Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2023
Journal Title
Teaching and Learning in Action
Volume Number
26
First Page
92
Last Page
100
DOI
doi.org/10.1111/teth.12641
Version
Publisher PDF: the final published version of the article, with professional formatting and typesetting
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND License.
Disciplines
Communication
Abstract
As “justice natives,” today's undergraduate students are motivated to engage directly with the world around them in ways unseen throughout most previous generations. Interestingly, secular humanistic perspectives on changemaking are in keeping with a wide variety of biblical teachings and principles of Christian social thought. At the same time, educators and practitioners can better engage these students to lessen a disconnect that often seems to emerge between social justice causes and the modern church. This paper applies a praxis-based approach, Kingian Theology, the Beatitudes from the gospels, elements of liberation theology, Wesley's thoughts about community engagement, and principles of both Catholic and broader Christian social thought to the modern idea of changemaking, positioning Christianity and the gospels as a liberating force for equality rather than as a colonizing or even racist-associated oppressive ideology.
Digital USD Citation
Bowman, Jonathan PhD, "Infusing Theology in Changemaking Curricula: Engaging Justice Natives With Christian Social Thought" (2023). Communication Studies: Faculty Scholarship. 11.
https://digital.sandiego.edu/commstudies_facpub/11