfill Cru requirements. Audited courses cannot be counted toward the organizational requirements for IBS.
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Note: It is your responsiblity to acquire the course texts.
James K. A. Smith, Chapter 1, from You Are What You Love: The Spiritual
Power of Habit. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2016.
Gary Black, Jr., “Personal Wholeness: Vital for Effective Leadership”, Luke
Bobo, Editor, Whatever You Do: Six Foundations for an Integrated Life, Made to
Flourish, 2019.
Luke B. Bobo, “Cultivating Virtue”, Worked Up: Navigating Calling After
College, Made to Flourish, 2019.
