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Course
Following Jesus in a Polarized Society
~16.5 Hours
In Following Jesus in a Polarized Society, you will learn how to biblically engage in deep political and religious differences with confidence, humility, and love.
3 instructors
About This Course
Regardless of our own political positions, many of us—and those close to us—are grieved by the divisive environment we live in today in the United States. We are saddened by broken relationships, feel overwhelmed by the depth of divisions, feel uncertain how to bridge them, and can feel taken aback by the intensity of disagreements.
In this course, you’ll learn why engaging the diversity of beliefs in our society is a worthy, even necessary endeavor for followers of Jesus. Rooted in biblical principles and enriched by lived experiences, this course will equip you to engage in deep political and religious differences with confidence, humility, and love.
You will learn how to respond to deep differences with a Christian conviction and hospitality, assess how biblical principles and theological concepts inform how to engage in disagreement, how to implement these principles in a specific disagreement in your current context, and more.
Join practical theologian and ethicist Matthew Kaemingk and law professor John Inazu as you learn to live faithfully in a polarized society through the conversations and actions you take every day.
Created in partnership with Interfaith America and FULLER Equip.
- Leadership
- Politics
Introduction
1. Getting Started
What Is Going on Here?
2. What Is the Problem?
3. What Is American Democracy?
4. What Are Christian Responses to Pluralism?
What Does Our Faith Have to Say About Engaging Pluralism?
5. Who We Are
6. Christ as Sovereign
7. Christ as Multifaceted Host
8. What Binds Us Together
How Do We Move Forward?
9. Engaging Your Neighbor Civically
10. Engaging Your Neighbor Faithfully
11. Engaging the Larger Story
12. Engaging the Challenges
Conclusion
13. Entering Discussions
14. Next Steps
Your Instructor
Matthew Kaemingk
Director of the Richard John Mouw Institute of Faith and Public Life
Matthew Kaemingk is the Richard John Mouw Associate Professor of Faith and Public Life at Fuller Theological Seminary where he also serves as the director of the Richard John Mouw Institute of Faith and Public Life.
John Inazu
Professor of Law and Religion
John Inazu is the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion at Washington University in St. Louis.
Interfaith America
Interfaith America inspires, equips, and connects leaders and institutions to unlock the potential of America’s religious diversity. Founded in 2002 based on the idea that religious differences should serve as a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division, IA works across higher education, racial equity, health, workplace, bridge-building, democracy, and technology.
