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Archive
of Spring 2007 Events
God
in the Poetry of
Europe's Last Romantic,
Mihai Eminescu
Saturday,
January 13, 2007
Harvard
Divinity School
Andover Hall, Sperry Room
(directions)
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symposium is organized by The Institute of Romanian Orthodox
Theology and Spirituality (New York) in conjunction with
the Liturgy, Worhisp and the Arts Program of the Boston
Theological Institute
Sunday,
January 14, 2007
Special Celebration
at Saint Parascheva Romanian
Orthodox Church of Boston, 171 Water Street, Wakefield,
MA 01880 (directions)
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Program
Friday,
January 12, 2007 (6:30 to 9pm), Special
"Meet and Greet" Reception at Holy Cross Greek
Orthodox School of Theology. (Archbishop
Iakovos Library, Reading Room | Directions!)
 Special
Concert of
Classical Romanian music on Eminescu's poetry, during
the program with
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Lia LUNGU &
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Iosefina POPA |
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The
aim of this symposium is to explore religious themes from the
poetry of Mihai Eminescu and to celebrate the recent translations
from Eminescu's poetry in English language accomplished by Adrian
George Sahlean. This symposium will bring together renowned Eminescu
scholars from Europe and USA, such as Doru Tsaganea, PhD (Metropolitan
College of New York); Mihaela Albu, PhD (Columbia University &
State University of Craiova); Anca Sârghie, PhD (Université
Michel de Montaigne Bordeaux 3, France & Lucian Blaga University
of Sibiu, Romania), M.N. Rusu (literary critic & historian,
New York), Adrian George Sahlean (President, Global Arts); Pr.
Theodor Damian PhD, ThD (President, Institute of Romanian Orthodox
Theology and Spirituality, NY) Pr. Prof. Neculai Buga (Holy Trinity,
Romanian Orthodox Church, Philadelphia, PA), Marian Gh. Simion,
PhD cand. (Boston Theological Institute), and others.
God’s
Unfinished Future:
Why it Matters Now
Trinity
Institute – 37th National Theological Conference
Episcopal
Divinity School
with the support of the schools of
The Boston Theological Institute
January
22-24, 2007
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America today there is a battle over Christianity’s vision
of God’s future. Popular apocalyptic works such as the
Left Behind series pit the forces of good and evil in
an imminent showdown where God will defeat the forces
of evil, the earth will be annihilated, and the saved
lifted up. The claim of this conference is that this vision
is a massive and dangerous distortion of the biblical
picture of God’s purpose. This apocalypticism, in our
tradition and others, supports a politics of polarization,
violence, and extremism. Free of charge to the BTI students.
Speakers include Jürgen Moltmann, The Rev.
Barbara R. Rossing, The Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes,
and James Carroll.
For last minute updates, please visit the
website of the Trinity Church www.trinitywallstreet.org
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Please join us for an
Ecumenical Prayer Service in observance
of
The Week of Prayer
for Christian Unity
Presiding: Cardinal
Sean P. O’Malley
Archbishop of Boston
with
guests
The
Rev. Dr. Diane C. Kessler
Massachusetts Council of Churches
His
Eminence Metropolitan Methodios
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston
Wednesday,
January 24, 2007 at 7:30 PM
St. John Chrysostom Catholic Church
4750 Washington Street, West Roxbury
A
reception will follow! Members of the Christian clergy who will
be attending, RSVP at (617) 323-4410 (Click
here for details!)
| Gordon-Conwell
Theological Seminary cordially invites you to its
2007 Lloyd & Jean Kalland
Lecture
Thursday,
February 8, 2007 (7:30pm)
BEYOND
TONGUES:
Understanding Pentecostals 100 years after
the Azusa Street Revival
By
Dr. Jack Hayford
(President, The Foursquare Church)
Gordon-Conwell
Theological Seminary
130 Essex Street, S. Hamilton, MA 01982
Come
early for CHOWDER HOUR!
with Dr. Todd Johnson, Director of the Center for the Study
of Global Christianity, 5:30pm, Great Room. Chowder Hour
ticket reservations: (978) 646-4029
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For
more information, call (978) 646-4029 or email jboggs@gcts.edu
**Don’t
miss the SPECIAL FRIDAY CHAPEL with Dr. Hayford!
**February 9 at 9:40 am.
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2006-2007
BTI Costas Consultation in Global Mission
“Mission
and Reconciliation
in the Korean Church”
22–24
February 2007
Please
join us at Weston Jesuit School of Theology on Wednesday, February
28, 2007 (7pm) for an important panel discussion on Hispanic Ministry.
Three guests will share their theological and experiential wisdom.
Dr. Nancy Pineda-Madrid is assistant professor of theology at
the IREPM at Boston College, with an emphasis on U.S. Latino/Latina
theologies. Hosffman Ospino is Coordinator of Hispanic Ministry
programs at the IREPM at Boston College. Rev. Terence Moran is
pastor of St. Rose Parish in Chelsea, MA and has worked in Hispanic
Ministry for 17 years. For further info, contact Melissa Kelley
at mkelley@wjst.edu or 617.492.1960
IN
HONOR OF METROPOLITAN METHODIOS’
25th Anniversary to the Episcopacy
| Saturday,
March 10, 2007 (7:30pm) &
Sunday, March 11, 2007 (3pm)
The
Rachmaninoff Festival Choir
Anthony Antolini, Director
will
present
THE
LITURGY OF ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM
The original 1910 Slavonic setting
At
the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Boston, Ruggles
& Parker Streets
Boston, Massachusetts
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Details &
Press Release
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The
Stephen and Catherine Pappas Patristic Institute of the Holy Cross
Greek Orthodox School of Theology is pleased to announce its third
annual Archbishop Iakovos Graduate Student Conference in Patristic
Studies on March 15-17, 2007. The purpose of this conference is
to bring graduate students together from the fields of patristic
studies and the history of Christianity in Late Antiquity in a
collaborative and theological setting to hear and discuss peer
research. The conference begins on Thursday, March 15, at 5:00
p.m., and ends Saturday evening, March 17. Click
here for details!
Harvard
Divinity School
cordially invites you to a panel on
Race,
Gender, Ethnicity: Modern Categories of Analysis and Ancient Texts
Public Opening Panel for a Symposium
on Race and Ethnicity in New Testament and Early Christian Studies
Friday,
March 23, 2007 (5pm)
With:
Denise Kimber Buell;
Shelley Haley; Susannah Heschel; Fernando Segovia and Vincent
Wimbush
This
event is sponsored by the Center for the Study of World Religions,
Harvard Divinity School and organized by Professors Elisabeth
Schüssler Fiorenza, and Laura Nasrallah and will be held
in Sperry Room, Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School (45 Francis
Avenue, Cambridge, MA) For details, please contact Taylor
Petrey at tpetrey@hds.harvard.edu
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Jesuit School of Theology
Thursday,
March 29 at 7:30pm Sherrill Hall 3A
Weston
Jesuit Lecture Series
Called
and Chosen:
Exploring Lay Ecclesial Ministry & Today's Church
Professor
Zeni Fox
(Immaculate Conception Seminary, Seton Hall
University)
Professor
Zeni Fox is an advisor to the U.S. Bishop's Subcommittee
on Lay Ministry. Her books, New Ecclesial Ministry:
Lay Professional Serving the Church and Forging
a Ministerial Identity, have become valuable resources
for those in ministry. She holds a Ph.D in theology from
Fordham University in New York.
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For
details and location, please contact Thomas
Kane at 617.492.1960, email TKane@wjst.edu
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Boston
College
cordially invite you to an event
Engaging
Particularities V
New Directions in Comparative Theology, Interreligious Dialogue,
Theology of Religions and Missiology
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March through April 1, 2007
Friday,
March 30, 2007
* 6-9pm | Opening Dinner and Keynote Address (Barat House, Newton
Campus)
Saturday,
March 31, 2007
* 10am-12pm | Comparative Theology Session 1: Aquinas in Comparison
(McGuinn 5th Floor Lounge, Chestnut Hill)
* 1–3pm | Perspectives in Interreligious Dialogue: Panel Presentation
* 3:30-4:30pm | Comparative Theology Session 2:
Sunday,
April 1, 2007
* 10am–12pm | Missiology
* 1–3pm | Protestant Approaches to Theology of Religions
(McGuinn 5th Floor Lounge, Chestnut Hill)
$10
Registration Fee!
For
detailed information, please click
here,
or to register contact Karen
Enriquez enriquek@bc.edu
Boston
University School of Theology
presents
Following
Bill Pollard's Lead: From Providence to Chaos
April
11, 2007 (5pm)
You
are cordially invited to a lecture entitled “Following Bill Pollard's
Lead: From Providence to Chaos,” by Rev. Prof. Dr. Sjoerd L. Bonting
of the Netherlands. This lecture will be offered at Boston University
School of Theology in the Hartman Room, lower level, 745 Commonwealth
Avenue, Boston. For details, contact Frank Villa at (617) 527-4880.
Seeing
the Image of God in Others
| Saint
Paul’s Lay Committee on
Contemporary Siritual and
Public Concerns
presents on:
Saturday,
April 21, 2007 (7:30-9pm)
SEEING
THE IMAGE OF GOD IN OTHERS: Key
to the Transformation of Conflicts
Prof.
Raymond G. Helmick, S.J.
(BC Professor of Conflict Resolution
& Track II Diplomat)
Free
~ Public Invited
Reception to Follow
The
Lay Committee on Contemporary Spiritual-&-Public Concerns
(the “CSPC Committee”) of St. Paul Parish, Cambridge, will
hold the tenth lecture of its series on Saturday, April
21, 2007, 7:30-9:00 pm. Jesuit scholar and Track II Diplomat
Rev. Prof. Raymond G. Helmick, S.J., will speak on “Seeing
The Image Of God In Others: Key To The Transformation Of
Conflicts.” He has worked with everyone from Ian Paisley
to Hamas. This event will be held in the Upper Church at
St. Paul Parish, 29 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA.
A reception will follow. |
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a flyer)
For details, email
Omar! |
Episcopal
Divinity School,
99 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA Sherrill Hall 3A
presents:
Film
Screening & Panel Discussion of
Color of the
Cross
Monday, APRIL 23, 2007 (4–7pm)
Panelists
include:
Dr.
Charles Finch III
Director of International Health, The Morehouse School
of Medicine (bio)
Assistant
Professor Edward
J. Blum, PhD
Department of History at San Diego State University
(bio)
and
Dr.
Allen Callahan
Professor of New Testament at the Seminário
Teológico Batista do Nordeste in Bahia, Brazil,
Chaplain Brown University
This
event is sponsored by the Harvard Divinity School’s Harambee
Organization, the Episcopal Divinity School’s Communities
of Color, The Cambridge Center for the Study of Religion
and Public Policy and The Boston Theological Institute
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When
the Worlds Colllide
The Study of Religion in the
Age of Science
| Tuesday,
April 24, 2007 5:10-7pm
Science,
Beauty, and God: Reflections on the Meanings of Scientific
Discovery
Speaker:
Lenn E. Goodman
Professor
of Philosophy and Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities,
Vanderbilt University |
This
event is sponsored by the Robert and Florence Dreben Lecture
& Publication Fund; the Center for Jewish Studies,
Harvard University; Harvard Divinity School (with a special
grant from Richard Watson); the Center for the Study of
World Religions, Harvard Divinity School; and the Boston
Theological Institute. The event will be held in the Sperry
Room, Andover Hall. For details, contact Wegter-Mcnelly,
Kirk at kwm@bu.edu
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Andover
Newton Theological School with
The Boston Theological Institute
cordially invite you to a science and religion
conference on
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Topics
include:
• Linda Marie Jordon “The
Power of Prayer in Modern Medicine”
• Joseph Proccacini “Neurobiology,
Neuroethics and the Mind”
• Frank Villa “Bioethics
for Lay People:Topics for Dialogue in Local Churches”
Lectures/
Presentations:
• Dr. David Page “Biology
101: Exploring our place in the universe”
• Dr. Ron Cole-Turner
“Genetic Eschatology: Genetics
and the Human Future” |
Sponsored
by Andover Newton Theological School and the Boston Theological
Institute, with support from the John T.Templeton Foundation
through its “New Visions of Nature Project.” BTI members,
church clergy and interested laypeople: Here is a chance
to explore recent developments on the cutting edge of
biological repair and human enhancement, and how these
developments are forcing us all to face the moral and
ethical issues that result. Join us to learn, question,
discuss and challenge how we can come to terms with these
new technologies. Programming developed in cooperation
with the BTI science/religion group and their “Human Nature
Project.” Based on submissions to the Project’s prize
essay contest.
Free
Supper! Please RSVP for planning purposes.
617-964-1100 extension 209
Download
a brochure here!
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Massachusetts
Council of Churches together with
His
Eminence, Metropolitan Methodios of Boston
Tuesday,
May 1, 2007 (10am-12pm)
Rev.
Msgr. John A. Radano
Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity
Ecumenical
developments 25 years after
Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry
You
are invited to the plenary meeting of the Commission on Christian
Unity of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, Tuesday May 1,
2007 from 10:00 A.M. to 12 noon, with lunch to follow. Rev. Msgr.
John A. Radano, Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity,
will deliver the lecture "'A real, though incomplete communion
through our baptism...' How real is it? Ecumenical developments
25 years after Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry." The plenary
lecture is hosted by His Eminence Metropolitan Methodios at the
Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston, 162 Goddard Avenue, Brookline
MA. To make a lunch reservation, please RSVP by Thursday
April 26, 2007 to the Massachusetts Council of Churches at 617-523-2771
or council@masscouncilofchurches.org.
Information on the lecture and directions to the Metropolis of
Boston may be found at the website www.masscouncilofchurches.org.
(Download flyer!)
Harvard
University | The Memorial Church
Wednesday,
May 9, 2007 (5:30pm)
Paul
Tillich Lecture
By
Professor Louis DupreThe Paul Tillich Lecture will be delivered
by Louis Dupre, Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies, formerly
T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of the Philosophy of Religion, Yale
University. Professor Dupre’s lecture is entitled “The Fateful
Separation of Philosophy and Theology: A Tillichian Reflection.”
He will trace the origins of this separation, with it the decline
in the idea of transcendence in modern consciousness, and recent
serious efforts in philosophy and even in science to initiate
a new dialogue and to restore the idea of transcendence as essential
for a full understanding of human existence. For information,
contact William R. Crout at (617) 876-0798
Harvard
Divinity School
Panel
Discussion
"Peacemakers in
Action: Profiles of Religion in Conflict Resolution"
Monday, May 14, 2007 (4:30-6:15pm)
A
panel discussion on the recently released publication of the same
name (Cambridge University Press, 2007), a book produced by the
Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding and edited by
David Little. Several of the book's contributors, together with
faculty from Harvard Divinity School and Harvard Law School, will
participate in the discussion. This event is co-sponsored by the
Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, the Program
on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, and the Harvard Divinity
School Dean's Office. Location: Sperry
Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Avenue. (Click
here for directions!)
RECOMENDED books on religion and peacemaking
by BTI Faculties!
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Religion
and Nationalism in Iraq: A Comparative Perspective
Edited by David Little & Donald K. Swearer
Harvard University Press: 2007
This
volume provides a comparative consideration of attempts
to manage and resolve nationalist conflicts in Bosnia, Sri
Lanka, and Sudan, and examines how lessons from those situations
might inform similar efforts in Iraq. In their introduction,
Professors Little and Swearer review current scholarly thinking
on the connection of religious and ethnic factors to nationalist
conflicts, and they demonstrate the salience of religious
and ethnic identity to these conflicts. |
Peacemakers
in Action: Profiles of Religion in Conflict Resolution
Edited by Professor David Little
Cambridge University Press: 2007
Peacemakers
in Action: Profiles of Religion in Conflict Resolution
shares the experiences of 16 such remarkable religious
peacemakers who have put their lives on the line in conflicts
around the world — from Israel-Palestine to Northern Ireland,
the Balkans, Sudan, South Africa, El Salvador, Indonesia
— and beyond. For each of them, religious texts and traditions
have served both as a source of inspiration and as a practical
resource in resolv ing conflict.
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Andover
Newton Theological School cordially invites you
to
The
Dedication of Wilson Chapel
May
18, 2007
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You
are invited to attend the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and
Dedication for the New Wilson Chapel. A light lunch will
be served from 12:00-12:45 and the Ceremony will begin
at 1:00 p.m. Following the dedication, you can take a
tour of the new chapel and enjoy a reception on the Quad.
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