Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Brokeback Mountain, Bridges of Madison Country, The Crime of Padre Amaro
Movies, considered as today's most popular "textbooks", allow us to engage themes that many still consider taboo or restricted. Our class has had the chance to view three critically-acclaimed motion pictures, all of which explore very sensitive themes. How would you describe each of these films? Which characters do you identify with and why? Which characters did you find repulsive or repugnant and why? What new insights or fresh challenges-- about sexuality, about relationships, and about yourself-- did these movies offer you?
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Advocacy Project
Suggested group project topics (to be posted electronically and submitted as hardcopy)
- The Ordination of United Methodist Homosexuals
- Gender Justice in the Church: A Comparative Analysis of the UMC and UCCP Experience
- Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
- Domestic Violence
- Human Trafficking and the Sex Trade
- Responsible Parenthood and Family Planning
- Prostitution: To Legalize or Not
- Pro-Choice or Pro-Life
- The Thin Line Between Art and Pornography
- Sacred Marriages and the Divorce Question
- Single-Blessedness and Single-Parenting
- Living-In or Living In Sin
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