Theological Anthropology

This graduate seminar explores modern and postmodern theological approaches to the Christian doctrines of creation, imago Dei, sin, and grace. The study of each doctrine begins with a brief survey of biblical and classical understandings/controversies, followed by consideration of later developments by post-liberal, political, and contextual/liberation theologians. The impact of recent developments in the sciences, social constructivist understandings of gender, sexuality and selfhood, and perspectives from critical race theory, class, and disability may also be explored.