Economic Justice and Christian Ethics HTE641E
Instructor: Jamie Pitts, PhD
If 鈥渆conomics鈥� is fundamentally about the management of the Earth鈥檚 material resources, then how are Christians to approach economic matters from a view of the Earth as God鈥檚 good creation? How does the biblical tradition of 鈥渏ubilee鈥� inform Christian understandings of economics, or Jesus鈥檚 critique of wealth and Paul鈥檚 theology of economic community? This course explores these and related questions from biblical, theological, and historical perspectives in order to inform Christian conscience on economic justice. Students will be encouraged to articulate a pastoral theology of economic justice relevant to their church鈥檚 context.