The Sacred Mother(s): Exploring the Divine Feminine in African Spiritual Traditions

This hybrid course explores the Divine Feminine in traditional and indigenous African and African diasporic spiritual traditions, found in West and Central Africa, the Caribbean, and the Americas. Grounded in womanist and feminist epistemologies, students will engage with emerging themes in Divine Feminine studies while analyzing paradigms of spirit, mind, and body. Ethnophilosophy provides the methodological foundation for examining the cultural, spiritual, and religious identities rooted in African and diasporic worldviews.

CLASS MEETS: January 13-22, T/TH, 9:30am-12:00pm.

This hybrid course combines daily asynchronous work on Populi with biweekly synchronous sessions.

Students will be assessed through participation in Populi, the final project, and presentation. This course is open to all degree programs at the Starr King School for the Ministry.

Relates to Thresholds: (6) Thea/ology in Culture and Context, (3) Sacred Text and Interpretation, (5) Spiritual Practice and the Care of the Soul, (7) Educating for Wholeness and Liberation, and (8) Embodied Wisdom and Beauty and MFC Competency: (8) Theology.

Max Enrollment: 20, Auditors Not Included.