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In recognition of the importance of religious thought and practice, AzFCT explores emerging paradigms of religious and spiritual experience that are relevant to cultural, social, political and scientific perspectives of the 21st century. Thought-provoking programs challenge us to examine how our theological and spiritual beliefs inform and influence our everyday lives.
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Events
Scroll to the bottom of this column for information on ordering CD and DVD of Marcus Borg's lecture "Beyond Atheism: The Truth and Limits of the Atheist Critique"
Children Praying a New Story
Michael Morwood
April 1, 7:00 PM
Michael Morwood's writings challenge Christians to expand their notion of God beyond a localized, personal deity and to embrace belief in an all-pervasive Mystery beyond our human concepts. He writes, "Christian tradition is filled with stories. It is important that adults who want to help children pray know the stories that have been overlooked and tell them alongside the stories that have dominated. There is a dominant story about an elsewhere God; there is an even better story about an everywhere God. There is a dominant story about Jesus as connector to an elsewhere deity; there is an even better story about Jesus as the revealer of God-with-us in our living and loving. There is a dominant story about prayer reaching out to a listening God; there is a better story about prayer raising the mind and heart in awareness of a Divine Presence always with us. There is a dominant story about the institutional Church as the unique pathway to God; there is a more truthful story about the Church being called to do what Jesus did - to reveal the sacred presence with all people in their everyday lives."
Free and open to the public
Co-sponsored with and held at
Via de Cristo United Methodist Church
7430 E. Pinnacle Peak Rd., Scottsdale 85255
480-515-4490 or 480-488-6453
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Amy-Jill Levine
February 20th - 22nd
Christians Say the Darnedest Things--about Judaism: Misunderstanding Judaism Means Misunderstanding Jesus
Amy-Jill Levine is E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School. A self-described "Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches in a predominantly Protestant divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt," Levine combines historical-critical rigor, literary-critical sensitivity, and a frequent dash of humor with a commitment to eliminating anti-Jewish, sexist, and homophobic theologies. Her most recent publication is The Misunderstood Jew: The Church and the Scandal of the Jewish Jesus
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Available on CD and DVD
Beyond Atheism:
The Truth and Limits of the Atheist Critique
lecture given January 2009
at
Church of the Beatitudes
CD (audio) $ 5
DVD $15
Shipping $ 2.50
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