In this course, we will be working to integrate principles of mutual aid and nonhierarchical organizing (e.g. dual power structures, solidarity networks, direct action, and communal class consciousness) into how we can conceive of church in a manner that’s supportive of contemporary issues in social justice. Material will also be brought in from the history of the church to discuss Christian forms of anarchism and socialism, mutatis mutandis, as well as various liberation theologies that are inspired by, and respond to, social justice issues in the twentieth century. As the instructor comes from the Episcopalian tradition, the course will be geared toward that ecclesial context, though liberation theological texts will be brought in from various traditions and students are encouraged to imagine forward from within their religio-communal context.