THE 402 Poets, Prophets, Divas, and Diviners

This course explores the prophetic tradition in ancient biblical and contemporary times. Selected texts are read in context of present-day global realities to discover how these texts shape cultures and worldviews, and how cultures and worldviews inform our reading of the biblical prophets. Topics include the God, gender, power, justice, empire, ecology, hope, what it means to be proophetic today, among others.