神学硕士-监狱和龋齿研究

这种专注为VDS学生提供了从神学角度解决监禁问题的机会。学生将探索圣经，神学和历史文献以及社会学数据，以加深对美国当前惩罚现实的了解。我们将探究哪些宗教传统对加剧我们司法系统的不公正性有何贡献。学生将通过我们的Riverbend计划以及适当的现场教育机会与囚犯和以前被监禁的公民互动。在美国及其他地区，我们将特别注意种族，阶级，性别和性问题，并处理社会中纪律与惩罚的关系。在与这些问题的关系中，我们将发展神学和道德反思。例如，惩罚和怜悯的作用是什么？和解与司法的可能性如何？注意力集中在广泛的学科上，并结合了从
This concentration provides VDS students with the opportunity to take up the issue of incarceration from a theological perspective. Students will explore biblical, theological and historical documents as well as sociological data to deepen understanding of the current reality of punishment in the United States. We will explore what religious traditions have to contribute to critiquing the injustice of our justice system. Students will engage prisoners and formerly incarcerated citizens through our Riverbend Program as well as appropriate field education opportunities. We will pay particular attention to issues of race, class, gender and sexuality in the application of punishment in the United States and beyond, taking up the relationship of discipline and punishment in society. And we will develop theological and ethical reflection in relationship to these issues. What, for example, is the role of punishment and mercy How is reconciliation and justice possible The concentration draws on a broad range of disciplines and combines learning from those whose lives have been most affected by incarceration - the incarcerated and their communities - as well as scholars whose research and teaching focus on the development and analysis of the prison industrial complex.