Human Sexuality and Christian Ethics HTE646E – CANCELED
This course has been canceled for Semester Two 2024–25.
This course is designed to take us on an exploration of sexuality’s meaning and purpose in our lives as human beings. We will concern ourselves with what Margaret Farley describes as metaethical issues in Christian sexual ethics: human embodiment, sexual desire, sex’s meaning and purpose, and universal and/or particular moral norms. Our work together involves (a) developing a definition of “healthy sexuality” for Christians seeking to participate in God’s reconciling mission in the world, (b) understanding Christian leadership to involve addressing sexual misconduct and violence, and (c) using theoethical tools to evaluate the cultural practices and norms that shape the “sexual landscape” we inhabit (i.e., liberation movements, patriarchy, social media, systematic coverups of sexual abuse, toxic masculinity, White supremacy).