Living the Question & Saving Jesus
Co-sponsored by the Clergy, the Spiritual Life Center and Adult Education
At last a course of study that dares to encourage us to ask the questions that others might consider heresy. “Living the Questions” is a 13-session small group study based on DVD conversations with 21st century theologians, church leaders, sociologists and Biblical scholars. Sessions 1 and 2 are foundational, will be offered 4 times in 2006 and are a pre-requisite for future sessions. Over the next 3 years, the remaining 11 sessions will be scheduled. Don’t miss this opportunity to discuss and learn about the possibilities for progressive Christianity in the 21st century.
Course Titles: The Role of Biblical Authority, Thinking Theologically, Creativity and the Stories of Creation, Restoring Relationships, Evil, Suffering and a God of Love, Intimacy with God, Social Justice, A Kingdom Without Walls, Lives of Jesus, Compassion: the Heart of Jesus’ Ministry, A Passion for Christ: Paul the Apostle, Out Into the World: Challenges of Facing Progressive Christianity and the Contribution of Wesleyan Theology.
Contributors and Presenters: Nancy Ammerman, John Bell, Marcus Borg, Minerva Carano, John B. Cobb, Jr., John Dominic Crossan, Heather Murray Elkins, Lloyd Geering, Leslie Griffiths, Stanley Hauerwas, Alan Ladd, Pat McMahon, Bill Nelson, G. Lynn Nelson, Larry Powell, Siyoung Park, Stephen Patterson, Tex Sample, John Shelby Spong, Roger Strom, Emillie Townes, Regina Walker, David Ice, Barb Catlin, Jeff Proctor-Murphy, David Felten.
Session 1:
Invitation to the Journey: The Role of Biblical Authority
• TBA
Registration required, no fee. Each class limited to 12
Saving Jesus
Ever feel that Jesus has been kidnapped by the Christian right? The same team of Progressive Biblical scholars, theologians, church leaders and sociologists who brought us “Lining the Questions” now brings us a 12-session small group DVD based exploration of Jesus Christ for the third millennium.
Sessions TBA
Course Titles: Introduction: Jesus Through the Ages,Who was Jesus?,What Can We Know about Jesus (and how)?, The World into Which Jesus Was Born, Jesus’
Birth: Incarnation, Teachings of Jesus: Wisdom Tradition, Jesus’ Program: The
Kingdom of God, Jesus’Ministry of Compassion, Killing Jesus, Part One:Who Killed
Jesus?,Killing Jesus,Part Two;The Atonement,The Resurrection of Christ,Why Jesus
is Worth Saving.
Contributers and Presenters: John Bell,Marcus Borg, Rita Nakashima Brock,Walter Brueggeman, John Cobb, John Dominic Crossan, James Forbes, Matthew Fox, Lloyd Geering, Hans Kung, Amy-Jill Levine, Bill Nelson, Rebecca Ann Parker, Stephen Patterson, Helen Prejean, Tex Sample, Bernard Brandon Scott, Luther Smith, John Shelby Spong, Jim & Jean Strathdee, Emilie Townes
