This synchronous online course (open to all interested students) introduces ecowomanism, the study of theology, spirituality, and ethics that centers the Black woman’s lived experience globally. An exploration of emerging themes and issues in environmental justice, focusing on those intersecting with race, sexuality, gender, ethnicity, class, culture, religious expression, Mother Earth, and non-human species. In this course, the theoretical groundwork and common vocabulary for students interested in eco-religious and eco-spiritual traditions found in Abrahamic, major, and earth-based religious and spiritual traditions. The course introduces the issues raised by environmental studies and explores how these issues relate to the study of religion and spirituality. It will be taught from a womanist pedagogy perspective.
Evaluation based on Populi participation, class discussion leadership, memoir paper, and final project and presentation.
This course is open to all degree programs at the Starr King School for the Ministry and has an inter-religious orientation. SK Thresholds: 1. Life in Religious Community and Interfaith Engagement, 6. Thea/ology in Culture and Context and MFC: 6. Serves the larger UU Faith, 7. Leads the Faith into the Future.
Enrollment Max: 20. Auditors excluded.
