Year Three

Session Seven: Contemporary Culture

• Postmodernism, ethics in discourse and leadership
• Civil liberties and religious freedom
• Philosophies of government, democracy
• War and peace, the problem of non-violence
• Cultures of privilege and oppression; feminism
• Cultures of privilege and oppression; racism
• Environmental issues
• Globalization and ethnic issues
• Just economics and effective politics
• Prophecy as leadership

Session Eight: Aesthestics

• Creativity and being human
• Drama and social structure, art as protest
• Philosophy of art in the humanist tradition
• Personal aesthestics practices
• Ritual as art form, theory and practice

Session Nine: Celebration

• Life cycle events
• Ritual authority
• Community gatherings and public events
• Graduation
• Projects, evaluation, and commitment ti leadership