COC Spring Development
Engaging Contemporary Claims
- The Secular Creed, Rebecca McLaughlin
- Readings in Cultural Engagement: A Crash Course in Contemporary Issues
1/31-2/6
Introduction
Read: Introduction (pgs. 1-5)
Listen - The Secular Creed
Food for Thought: “Why A Classical Historian Changed His Mind About Christianity”
2/7-2/13
“Black Lives Matter”
Read: Intro + Chapter 1 (pgs. 1-24)
Listen: Reading While Black – Feat. Dr. Esau McCaulley
Food for Thought: “Is Critical Race Theory compatible with Christianity” ; Neil Shenvi and Rasool Berry
2/14-2/20
Winter Retreat
2/21-2/27
“Love is Love”
2/28-3/6
“The Gay-Rights Movement is the New Civil Rights Movement”
Read: Ch. 3 (43-62)
Listen: Is the LGBTQ Movement the New Civil Rights Movement? - Russell Moore
Food for Thought:
Is Opposing Gay Marriage Just as Bad as Supporting Slavery?
3/7-3/13
“Women’s Rights Are Human Rights”
Read: Ch. 4 (63-82)
Podcast: TBD
Food for Thought: TBD
3/14-3/20
“Transgender Women Are Women” + Call to Loving Arms
Read: Chapter 5 (pgs. 83-107)
Podcast : Gospelbound: The Secular Creed
Food for Thought: Transgender people and the church: Preston Sprinkle & Christina Beardsley
***For more content see: Being Human Gender, Sexuality, & Fulfilment
3/21-3/27
Break / Catch Up
3/28-4/3
Christians and Culture
Read:
Christianity and Culture (pg. 21-31)
Creating Culture, Andy Crouch (345-351)
4/4-4/10
Contemporary Issues: Sexuality
Read: Ch. 2 (63-92)
4/11-4/17
Contemporary Issues: Race
Read: Ch. 7 (159-175)
4/18-4/24
Contemporary Issues: Your Choice!
Read: See table of contents and choose topic you are interested in!