Course Descriptions: Sexual and Domestic Violence - E/M 308
This course is a seminar and will study and reflect on sexual and domestic violence especially as it relates to women and children. The course will include an ethical, theological, and Christological investigation of scripture, doctrine, as well as church tradition, toward developing strategies of pastoral intervention, prevention, and pastoral care. Particular attention will be paid to the intersection of race, class, and gender as a way of understanding the particularities of this universal experience of violence and its subsequent impact on individuals, communities, and families.