Male Bias in Classical Theology, teaching goal.

I will begin teaching a Philosophy of Theology, 280, class at Midway College the last of May. Developing the syllabus for that has been interesting, and a challenge to incorporate references
to all the writing done by women, liberation and Third World theologies.

Here is our goal: In this course, our goal is to understand the key concepts with which the Western monotheistic religions have articulated their teachings and our modern challenges. We will discover that these terms conceal assumptions about social reality and possibility that must be critically examined. As we pursue our philosophical investigation of those assumptions, we will acquaint ourselves with the major ancient and modern critiques of religion. Both Liberation theology frames (including Feminist theology) and Continental theology (as opposed to American and British), recognize that intellectual neutrality is not possible and all theology is biased. Then, in the last weeks of the course, students will present their own independent research project into one of four special "problems" raised by the challenges of 1) evil, 3) religious pluralism, 3) fundamentalism, or 4) gender.

Also, on another listserv some interest is expressed in offering this topic to the group for distance learning, a small independent Catholic Celtic church, using my notes from the class, and free of course. If interested, email me at pbbaute@paschalbaute.com.