Writing Religion

Some students will write as part oftheir congregational or ecclesial ministry (newsletters, columns, blogs, sermons); other students will write about religion within non-profit or non-government agencies (programs, news releases, bulletins); others will write about religion for magazines, newspapers or journals. This course will focus on creative non-fiction ("true stories, well told") in which the writer uses literary devices to freshen and enliven religion-while telling and interpreting a "true" story. Students will write in a modality oftheir choice; read and analyze writing that bears religious themes, overtly or covertly; and debate the various ethical issues about themselves and other people.