RSO 510 - The Church and Society (3)

This course reviews how the Church has been theologically understood over time in dialogue with current social problems and the ways the Church should meet them. Social reforms are briefly traced, along with problems regarding housing and family life, delinquency and crime, public education, commercialized recreation, and the broader uses of leisure and studies to discover avenues of Church cooperation with local agencies in solving these problems. By exploring sociological and ethical approaches, students will better understand the social nature and mission of the Church. We explore the value and limits or traditional “social justice” language, leader to a broader understanding of the Church in context of modern culture.