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Marcus Borg
Speaking Christian:
A Misunderstood Language
Thursday, January 28, 2010
7:00--9:00 PM
Being Christian includes using and understanding Christian language, yet many crucial Christian words are seriously misunderstood in our time. Words such as savior, sacrifice, salvation, redemption, righteousness, and repentance have lost their original, rich meanings. How do we reclaim this language from its captivity to conventional Christianity? Can we then translate the Christian vision into words that enable us to engage with others who have not grown up with this language?
Marcus Borg is the author of eighteen books, including Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, the single best-selling book by a contemporary Jesus scholar, The Heart of Christianity, and his newest book Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary, a New York Times best-seller. He co-authored with John Dominic Crossan The Last Week and The First Christmas, both of which are used throughout the world for Lenten and Advent studies. He has appeared on NBC's "Today Show" and "Dateline," PBS's "Newshour," ABC's "Evening News" and "Prime Time" with Peter Jennings, NPR's "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, and several National Geographic programs.
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Bishop John Shelby
Beyond Theism But Not Beyond God
Jesus: Beyond Incarnation
But Not Beyond Divine
Saturday, February 20, 9:30--3:30
Sunday, February 21, 10:00 AM
Bishop Spong reports, "In my recent study leading to my book on life after death, Eternal Life: A New Vision, I had to move into a new and different understanding of the human experience of God. The anthropomorphic images that are so deeply rooted in our theologically theistic past become less viable to me, and a new vocabulary becomes necessary to put the experience of God into different words. Can we move beyond the theistic images of the past and yet not abandon the reality of the God experience? I believe we can, and I will seek to develop these ideas in the morning seminar.
"If one's understanding of God changes, the traditional Christian claim that 'God was in Christ' will have to be shifted radically. In the afternoon seminar I will seek to define divinity in a new way, and thus present a new vision of who Jesus is."
9:30--12:00: $30 ($25 before 2/12)
Tempe First United Methodist Church
215 E. University Drive
Tempe AZ 85281
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Sunday, February 21, 10:00 AM
Is Savior the Right Word to Call Jesus?
Bishop Spong at
The Fountains UMC
15300 N. Fountain Hills Blvd.
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
480.837.7627
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