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Archive
of Fall 2006 Events
Overcoming
Violence
Exploring Effective Practices
Through the Schools of the Boston Theological
Institute*
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From Conflict to Communion:
“Exploring a Sabbath Way
of Life”
Tuesday,
October 3 (Lecture at 7:30 PM) Washburn Hall, Episcopal
Divinity School with Sabbath/Sunday author Marva Dawn
(The Sense of the Call. A Sabbath Way of Life for Those
Who Serve God, the Church, and the World, 2006) and Methodist
Lawyer/Mediator Tom Porter (Conflict and Communion, 2006).
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From Morality to Repentance:
“Theologians Under Hitler”
Thursday,
October 5 (Screening from 4 – 6 PM) Stoddard Hall, Andover
Newton Theological School. A special screening of this
film with representative BTI theologians, to be repeated
at other BTI schools over the course of the year.
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From Political Turmoil to Social
Stability: “The Church’s Mission in the DRC”
Tuesday,
October 10 (5 – 7 PM) Sperry Room, Harvard Divinity School
Rev. Dr. Ntambue Kazadi, and others from the Democratic
Republic of the Congo (DRC)
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Workshop on Forgiveness and Reconciliation
Thursday
vening, October 12 – through Saturday October 14. The
Meeting House, Andover Newton Theological School. With
2006 UNESCO prize recipient Fr. Leonel Narváez
Gómez, of Bogotá, Colombia
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From Exploitation to Stewardship
November
5 (7 – 9 PM): Eighth Annual CHARLES TOWNES LECTURE Boston
College, Location to be determined (call/email the BTI
for details) Mary Evelyn Tucker (co-founder/director of
the Forum on Science and Religion (FORE).
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From Sectarian Violence to Cooperation:
Exploring the Path of Northern Ireland
December
4 (5 – 7 PM)
Sperry Room, Harvard Divinity School David Porter, Centre
for Contemporary Christianity in Ireland (formerly, ECONI;
Evangelical Contribution on Northern Ireland). |
“Peace
is not something you wish for, it’s something you make,
something you do, something you are, something you give
away.” (Mother
Theresa)
September
11 (911) – Acknowledging tragedy in the context of 100
years of nonviolence. See first issues of the BTI Newsletter
– as printed and on line!
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For a listing of BTI schools and for updates, see the BTI website
or Newsletter: www.bostontheological.org. See also for additional
programming in member schools.
• Contact faculty about your interest in the Decade to Overcome
Violence of the World Council of Churches – Faculty are part of
an ongoing Task Force to Overcome Violence
• See the BTI for course suggestions responding to these concerns….
• Consider the new BTI Certificate in Religion and Conflict Transformation
(and Boston University School of Theology concentration…..
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Dietrich
Bonhoeffer
for Our Times
Jewish
and Christian
Perspectives
September 17-18, 2006
Co-sponsored
by:
* Center for Christian-Jewish Learning
at Boston College
* United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
* Hebrew College
* Andover-Newton Theological School
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Eleventh
Annual Fall Symposium on
Liturgy, Worship and the Arts
Sunday,
September 24, 2006 (2-5pm)
To
be Held at the
Episcopal Divinity School (99 Brattle Street, Harvard Square,
Cambridge) ~ Tyler Room ~ Click
here for details!
GORDON
COLLEGE
cordialy invites you to attend:
Evangelicalism,
Catholicism,
& the Future of Christian Learning
a dialogue conference featuring Mark Noll &
James Turner
Monday,
September 25, 2006
On
September 25 from 1:00 to 5:45 pm., a dialogue conference will
take place at Gordon College on the topic "Evangelicalism,
Catholicism, and the Future of Christian Learning," featuring
two prominent scholars from the University of Notre Dame, Mark
Noll, professor of history, and James Turner, professor of humanities.
It is part of the school's Lilly Endowment-funded Faith Seeking
Understanding Lecture Series. The sessions will be held in the
Presidents' Dining Room of the Lane Student Center and the general
public is invited. There is no charge. Gordon College is located
in Wenham, just off Exit 17 on Route 128. For further information
contact Sarah.Carlson@gordon.edu,
978-867-4227. Click here for
a poster!
SPIRIT-SCIENCE-NATURE
A BTI STUDENT RETREAT
FOR CREATION CONSCIOUSNESS
| Friday-Sunday:
September 29 through October 1, 2006
Camp
Wilmot, New London, NH
The
purpose of this BTI student retreat is to explore a sacramental
vision for our world which comes from the new cosmology,
from ecology, and from cosmic spirituality, all in permanent
dialogue with the great tradition and with indigenous traditions.
Persons intending to join us in this BTI Retreat should
apply to the BTI Office (210 Herrick Road, Newton Centre,
MA 02459): 617-527-4880; Email: btioffice@bostontheological.org,
no later than Tuesday, 26 September 2006. Final details
will be offered upon registration.
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Clich here
for more information!
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Download
Application here! |
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Annual
BTI Dinner and Lecture:
From Conflict to Communion:
Exploring a Sabbath Way of Life
Tuesday, October 3,
2006
Host:
Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, together with the Schools
of the Boston Theological Institute and the National Lord's Day
Alliance.
Featuring:
Marva Dawn, Author, The Sense of the Call. A Sabbath Way of
Life for those who Serve God, the Church, and the World (Eerdmans,
2006); and Tom Porter, Editor., From Conflict to Communion
(Methodist Press, 2006)
Complementary
Dinner for BTI Faculties and Staff. Dinner and Public Lecture
provide an introduction to the BTI Consortium for New Faculty
and Staff.
| Episcopal
Divinity School
presents
An
Inconvenient Truth: A Global Warning
October 4, 2006 (7pm)
Episcopal
Divinity School
Washburn Auditorium
$5 Admission
Free for all EDS students
All proceeds will benefit
the Episcopal Diocese
of Massachusetts
Katrina Relief Fund.
For
details, please contact Nancy
Davidge, Director of Communications Episcopal Divinity
School 99 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Phone: 617.682.1502
ndavidge@eds.edu |
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The
Pappas Patristic Institute of
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Third Annual Conference
Evil
and Suffering in the Patristic Period
October 12-14, 2006
Plenary
speakers include the following:
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Gary Anderson, University of Notre Dame:
Christus Victor in the work of St. Ephrem
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Fr. John Behr, St. Vladimir’s Theological
Seminary: Suffering as Pedagogue in Irenaeus and Maximus
the Confessor
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Sr. Nonna Verna Harrison,
St. Paul School of Theology: Greek Patristic Perspectives
on the Origins of Social Injustice
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David Hunter,
Iowa State University: Evil, Suffering, and Embodiment
in Saint Augustine
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Bishop Kallistos (Ware)
of Diokleia, Oxford University:
Does God Suffer? Some Patristic Viewpoints
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James Skedros,
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology: The Suffering
of Martyrdom
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Click
here for details!
To register, please email Dr.
Bruce Beck. The registration fee is $75 ($25
for students), which is payable upon arrival. This fee
will cover registration and all meals and breaks during
the conference.
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Hellenic
College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology will
offer several evening courses on three consecutive Tuesday evenings
in October (10/10,17 and 24), all open to the general public and
dealing with timely topics of widespread interest. The topics
include the following: “Women’s Body Image and Popular Culture;”
“Who Cares for the Caregiver?” and “Looking for God in All the
Wrong Places: Addictions, Spiritual Recoveries and Sober Living.”
All courses will meet from 7:30 to 9 pm at the Maliotis Cultural
Center on the HC/HC campus, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline. Regular
tuition for each course is $69, but anyone associated with the
BTI may enroll in any of these courses at a discounted rate of
only $50. Click
here for details or contact Tanya
Contos at 617.850.1231, or tcontos@hchc.edu.
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Jesuit School of Theology
Friday,
October 13, 2006 (2pm)
The
50th Anniversary New Testament Abstracts Lecture
Did
the Historical Jesus Prohibit All Oaths?
John
P. Meier
John P. Meier, a Catholic priest, is a professor of New
Testament at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. He
has been both president of the Catholic Biblical Association
and the general editor of the Catholic Biblical Quarterly.
In addition to his many publications, he is author of A
Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus.
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This
lecture will be held in the Washburn Auditorium on the
campus of the Episcopal Divinity School. For details,
please contact Barbara Bodengraven at 617.492.1960
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Foundation
for Reconciliation
Preparation
for Peacemakers:
Forgiveness Training
12-14
October 2006
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Forgiveness Training sessions have three goals:
1. Promote personal transformation through cognitive, emotional,
behavioral and spiritual engagement
2. Provide specific resources and tools to:
a) Give individuals emotional control over feelings of anger
and hatred
b) Manage conflict with others
c) Build capability for peace at the individual, neighborhood
and community levels
3.
Strengthen institutional mediators in the community by training
people in the theory, tools and methodologies of forgiveness
and reconciliation, who in turn become qualified to train
others
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Details!
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RSVP by phone at 617.527.4880 x3
• RSVP:
btioffice@bostontheological.org |
Location:
Andover Newton Theological School (The Meeting House)
OCTOBER
TRAINING SESSION:
Thursday, Oct. 12 (6-9pm)
Friday, Oct. 13 (8:30am-5pm)
Saturday, Oct. 14 (8:30am-5pm)
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The
International Faith and Science Exchange
with the support of the Boston Theological Institute
presents The
2006 Charles H. Townes Lecture
"The
Growing Alliance of Religion & Ecology"
by
MARY EVELYN TUCKER
Sunday,
November 5, 2006 (7pm)
Harvard Divinity School
Sperry Auditorium in Andover Hall
45 Francis Ave., Cambridge
Lecture
free and open to all. Dinner with the speaker in
the Braun Room, 5:30, $40 ($20 students). Reservations by 30
Oct., please: 508-429-8981 or labplans@comcast.net
Click
for details!
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BTI
Bulletin ~~ Fall 2006
This particular
issue focuses on issues of alternatives to violence and it
includes articles on how to engage religion in violent
settings (Iraq & Kosovo), and on Rev. Jesse Jackson's trip to the
Middle East. The printed version will be distributed by early
next week!
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| “Veterans
helping one another find their voices for Christ as participants
and witnesses of combat”
Why
Do Veterans Join the Seminary?
The
Company of Saint Martin
is welcoming all veterans
to participate in our ministry at Hellenic College/ Holy
Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology for an informative
session on:
Monday, November 27, 2006 (7pm)
which
will be held at the
BOSTON THEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE, 210 Herrick
Road, Sturtevant Hall, Newton Centre, MA 02459
All military veterans throughout the BTI community and the
surrounding area are welcome to participate in this ministry.
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All who
are interested please contact Jason Dickey at the HCHC
Office of Social Ministry at (978) 846-3890 or via E-mail
jdickey@hchc.edu
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Episcopal
Divinity School
Teaching
Worker Justice
Friday,
December 1, 2006 (9:30am-3pm)
you are cordially invited to a
one-day conference for faculty, students, and clergy on the topic
of “Teaching Worker Justice for the Common Good in Religious Studies
and Theological Education.” This event is sponsored by Religious
Perspectives on Work/Interfaith Worker Justice and endorsed by
the Boston Theological Institute. Keynote presentations to help
develop perspective on teaching worker justice Richard Parker,
Kennedy School of Government, on labor issues through the lens
of globalization Marshall Ganz, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organization,
on labor organizing and faith-based communities. Additional Presentations
by faculty on how worker justice relates to their fields of study
by students on how involvement in Seminary Summer, working for
worker justice, has informed their theological education by Massachusetts
Interfaith Committee on Worker Justice on current issues and campaigns.
This event will be held in the Episcopal Divinity School -- Burnham
Hall. For a detailed program, please
click here. RSVP by Nov. 27 to Dorothy Emerson at RevEmerson@aol.com,
tel: 781.483.3133
The Boston Theological
Institute
Symposia on Science and Religion
Presents
Inaugural Pollard Lecture on Science and Religion
"Physics
and Religion in a Nuclear Age"
by Dr. Andre de
Bethune
Researcher - Manhattan Project
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry - Boston
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Wednesday, December
13, 2006 (7pm)
First Church in Belmont,
404 Concord Ave.
Dr. de Bethune was a colleague of William Pollard in the Manhattan
Project, which was instrumental in developing the technology leading
to the nuclear bomb. Dr. de Bethune will discuss his research
carried out in collaboration with Pollard and their reaction to the
announcement of the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima. Lecture free
and open to the public.
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January 2, 2007
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