Supportive and leadership roles played by women who helped shape the destiny of the Bible are examined. It will study the misperceptions of women s roles in the Bible, which are held by contemporary readers. This course is designed to familiarize students with inner events of faith that find outer expression in the spiritual tradition and lives of African-Americans. These lives will be examined from the perspectives of both substantive and functional definitions of faith. Substantive definitions concentrate on the inner core, essence or nature of faith and define it by the phenomena of itself.
Functional definitions emphasize the effects of faith in the actual life or praxis of human beings.
Expression focused upon are the enslaved, prophets, women and various contemporary figures. These areas will be examined from the perspectives of both substantive and functional definitions of spirituality. Substantive definitions concentrate on the inner core, essence, or nature of spirituality and define it by the phenomena of itself. Functional definitions emphasize the effects of spirituality in actual life. The classic formulations of Christian theology including early beginnings, Augusine, Thomas Aquinas and John Calvin.