For
details, contact Marty Ostrow at 617.354.2288, e-mail:
finecut@comcast.net
Just
before Earth
Day!
The
filmmakers will be present following the screening
to talk about the film. They will be joined by
special guest, Steve MacAusland, from Massachusetts
Interfaith Power and Light. Steve is a long time
religious-environmental activist here in our Massachusetts
community.
Renewal
is the first feature-length documentary to bring
to light the contributions of America’s religious
institutions. This compelling film explores 8
diverse faith-based initiatives that exemplify
the range and vitality of America’s religious-environmental
movement, from Evangelical Christians protesting
mountaintop removal coal mining in Kentucky to
a Muslim organization supporting sustainable farming.
The
Fourth Annual
Archbishop Iakovos Graduate Students
Conference in Patristic
Studies
At Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Brookline, Massachusetts
April 17-19, 2008
The
Stephen and Catherine Pappas Patristic Institute of the
Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology is pleased
to announce its fourth annual Archbishop Iakovos Graduate
Student Conference in Patristic Studies on April 17-19,
2008. (Download
Program here)
In
keeping with our mission to explore how to be both
progressive and evangelical, the Evangelical Fellowship
at Andover Newton Theological School is bringing the
noted Baptist preacher Rev. Dr. Tony Campolo to Andover
Newton campus for a special worship service. He will
speak about how we can be both evangelical and progressive.
This event will be held in Stoddard Hall. For details,
contact Burton Bagby at 713-829-1200
Andover
Newton Theological School Presents
Nonviolent
Atonement Boston Area Friday, April 11, 2008 (9am-5pm) (Location: Andover Newton Campus, Wilson Chapel)
How can we begin to guide the church away from the
wrathful God of Constantinian Christianity and back
into the arms of the loving God of Jesus? Experience
one full day of interactive dialogue with current
writers and proponents of this view of the saving
work of Christ! General Admission $40 ($30 for students)
(Free for Andover Newton students and faculty.)
Wednesday,
April 9, 2008 (7pm) Concord
Prison Outreach presents A
Special Community Event with Harold Clarke,
Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department Of Correction
(Location: Trinitarian Congregational Church || 54 Walden
St. Concord, MA. (Click
here for details!)
First
Congregational Church of Natick
Edwards Church of Framingham
Churches
Unite for "U2charist"
to End the Crisis in Darfur
Sunday,
April 6, 2008 (5pm) Location: Natick Center
Our
special guest will be Liz Walker, prominent Boston broadcast
journalist, minister, film-maker, human rights activist
and co-founder of My Sister's Keeper. Click
here for a press release, or contact Jason Boyd
at pucknomad@yahoo.com
Boston
College cordially invites you to a lecture
The
Ambiguous Impact of Scholastic Philosophy on Medieval Jewish
Philosophy
By
Charles H. Manekin University of Maryland
Wednesday,
2 April 2008 (7:30pm)
This lecture is part of The Boston Colloquium in Medieval
Philosophy Lecture Series, Boston College, and will be held
on-campus at Boston College (McGuinn Fifth Floor Lounge,
room 521). Reception to follow the lecture. Click
here for parking information.
RENEWAL:
-
a documentary on the religious environmental movement
For
details, contact Marty Ostrow at 617.354.2288, e-mail:
finecut@comcast.net
Renewal
is the first feature-length documentary to bring to
light the contributions of America’s religious institutions.
This compelling film explores 8 diverse faith-based
initiatives that exemplify the range and vitality of
America’s religious-environmental movement, from Evangelical
Christians protesting mountaintop removal coal mining
in Kentucky to a Muslim organization supporting sustainable
farming.
Film runs at Museum of Fine Arts
Thu, Feb 21, 7:45 pm
Sat, Feb 23, 1:45 pm
Sun, Feb 24, 3:50 pm
Fri, Feb 29, 6 pm
Sat, Mar 1, 2 pm
Sun, Mar 2, 3:45 pm
Sun, Apr 20, 12:30 pm Click
here for tickets!
Harvard
Divinity School
presents
PASSIONS
A Passion Play for Skeptics, Believers, and
the Third Millennium Collaboratively written, directed,
and performed by Harvard Divinity School’s “Passion Play” Seminar
Tuesday
& Wednesday, March 18 and 19, 2008 (8pm)
In
this new and original work written, directed, and performed by
the members of Professor Matthew Myer Boulton’s “Passion Play”
seminar, the four passion narratives in the New Testament gospels
intertwine with contemporary voices that interpret, critique,
and encounter these narratives today. With original music composed
by HDS student Robert Swartz. All are welcome -- admission is
FREE! Come out and support original community theater! Location:
Andover Chapel || Andover Hall, Harvard Divinity School || 45
Francis Street, Cambridge, MA (For details, please contact professor
Matthew
Myer Boulton at mboulton@hds.harvard.edu
Interfaith
Film Screening of James Carroll’s
Constantine’s Sword & Discussion with Author
Wednesday,
March 5, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. Morse Auditorium, Boston University
602 Commonwealth Avenue
On
March 5th, Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries (CMM), in
collaboration with ten co-sponsoring organizations, will
present a special advance screening of James Carroll’s Constantine’s
Sword, a new documentary film directed by Oren Jacoby. Author
and Boston Globe columnist James Carroll, who co-produced
the film, will be present to answer questions following
the screening. (details)
The
members of the Boston Theological Institute wish to express
deep condolences on the passing of Sonia (Daly) Belcher,
Director of Admissions at Hellenic College & Holy Cross
Greek Orthodox School of Theology. Sonia died unexpectedly
on her 32nd birthday, on February 20, 2008. She leaves behind
her husband Deacon Nicholas Belcher and their four months
old son, Andrew Nicholas. A website Sonia’s memory has been
set up at www.soniabelcher.com.
In lieu of flowers, donations are welcome to the Theophany
School, an elementary education school that Sonia co-founded.
May
her memory be eternal!
In
Memoriam
Sonia
Daly Belcher February 20, 1976
-
February 20, 2008
Andover
Newton announces that as part of its 200th anniversary celebrations
it is offering a major program on great preaching in America.
While some of the most widely recognized names in American preaching
will participate, this series will also highlight some new and
emerging voices we believe represent the future of the art.
(Download
Registration & Program) || (Download
Brochure)
•
February 27 Rev. Lillian Daniel, Minister of
First Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn, IL, author of Telling
it like it is: Reclaiming the Practice of Testimony
•
March 5 Rev. Heidi Newmark, Minister, Trinity
Evangelical Lutheran Church, New York, and Author Breathing Space
•
March 12 Rev. Dr. Gary Simpson, Senior Minister,
Concord Baptist Church of Christ, New York, and Assistant Professor
of Preaching, Drew University.
•
April 16 Rev. Kyle Childress, Senior Minister,
Austin Heights Baptist Church in Nacogdoches, TX
Harvard
Divinity Schoolpresents
Tuesday,
February 26, 2008 (12-1pm)—In
Conversation: The Spiritual and Intellectual Life in Communion
and in Tension “I Don't Do Sermons (Or Do I?)”With Amy Hollywood, Elizabeth H. Monrad Professor of Christian
Studies. In this continuing series, Divinity School faculty
members explore their intellectual and spiritual autobiographies
with attention to the ways in which they have intersected, cohered,
collided, and deepened over the course of their careers. This
series is open to all. Soup will be served. Please bring your
own beverage. Sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual
Life, Harvard Divinity School. For more information, contact
Jeff VonWald in Religious and Spiritual Life at 617.384.7571.
Location: CSWR Common Room, 42 Francis Avenue
Learning
to Engage Conflict Well means the development of a theology,
theory and practice of faith-based conflict transformation.
This course carries this thought into the realm of the public
square with reference to national and international conflict.
It seeks to lay out important components of what might be
termed a ministry of reconciliation. Churches and communities
of faith are not simply local and parochial bodies but are
parts of wider communities of faith and practice. They function
in the public square as much as within the bounds of particular
traditions. They raise the question of not only how to be
faithful, but also how to live faithfully in a world of
difference. Churches and communities of faith have their
own agendas, but they are also drawn into conflict as faith
is easily hijacked for other purposes. Religion can be a
source of conflict as well as an instrument for peace.
In recognition of particular areas of conflict in today’s
world, this course seeks to lay out principles essential
to the building of a culture of reconciliation. The course
lays out a strategy for religious peacebuilding. (details!)
2008
Costas Consultation in Global Mission Technology and Mission: Proclamation, Social Justice and Global Engagement
Keynote Address: Professor
Dr. Albert Borgmann
The
theme for this year’s BTI Costas Consultation in Global
Mission is Technology and Mission: Proclamation, Social
Justice and Global Engagement. The keynote speaker is Professor
Dr. Albert Borgmann, Regents Professor of Philosophy, University
of Montana. His topic, “Traditional Culture and Global Commodification”,
will be explored both in his remarks and responses to them
by local experts in technology and theology. (Download
Schedule!) (Download
Map!)
Friday,
February 8, 2008
Boston University
12-2PM: Technology and
Christianity Roundtable
2:15-4PM ||Workshops
4:30-6:30PM || Keynote
6:30-8PM || Dinner and Closure
February
9, 2008Episcopal
Divinity School invites you to attend"Transformational
Leadership Series: Building Transformational Communities Facilitated"
by Arrington Chambliss and Tulaine Shabazz Marshall. This is the
fourth in a series of six workshops on leadership and community
development. (Click
here for details!)
The
Call to Environmental Stewardship & MinistryFebruary
6, 2008 (7-9pm) Holy
Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology cordially invites
you to attend a lecture offered by Pericles Maillis. Location: Archbishop
Iakovos Library and Learning Resource Center (Reading Room) Hellenic
College/ Holy Cross 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445 || Questions?
Call 617-731-3500 or visit www.hchc.edu
We
are please to announce the publication of the electronic
version of our Spring 2008 (7.2) issue of the Bulletin
of the Boston Theological Institute! (Download
here!)
