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LDRS 612 O 2 - Justice and Forgiveness

Justice and Forgiveness (LDRS 612)

Term: 2024-2025 - SUMMER

Faculty

Kevin P Goodrich

kgoodric@uj.edu

The Rev. Dr. Kevin Goodrich, O.P.

Office Hours: Wednesdays: 9am-11am by email. Also, throughout the week by email and within the course site in the "Ask the Instructor" forum.

About: I've been teaching for UJ for over a decade, a lot of that online, though I've taught at the Jamestown campus. I've lived across the United States as well as in Canada. I've been blessed to travel to many parts of the world. I'm a vowed friar in the Anglican Order of Preachers (aka "the Dominicans").

The Order has a teaching mission. A mission that focuses on the study of religion and spirituality but includes the study of the humanities, as well as the social and natural sciences. For fun, I enjoy a good laugh, good music, and getting outside for a good hike.

Description

Completion of this course will involve: i) Understanding the nature of social justice (and injustice) with the inability to identify relevant practices across a range of cultural settings. ii) Comprehension of various forms of forgiveness (especially shallow vs. authentic forms), techniques for fostering forgiveness and its benefits. iii) Investigation of the role of memory (or lack thereof) in both justice and forgiveness, e.g. the role of memorials in preventing future injustice, the impossibility of forgiveness if injustice is forgotten or denied, etc.