RLGN 480 Cultural Engagement Capstone Seminar

This course exposes students to various contemporary issues in cultural engagement. Particular focus is given to the diversity of Christian ethical frameworks and the theological distinctives that undergird those frameworks. The student will construct a high-quality theological and contextual framework for addressing a modern cultural issue and complete a capstone project which reflects concepts learned throughout the program.

Culture is a constantly shifting terrain, but it is the terrain in which Christian leaders must operate. This course provides the foundational knowledge necessary to adequately understand the impact of secularism on culture, and it provides an introduction to the variety of Christian responses to the most pressing cultural issues that Christians interact with in modern society. 

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After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

There are four reading quizzes throughout this course. These quizzes will be based upon the content from Chatraw and Prior’s Cultural Engagement. Each quiz contains multiple-choice questions, one quiz has an either/or question, and there is no limit to how many times the student can take a quiz (except Quiz: Gospel Shaped Engagement, which has 1 attempt allowed). These quizzes will be cumulative, and as a result will cover all of the reading a student has had in Cultural Engagement up to that point in the course (CLOs: A, B, C). 

The student will complete two Discussions in this course. The student will post one thread of at least 1000 words. The student must then post 2 replies of at least 150 words. (CLOs: A, D, E)

In this capstone project, the student will take the work completed in both course Discussions and compile that material into an eight-lesson PowerPoint presentation. This PowerPoint slide should be prepared and organized well enough for use in teaching an eight-week class on cultural engagement. This PowerPoint presentation must incorporate any professor feedback given on the previous two assignments. (CLOs: A, B, C, D, E)

Our Secular Age Critical Integration Assignment

For this assignment, the student will choose one chapter from Our Secular Age to critically interact with. This assignment will provide the student with a particularly deep level of engagement on at least one critical issue in contemporary cultural engagement. (CLOs: A, B, D)