7 courses with the subject CS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
CS 110Introduction to Contextual Analysis
This course offers an orientation to the ways anthropological and sociological approaches to the interpretation of culture contribute to theological reflection with and within particular socio-cultural contexts. Focusing on a particular neighborhood and/ or institutional environment, students will become familiar with the techniques and develop the skills to critically consider the missiological, theological, and ethical dimensions of a Christian community in relation to the wider society. Spring 2025-2026 Hagley Spring 2025-2026 Ramsey (Hybrid)
This course equips students to reflect on the church and its relationship to its various locations, with a particular focus on national and global contexts and issues. Students will learn to use biblical and theological resources with insight from the social sciences to analyze contexts and to identify and explore ethical issues related to cultural, economic, and social structures in which the church participates in God’s mission. Fall 2025-2026 Mingo (Hybrid)
This course will examine the history, theological focus, and core values that inform ministry in the city. Attention will be given to helping students discern their vocational call in the context of city life and Christian witness in this arena. Required for Graduate Certificate in Urban Ministry. Fall 2025-2026 Smith (Online)
The scope of the course includes the feminist and womanist positions for women’s clergy and lay leadership in churches; the conditions extant within society which brought about liberation movements and the extent to which it influences church women. History of the church’s attitudes toward women past and present. Special attention is given to the needs of women in ministry and to the ideational and political stance(s) which inform them. Exploration of biblical and theological themes in relation to women’s leadership roles in ecclesiastical institutions and other spaces for Christian ministry. While this course will primarily engage a North American perspective, women’s leadership in the church and society will be embraced globally. Fall 2025-2026 Mingo (Online)
The Pittsburgh Metropolitan region has embodied in important ways America’s early settler adventures, difficult race relations, industrial revolution, labor strife, urban decline and redevelopment, and an evolving religious culture. Utilizing historical, sociological, and theological readings as well as lectures from key, local experts
This course combines theoretical examinations of intentional faith- based social engagement and ‘real-time’ collective pursuits of such engagement as embodied in large contemporary networks of socially-engaged Christians (requiring pre-approval). The bulk of the course content will derive from student participation in a week-long annual or biannual conference of one of these networks (or of a similar network). An additional layer of theoretical analysis will be provided via course readings that outline tight connections between moral-ethical thought and action. Fall 2025-2026 Mingo (Online)
An exploration of U.S. capitalism and the consequences for church mission and ministry. Drawing from histories of capitalist development in the United States, students will gain critical tools for thinking about the ways economic structures and practices commodify our world, while also exploring different Christian responses to capitalist or consumerist production. Fall 2025-2026 Hagley
