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102 faith-based and secular justice work, students focus on the particular approaches they anticipate implementing in their supervised field-based learning experience. Depending on student interest, the course emphasizes topics such as community organizing, holistic church planting, fundraising, and leveraging professional skills in law, medicine, education, technology, or business. Offered spring semesters. Two hours. JM 610 Advocacy for Social Justice This course begins with what it means for every Christian to observe God's call to "act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God," then explores various biblical, theological, and historical traditions of social justice. It presents practical application in today's world, including agendas for public justice which address the vulnerability of women and children, violent crime, sexual violence, property expropriation, and virtual slavery. Two hours. JM 620 Theology of Health in Culture This course provides an overview of the biblical and theological foundations for health, contrasts it with modern views of the body, and then examines its implications for an approach to mission health outreach. Attention is given to current issues in the field, including cross-cultural contextualization, pharmaceutical and biotechnological opportunities and challenges, the role of the church in health and healing, and the sustainability of programs and projects. Case studies will be used to illuminate current practices. Two hours. JM 630 Education and Justice This course equips students with practical tools for implementation of social outreach that will transform individuals and communities. If the needs of communities and the families that live in them are to be addressed, an understanding of educational systems that do and do not facilitate equitable opportunities is required. Special attention is given to the role of faith-based organizations and families as education partners within the United States systems and abroad. Two hours. JM 635 Release from Poverty Designed for students to develop their own conclusions about questions to ask as they engage in or support methods of relief and development. Critical questions include (1) Why oppose poverty in Jesus' name; (2) Why (and how to) measure effectiveness. Two hours. JM 640 Urban Development and Justice This course considers the complexities of the urban context from a biblical and theological perspective, with a particular focus on how the development of cities shapes the experience of justice and injustice, particularly for the poor and those living on the margins of society. Founded on a clear understanding of God's concern for the city, it explores the city's part in his plan to transform and redeem all creation. Informed by the serious study of socio-economic, cultural, political, and religious contexts, it also provides an academic understanding of the roots of urban poverty, and explores what the "shalom" concept means within that context. Two hours. JM 645 Housing Justice: Theological and Practical Foundations Develops a theological and practical understanding of how housing justice is part of God's mission and provides a comprehensive look at ways to house communities in light of biblical land use laws and the just and fair distribution of land and housing. Case studies are examined