The Salvation Army Booth College

This unit will give you the tools and skills to understand and analyse social justice issues in today's world. You will explore Biblical texts and learn to apply them to these issues. You will learn how to use theological reflection and social analysis as tools that will help you to develop a framework to apply to issues of social justice. You will also learn to how to review The Salvation Army's responses to social justice.

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31 July 2023 - 3 November 2023

There will be four virtual classroom discussion forums held throughout the semester:

• Thursday 3 August 2023
• Thursday 24 August 2023
• Thursday 21 September 2023
• Thursday 26 October 2023

There will be optional weekly check-ins for students who would like to participate. This will give students an opportunity to ask questions about the weekly content or the assessment tasks.

We recommend that you allocate 9 hours a week for all study activities.

18 points from Field D

Lectures, group work, online forums, videos

Participation activities will include:

• Engagement with weekly online materials.
• Attendance at online discussion forums is expected. (1 hour)
• Optional weekly check-ins. (30 minutes)
• Completion of all set assessment tasks.

1 x Learning resource 1,500 words - 30%

1 x Personal Reflection 1,000 words - 30%

1 x Essay 2,000 words - 40%

Upon successful completion of this unit, it is expected that students will be able to:

1. Articulate the Biblical foundations of justice.

2. Critically evaluate The Salvation Army approaches to social justice since its formation.

3. Analyse the main ways in which Globalisation can affect individuals and communities and the implications for justice.

4. Articulate the importance of personal spiritual formation as a foundation when working for social justice.

5. Apply the principles of social justice to selected social justice issues.

To undertake this unit, you are required to have access to a copy of:

Campolo, Tony and Mary Albert Darling. The God of Intimacy and Action: Reconnecting Ancient Spiritual Practices, Evangelism, and Justice. London: SPCK Publishing, 2013.

This book is available as an ebook by the EBC Library.