Archive of 2004-2005 Events

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May 25 - June 10, 2004: 2004 BTI Seminar-Workshop on "Religion and Modernity in Egypt: Coptic Revival, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Complexities of Religious Practice". This project is a part of our developing efforts and international database on global peacemaking for students in seminary and schools of theology. For details, please click here!

June 14 - 16, 2004: Institute in Restorative Justice for Religious Leaders with guest instructors Professor Howard Zehr, Director of the Program in Conflict Transformation, Eastern Mennonite University; and Father Michael Lapsley, Anglican priest and anti-Apartheid leader from South Africa, Director of the Institute on the Healing of Memories. This event is particularly for faculty but other religious leaders are welcome: Additional events through June 18, Andover Newton Theological School. For details and schedule, please click here!

Monday, June 14, 2004: Dinner in honor of Father Michael Lapsley, Anglican priest and anti-Apartheid leader from South Africa, Director of the Institute on the Healing of Memories.

July 8 - July 10, 2004: The National Apostolate For Inclusion Ministry Conference; Location: Boston Park Plaza Hotel. For further information contact: John Horgan, 1-800-327-6114.

Saturday, July 25, 2004 or by arrangement: Three Walking Tours in Cambridge Sponsored by the BTI in conjunction with the Democratic National Convention. (Click here for details!)

Tuesday, August 10, 2004: A Remarkable concert for a remarkable cause in the beautiful Berkshires to benefit the Parent's Circle -- Bereaved Israeli and Palestinian Families Forum. (Click here for details!)

Thursday, September 2, 2004: Faith and Earth Ministry – a retreat for seminarians… “stewards of the earth and stewards of the mysteries of God” (Genesis 1 & I Cor. 4:1)

Gain and rekindle a sense for God, your fellow seminary students and “earth others” - our sisters and brothers (as St. Francis of Assisi called them) in the broader family of creation - at a retreat for theology students and others in the schools of the Boston Theological Institute.

Dates: September 2 (Thursday afternoon/night) – September 4 (Saturday afternoon/evening). Cost: $50 includes a bed in a shared cabin (bring your own sleeping bag, linens, etc.), meals, and materials. Flexible program includes a visit to Stoneridge organic farm, presentations by area environmental organizations and possible reflections by BTI faculty. Plenty of time to see the stars and swim in the lake.

Location: Camp Wilmot (a youth camp owned by the Presbyterian Church, USA) – near New London, NH (2 hours from Boston): great location to recharge and get ready for school, thoughtfully, theologically, and with deep spiritual intent….

Interested? Interested in helping to plan? Contact Rob Mark (BUSTh), Tadd Morton Allman (ANTS), or Rodney Petersen (BTI), at the Boston Theological Institute (617.527.4880) and at office@bostontheological.org.

Sunday, September 25, 2004 (2-5pm): Ninth Annual BTI Fall Symposium on Liturgy, Worhisp and the Arts to take place at the Tyler Room, Burnham Hall, The Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. (Abstracts for Presentations are due by August 10, 2004.) (Click here for details!)

30th Birthday Party
Sunday, September 26, 2004, 2-4pm, you are cordially invited to an afternoon celebration on the lawn of the Episcopal Divinity School, at 99 Brattle Street. Enjoy good music, greet new and old friends, see what’s new on campus, and don’t miss out on the ice cream and cake! RSVP by September 20 to 617.868.350 ext. 373 or alum@eds.edu

>>> Monday, October 4, 2004: Unbinding Prometheus: The Promisses and Pitfalls of Biotechnology Gordon College presents a conference entitled “Unbinding Prometheus: The Promisses and Pitfalls of Biotechnology” The keynote speaker is Professor Gilbert Meilaender, of Valparaiso University. Other speakers and respondents include: Hessel Bouma III (Calvin College), Bruce Herman (Gordon College), Lisa Sowle Cahill (Boston College), Preston Mason (Harvard Medical School), Rodney L. Petersen (Boston Theological Institute), and Craig Storyu (Gordon College). For further information, please contact Debbie Drost at 978.867.4365, email drost@gordon.edu

>>> Wednesday, October 6, 2004: Boston University Lowell Lecture and BTI Dinner and Annual Lectureship. Professor Andrew Walls

A Methodist lay preacher, who has taught in universities in Sierra Leone and Nigeria, in 1970 founded Religious Studies in Aberdeen, founded the Journal of Religion in Africa, the Scottish Institute of Missionary Studies and its Bulletin, and the Centre for Christianity in the Non-Western World. This was transferred to New College, University of Edinburgh in 1987, where he continues as director and as an honorary professor. He is the greatest living historian of the missionary dimension of Christian history (successor to K.S. Latourette). In 1987 he was awarded the O.B.E., which recognised his work for Scottish museums and galleries. This talk is scheduled for October 6, 2004. It is co-hosted with Boston University School of Theology as a part of the school's Lowell Lecture Series.

Dinner is complementary but reservations must be made this week by calling Paula Ferrone (617-353-3050) at Boston University School of Theology. See details on BTI web site and below:

Location:
Dinner for BTI Faculty and Staff at 6 PM
Colloquium Room, 9th floor
Boston University Photonics Center
8 St. Mary's Street Boston

(For more information and directions, please call 617-353-3050. St. Mary's Street runs off of Commonwealth Avenue across from the Martin Luther King Plaza [next to the School of Theology] and connects with Beacon Street.).

As parking and movement are difficult, please encourage people to plan ahead....

Lecture follows at 7:30 PM in Lecture Room 206, Photonics Center, 8 St. Mary's Street (same building as dinner)

>>> Wednesday, October 6, 2004: Library Conference on Electronic Publishing & Theological Research: Opportunities and Challenges

Rapid changes taking place in scholarly publishing greatly affect teaching as well as scholarly research and writing. The conference will explore publication of current scholarly work as well as the digitization of primary sources for scholarly research with a particular focus on theological and religious scholarship. This conference will be held in George Sherman Union (GSU) at Boston University School of Theology. Conference Schedule is the following: Wednesday, October 6, 2004

3:00 PM - 4:10 PM in GSU Conference
Auditorium Electronic publications – What can they can do for you? / Stephen Rhind-Tutt
4:10 PM - 4:25 PM in GSU Conference
Auditorium Break
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM in GSU Conference
Auditorium The Development of the Scholarly E-book / Eileen Gardiner and Ronald G. Musto

For details about the conference and/or to register, visit: http://comm745-server.bu.edu/ocs/index.php

>>> Thursday, October 7, 2004: Seeking Sabbath. The Lord's Day Alliance 2004 Conference, Seeking Sabbath: Replenishing the Soul is being held at the pristine campus of Princeton Seminary. Take a look at our schedule for the one day event. We are proud to have the Sabbath Renewal Project at Princeton Theological Seminary. partnering with us. For schedule and details, please visit Lord's Day Alliance's website at http://www.ldausa.org/. Please, contact Dr. Rodney Petersen for details regarding transportation, at 617.527.4880.

>>> Tuesday, October 12, 2004 (5:15pm): American National Identity: What Are the Challenges? The Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions invites you to a panel discussion featuring David Little, T.J. Dermot Dunphy Professor of the Practice in Religion, Ethnicity, and International Conflict and Faculty Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Davíd Carrasco, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America; and Samuel Huntington, Albert J. Weatherhead University Professor. The panel will respond to questions raised by Huntington’s recent publication, Who Are We? The Challenges to America’s National Identity (Simon & Schuster, 2004). The Lecture will be held in the Sperry Room, Andover Hall, at Harvard Divinity School. For additional information, contact Rebecca Kline at 617.495.4476.

>>> October 14-16, 2004 -- The Pappas Patristic Institute of Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology: announces its Inaugural Conference on the theme "Apocalyptic Themes in Early Christianity." For details or to register, please visit http://www.pappaspatristic.hchc.edu or call 617.731.3500.

Monday, October 18, 2004 (5:30-6:30pm) Office of Ministerial Studies of Harvard Divinity School invites you to a presentation by Larry Spears, current HDS Merrill Fellow and the founder of the first Consensus Council, who will speak on "CONSENSUS COUNCILS is A Tool for Building Peace and Advancing Social Change". The Andover Hall, Room 118, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA.

Religious and civic leaders seek durable ways to contribute to peace, human rights and social change in their critical work to address everything from small local disputes to intractable public policy conflicts. Consensus councils offer one promising model for addressing a host of difficult problems at all levels of public life. Low-tech, low-budget, and culturally sensitive, consensus councils can be developed by religious leaders, educators, public officials, and others to heal division and to strengthen community. In this presentation, Larry Spears will draw on his domestic and international experience with this model of community building to discuss its potential uses for ministers, public servants, educators, civic leaders and others interested in the promotion of lasting peace, locally and globally.

American-Indial Film Series and Dialogue
Facilitated by filmmaker Fidel Moreno
October 27-29, 2004 at Andover Newton Theological School

Tuesday, October 27, 2004: 6:30pm
"Wipping the Tears of Seven Generations"

Wednesday, October 28, 2004: 6:30pm
"The Peyote Road"

Thursday, October 28, 2004: 6:30pm
"Out of the Shadows of Silence"

Films will be shown in Peck Conference Room, Andover Newton Theological School 210 Herrick Road, Newton Centre, MA For more information, call 617.965.9595

"Muslims and Global Enlightenment: Partners or Pariahs?"
A talk by Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Dr. Munawar Anees

FRIDAY, October 29th, 7:30 pm

This event is organized by Voices from the Edge of What is Enlightnment magazine and will be held at 38 Cameron Ave, Suite 100, Cambridge, MA 02140
For details, please call 617.492.4091 or visit http://www.38cameron.com/voices/anees.htm

Harvard: Paul Tillich Lecture
Monday, November 1, 2004: (5:15pm) You are cordially invited to attend the Fall 2004 "Paul Tillich Lecture." The Rev. Charles G. Adams, D.D. of Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, Detroit, MI, will speak on "Race, Religion, Politics: Tillich and the Black Preacher." This event will be held in the Memorial Church and is co-sponsored by Harvard DIvinity School and the Memorial Church. For details, please call 617.495.4514.

Concert for Peace
Thursday, November 4, 7:30 pm

From Damascus, Syria… Kulna Sawa “All of Us Together”

St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral 138 Tremont St. Boston, Massachusetts 02111 Co-sponsored by The Massachusetts Council of Churches An exciting combination of traditional Middle East music and contemporary music played by Christian and Muslim musicians. Free; an offering will be taken to cover expenses kulnasawa.com For details please see press release or flyer.

War versus Peace in a Post 9-11 World
With Prof. Marc Gopin and Carter Phipps

Thursday, November 11th, 7:30 pm, 38 Cameron cordially invites you to attend a conversation between Marc Gopin and Carter Phipps. This conversation arisises from questions such as: Is peace the answer to a world in chaos? Can the nonviolence of Gandhi and Martin Luther King be effective in a world of terrorism? Against the backdrop of 9/11 and Iraq, Marc Gopin, one of the world¹s foremost experts on religious violence and peacemaking, joins WIE senior editor Carter Phipps to explore the relationship between our deepest spiritual principles and the politics of a global society. Admission: $15 (Students, $5) The event will be held at 38 Cameron Ave., Cambridge, MA 02140 For more information call 617.492.4091; email reservations@38cameron.com, or visit
http://www.38cameron.com/voices/gopin.htm

Why Camp David Failed: Negotiating Outside the Law Tuesday, November 16, 2004 (5-6:30pm) Harvard Divinity School (Sperry Room) Author and Professor of Ecumenical Theology and Conflict Studies, Raymond G. Helmick, S.J., Boston College, will present the findings of his latest book. Review and assessment will be offered by Professor David Little, Harvard Divinity School & others. (Copies of book available $20.00) For further information, please contact the Boston Theological Institute at 617.527.4880

“Political Messianism and Roman ‘Civil Religion:’
Christian-Roman Conflicts in the Early Roman Empire”

HARVARD DIVINITY SCHOOL
Wednesday, November 17th 2004 (5:15pm)

Lecture by Professor Dr. Ekkehard Stegemann of the University of Basel

This event is sponsored by the "New Testament/Early Christian Studies Departments of Harvard Divinity School," and will be held in the Braun Room, Andover Hall. For details, please call 617.496.2779

John Michalczyk’s new documentary
"Killing Silence: Taking on the Mafia in Sicily"

on Thursday, November 18 at 6 pm and
Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 1:30pm.

The Museum of Fine Arts Film Program is proud to present local filmmaker John Michalczyk’s new documentary "Killing Silence: Taking on the Mafia in Sicily" on Thursday, November 18 at 6 pm and Saturday, December 4, 2004 at 1:30pm. John Michalczyk will be present at both screenings. Tapes and images are available. Tickets are $8 for MFA members, seniors, and students; $9 for general admission. Please call the Box Office at 617 369 3306 for ticket orders. The MFA Film Program is sponsored by Fleet. Click here for details.

>>> Wednesday, November 17, 2004 at 8:00 p.m.The fourth annual Edward L. Mark Lecture will be held at Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, 1555 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Professor Paula Fredriksen, William Goodwin Aurelio Professor of the Appreciation of Scripture at Boston University School of Theology, will deliver the lecture and has chosen as her topic, “The Death of Jesus and the Invention of the Passion.” The Lecture is free and open to the public. Harvard-Epworth is located three blocks north of the Harvard Square Red Line “T” stop; across from Cambridge Common and adjacent to Harvard Law School, and is handicapped accessible. For more information about the lecture or to reserve seating, contact Harvard-Epworth by phone at 617-354-0837 or by email at harvardepworth@verizon.net.

A Prayer for Reconciliation, Remembrance, and
Healing – Honoring Shared Christian and
Native American Wisdom and Spiritual Traditions

Sunday, 21 November 2004

Prayers and Honor Songs, a Traditional Meal and Time for Reflection with Community Representatives from the Native American and Faith-based Communities

* 3:00 PM Welcome and Statement of Purpose – Gather at the Meeting House (Behind Noyes Hall) Andover Newton Theological School*

* 3:30 PM Prayer and Honor Songs to Seek Reconciliation and Healing in Remembrance of Chief Waban and John Eliot At the Waban-Eliot Memorial, Nonantum (We will travel together to this site from Andover Newton.)

* 4:30 PM Shared Meal at the Meeting House, Andover Newton Theological School

* 5:30 PM Closing Ceremony

Screening of films continue to take place at Harvard Divinity School, Andover Newton Theological School, and Boston University School of Theology (details to follow)

* For further information: Contact the Boston Theological Institute at 617.527.4880 or check the web at www.bostontheological.org. Maps and directions are available on the BTI and ANTS web sites (www.ants.edu).

The Walker Center cordially invites you to an evening lecture by Rev. Tom Porter of JustPeace, who will speak on the theme: “The Church as a Neighborhood Reconciliation Center.” JustPeace is an organization dedicated to faith-based conflict transformation. Rev. Porter will talk about Matthew 18 as a model for conflict transformation, restorative justice and reconciliation. Reverend Porter is a lawyer, minister, mediator and teacher at BU School of Theology. He is also Executive Director of JustPeace. The Walker Center is located at 144 Hancock Street, Newton MA 02466. For details, please visit www.WalkerCtr.org, or call 617.969.1390

Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 7pm

Ken Himes, O.F.M, the Chairman of Theology Department, Boston College will present a lecture entitled “A Faith That Does Justice: A Brief Account of Recent Catholic Social Teaching” This lecture is a contribution to President Leahy’s Initiative “The Church in the 21st Century,” it is sponsored by the Lonergan Workshop, and will be held at Boston College, Gasson 305. For information, call 617-782-7319 or 617-552-8095

The Ninth Annual BTI Fall Symposium on
Liturgy, Worship and the Arts

Sunday, December 5, 2004 (2-5pm)

The Ninth Annual BTI Fall Symposium on Liturgy, Worhisp and the Arts will take place at the Tyler Room, Burnham Hall, The Episcopal Divinity School, 99 Brattle Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA. For details, please visit www.BostonTheological.org, or contact Donna La Rue at ihsdlrue@bu.edu, tel. 781.306.0724 Please click here for details!

After the Election!!!

The National Council of Churches/Church World Service General Assembly issued a post-election statement in which they asked for "a process that attempts to engage the spectrum of Christian churches in our communities in dialogues about Christian values."

There are at least two such discussions to which the BTI would like to call your attention; one focuses more on inter-religious relations and the other more specifically on issues in and among the churches.

Ministry in a Time of War
Monday, November 29: 6-8 PM; Sperry Room, Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School; Featuring Jim Wallis, Mary Luti, Ronne Friedman, and Talal Eid with Assistant Professor Patrick Provost-Smith, respondent

What is the Role of “Church” in Defining Public Values and Shaping Policy?”
Monday, December 13: 5:30-6:30; Washburn Lounge, Episcopal Divinity School; Followed by roundtable discussions organized by No Ordinary Time (EDS) and JUSTPEACE (United Methodist Church); Featuring Jim Wallis, Ray Hammond, Nancy Taylor, and Richard Pierard with Bishop Steven Charleston and Professor Thomas Massaro, S. J., moderator. The EDS cafeteria will be open for dinner after the panel discussion.(Five dollars "BTI Holiday Money coupon" available to BTI students attending this event. The coupons are redeemable in several BTI bookstores only! Call 617.527.4880 for details, or contact your local bookstore!) In addition to the BTI coupon, don't miss the 20% sale at Harvard Divinity School Bookstore! Click here for details!

Hartford Seminary announces the inauguration of a new interfaith training program for clergy, religious educators, and seminarians from the three Abrahamic faith traditions.

The 10th Annual “Wise Management of Grief” Seminar
Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Westin Hotel - 70 Third Avenue, Waltham, Massachusetts 02154
Featuring: Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D. Click here for details...

"Vatican II and Ecumenism after Fourty Years: Whence Have We Come; Where Are We Going?" (Boston College, Fulton 511)
Wednesday, February 23, 2005 a conference with Professor Dietmar Winkler, University of Graz, Austria, Visiting Professor, Boston University School of Theology, is sponsored by Boston College Theology Department and The Church in the 21st Century as a part of the ongoing BTI anniversary of the Vatican Decree on Ecumenism. For Details please call 617.552.0470, or Click here for details!

2004-2005 Costas Consultation in Global Mission: “Is North America a Mission Field? What does the World Church Say?” Will take place on March 4-5, 2005 at Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138 (directions), and it is hosted by the International Mission and Ecumenism Committee of the Boston Theological Institute. For purposes of space, materials and food arrangements, please R.S.V.P. by March 1, 2005. Click here for a detailed schedule and additional information about the participants and their presentations. Keynote 1: Prof. Darrell Guder (Princeton Theological Seminary) Keynote 2: Monseignor John B. Kauta (Uganda and Manhattan College)

"Aging: Genetic Technology and the Future" (Boston College)
March 14-15, 2005 Bioethics Conference sponsored by Boston College. Click here for details or if you wish to register...

Harvard Divinity School Politics of Self Sacritice: A Discussion with Rona M. Fields Monday, March 21, 2005 (5-6:30pm) Harvard Divinity School (Sperry Room) On Monday, March 21, Rona Fields, author of “Martyrdom: The Psychology, Theology and Politics of Self-Sacrifice” will be presenting on her work at the Harvard Divinity School-- 5- 6:30 PM. A response to Dr. Field’s presentation will be given by Prof. David Little, Sperry Room, Harvard Divinity School. (Copies of the book are available for purchase at a discount through the BTI or at the time of the meeting.)

Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary event:

Should We Baptize Babies?

Wednesday, April 6, 2005 (7-8pm)

You are cordially invited to attend a lecture on “Should We Baptize Babies?” a study of the early church’s practices of baptizing children of any age. This lecture will be offered by Dr. Anthony Lane, Professor in Christian Doctrine at London School of Theology. This event is sponsored by thee Africanus Guildi Office of Presbyterian Ministries, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Boston Theological Institute. (The Africanus Guild is a support group fot Boston based PhD research candidates in the Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (CUME), the London School of Theology extension program. This lecture will take place in Kerr 418 at Gordon-Conwerl Theological Seminary. For tedails, please contact Aida Bensacon Spencer at 978.646.4084.

Graduate Student Conferemce in Patristic Studies

Invitation & Call for Papers

Friday and Saturday, April 15-16, 2005
at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

The Stephen and Catherine Pappas Patristic Institute of the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology is pleased to announce that it will be holding a graduate student conference focused on topics in the field of patristics and the history of Christianity in Late Antiquity. The purpose of this conference is to bring graduate students together to present their research within this broad and diverse field of study and to collaborate with their peers. All participants must pre-register. To register, please email Megan Nutzman, conference coordinator, at mnutzman@hchc.edu. All costs of the conference will be paid by the Pappas Patristic Institute, so there is no registration fee. (For details, please click here!)

Harvard Divinity Networking Fair 2005
Friday, April 22, 2005, (1-5pm) The purpose of this event is to allow students become familiar with the mission and vision of institutions and organizations attending the fair and for employers to meet our diverse student body. We encourage students to broaden their focus by exploring opportunities with organizations outside their immediate field of interest and by cultivating their networking base. The fair will be held at Harvard Divinity School (45 Francis Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138 in the Braun Room. (Please click here for details!)

Peacemaking in Israel/ Palestine: Is it Possible?
Saturday, May 7, 2005: (12-4pm), you are cordially invited by the Friends of
Sabeel-North America to attend a one-day conference on the theme “Peacemaking in Israel/ Palestine: Is it Possible?” Speakers and presenters include Nancy Murray (Steering Committee of the “US Campaign to End Israel’s Occupation of Palestine), Hilary Rantisi (Director of the Middle East Initiative at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University), Peter J. Miano (United Methodist Church), Duncan Kennedy (Harvard Law School), Harry Hoehler (Minister Emeritus, First Parish Church in Weston). The conference is free and open to public, and will be held at The First Church in Salem, 316 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970. Tel 978.744.1551 or 617.491.1236 or email salem.conference@verizon.net

"Our Brains and Us: Neuroethics, Responsibility, and the Self"
was held between Sunday and Tuesday, April 17-19, 2005 at MIT.
Daily reports are available on-line:
Volume 1 | Volume 2 | Volume 3 | Volumne 4 | Volume 5

Training Christians For Inter-faith Dialogue
Thursday, May 19, 3-5:30pm you are cordially invited to attend a training session called: “Training Christians for Interfaith Dialogue,” with Dr. Ucko and Dr. Premawardhana. For details or to register, please contact Massachusetts Council of Churches at 617.523.2771 or email council@masscouncilofchurches.org

2004-2005 BTI Seminar-Workshop “Lebanon: A Test of Multicultural Pluralism – Religious Identity and National Recovery” (Monday, May 23 – Monday, June 6, 2005) Click here for details...

BTI Summer Institute on Restorative Justice Theology and Relational Healing: Breaking Cycles of Trauma, Retaliation and Violence Developing an Interpretive Curriculum for Trauma, Spiritual Formation, Restorative Justice, Conflict Transformation and Human Security June 13 -14 (Monday – Tuesday) Location: Colby Chapel, Andover Newton Theological School This event is tailored for educators and religious leadership. It is co-sponsored with the STAR (Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience), an aspect of the Conflict Transformation Program, Eastern Mennonite University, funded by Church World Service. (Click here for a schedule!)

Conflict Transformation and the Ministry of Reconciliation
(Spring Term: at BUSTh as of Monday, 24 January '05) Click here for details...

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