Contextual Thinking (TEL Cohort) FA26

Pacific School of Religion

Group-Based Medium Level Theological Imagination
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Contextual Thinking (TEL Cohort) FA26

About This Course

This course is one part of nine in the Theological Education for Leadership (TEL) Learning Path for the Congregational Renewal Cohort offered by PSR.  It is one quarter of the full-term course of the same name and is considered the introduction to the introductory overview of Contextual Thinking.  Grounded in Afro-feminist, activism, decolonial theories, and queer perspectives, this course equips participants with indispensable tools and language to narrate their stories, identify their location and contextualize them in light of their communities. It endeavors to foster meaningful discussions on racial injustice, inequality, storytelling, and empowerment. Cohort starting in March 2027.

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📋 6 Lessons
📚 4 Resources
✍️ 0 Quizzes
📖 14 Assignments

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Learning Objectives

In this TEL course, you will learn:

  1. Apply contextually based approaches to social issues, integrating skills and resources for effective communication, particularly as it related to colonialism, decolonialism, strong emotions and artivism.
  2. Cultivate spiritual practices that shape and sustain their work for racial justice.
  3. Lead communities in reflection about race and its intersections in diverse communities.
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Joshua Rumbaoa Jerome Garcia is a Ph.D. candidate at The Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley studying Asian American theologies and religions, specializing in hermeneutics. His dissertation project, entitled Peril! In the House of Omri: The Asiatic Racial Form and Biblical Hermeneutics, engages critical theory from Asian American literary criticism and cultural studies to rearticulate an Asian American theology that allies with the material, political, and intellectual commitments of ethnic studies.

Joshua holds master’s degrees in religion and theology from Yale University and Boston University, respectively, as well as dual bachelor’s degrees in psychology and biblical studies from George Fox University. When not struggling through critical theory, he tries to consume pour over coffee, romcoms, and world football as unpretentiously as possible. 

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