Introduction
Sunday, December 18, 2022
2:13 PM
All theologies emerge from social locations.  The rise of Nazism and the emerging holocaust shaped the theology of Dietrich Bonhoeffer even though he might not always identify his middle-class, European origin or the historic context of working in pre-World War II/During WWII in each of his writings; however, it is a clear factor throughout his theological discourse.  Knowing the social location from which a theological concept emerges is always important.  However, some theologies are more explicit about the social location(s) from which they spring.  
As an exercise in thinking about social location, describe your congregation in terms of the following demongraphic characteristics and reflect on how those aspects of its social location might influence its embedded theology.    
Race
Race categorizes people on the basis of physical, presumably genetic, markers (generally skin color), What is the congregation’s racial composition?
language(s), 
ethnic identity and expression of ethnicity, 
economic status—including the breadth of members’ economic statuses—
assumptions about gender roles,
 norms around sexuality and sexual orientation, 
regional and national identities, 
how it defines itself relative to the political structures, age range of members, 