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Re-Thinking Sexuality, Theology, and HealingThe Carpenter Initiative in Gender, Sexuality, and JusticeBass Conference CenterMonday, February 27, 2012 7:00 – 9:00 PM an evening conversation about therapy and TBLQGI communities. The panel will explore what is theologically at stake in working therapeutically with LGBTQI Communities; we will hear from parents who have an experience to share; and Dr. David Jenkins from the School of Social Work will share some of his research on what makes for good and helpful therapeutic work. The evening will be informative and helpful and is open to the public. Invite your friends, pastors, colleagues, and anyone else you think might be helped by sharing in the evening. Panel: Joretta Marshall & Cody Sanders Therapy & What's Theologically At Stake (Brite Divinity School) Rev. Joseph & Suzanne Stabile Families & Therapy (Parents) David Jenkins, PhD What's Good Therapy for LBTGQ Communities? (TCU School of Social Work)  Monday, February 27, from 7:00-9:00 PM , Public Theology: Gender and Religious PracticeReligious Practice in a Multi-faith WorldBass Conference CenterThursday, March 1, 2012 Join us for our final event as we examine the ways Christian, Muslim, and Jewish traditions experience and address gender diversity in religious practice. We will discuss the ways each tradition has struggled with gender equality, and will discuss the ways gender impacts religious practice. Participants will come away with a greater understanding of their own tradition and a deeper sense of hospitality when encountering different religious traditions. Our panelists are: Dr. Joretta Marshall, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Care and Counseling Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker from Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, TX Carole Sturm, Islamic Speakers Bureau  , 
Singing Our Way to GodStalcup School of Theology for the LaityFirst United Methodist Church, Fort WorthSaturday, March 3, 2012 9:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Saints through the ages have expressed the theology of the Church in the writing and singing of Christian hymns. Hymn singing in the Church is an offering of the people of God in worship. The music of hymns can be as varied as psalms sung in chant style, gospel songs, and unison hymns with majestic organ accompaniments. This brief study will explore hymns of the Church from the Middle Ages to the present, how they have been used, and the historical and theological contexts from which they arose. What gives these hymns their enduring quality? No musical expertise is required, but come prepared to enjoy the singing of familiar hymns, to develop a deeper appreciation for the music of the Church, and to be introduced to the very best of new hymns.  Robert Mann, Director of the Music Resource Library at the Church Music Institute, Dallas and Professor Emeritus of Music, Stephen F. Austin State University Robert C. Mann is Director of the Music Resource Library at the Church Music Institute and Professor Emeritus of Music at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, where he taught undergraduate and graduate courses in organ, musicology, and church music. He has served churches for over forty years as organist or organist-choirmaster and actively participated as recitalist in solo organ repertoire, organ duets, and music for two organs. He has been workshop clinician for AGO chapters and church worship groups at the state, regional, and national levels. Scholarly publications are in the areas of the organ duet and Mendelssohn's organ music. He has traveled extensively in Europe playing and studying historic organs and is editor of two published historical organ compositions by Eugene Thayer and Gustav Merkel. Dr. Mann joined the Dallas AGO Chapter in 2006 and was elected to the Executive Committee in 2009.  More information
Lamentation: Hope In Suffering”Worship ServiceRobert Carr ChapelMarch 6, 2012 11:00 -11:55 AM  DR. SOONG-CHAN RAH, Milton B. Engebretson Associate Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism At North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, IL. Dr. Rah is formerly the founding Senior Pastor of the Cambridge Community Fellowship Church(CCFC), a multi-ethnic, urban ministry-focused church committed to living out the values of racial reconciliation and social justice in the urban context. Soong-Chan has previously been part of a church planting team in the Washington DC area, worked for a number of years with IVCF in Boston (specifically at MIT), and had mobilized CCFC to plant two additional churches. He currently serves on the boards of World Vision, Sojourners, the Christian Community Development Association (CCDA) and the Catalyst Leadership Center. He has extensive experience in cross-cultural preaching as well as on numerous college campuses. Soong-Chan was a plenary speaker at the 2003 Urbana Student Missions Conference, the 2005 Summer Institute for Asian American Ministry and Theology, the 2006 Congress on Urban Ministry, the 2007 ECC Midwinter Conference, the 2007 Urban Youth Workers Institute Conference and the 2008 CCDA National Conference, 2009 Cornerstone Festival, 2010 GCTS National Preaching Conference, and 2011 Disciples of Christ General Assembly. Soong-Chan received his B.A. in Political Science and History/Sociology from Columbia University; his M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; his Th.M. from Harvard University; his D.Min. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and is currently in the Th.D. program at Duke University. More information
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Future Events
Faith Resources and Perspectives for the Experiences of AgingSaturday, March 10, 2012Nancy Ramsay, Dean and Professor of Pastoral Theology and Pastoral Care, Brite Divinity School Read More The Nature of Change in Theological EducationWednesday, March 14, 2012, Cosmopolitan Theology of Hospitality: Searching for Neighbor-Love-as-Self-LoveSaturday, March 31, 2012Namsoon Kang, Professor of World Christianity and Religions, Brite Divinity School Read More Religion, Media, and Modern ReligiositySaturday, April 21, 2012Stewart Hoover, Professor of Media Studies and Religious Studies, University of Colorado at Boulder Read More |
Archived Events
Wednesday Afternoon WorkshopsWednesday, February 08, 2012, Read More Pastoral Spirituality in A Global ContextWednesday, February 08, 2012Bruce Epperly, Theologian, Pastor, Author, and Leader in Faith Formation Audio File 1 Organ Recital and Hymn SingTuesday, February 07, 2012Patrick Scott, Organist, University Christian Church, Austin, Texas What do We love When We Love Our Neighbor?: Cosmopolitan Theology of Neighbor-LoveTuesday, February 07, 2012Namsoon Kang, Professor of World Christianity and Religions, Brite Divinity School Audio File 1Audio File 2 Music for Worship That MattersMonday, February 06, 2012, Read More Wells SermonsMonday, February 06, 2012Mike Graves, William K. McElvaney Professor of Preaching and Director of Continuing Education, Saint Paul School of Theology Audio File 1Audio File 2Audio File 3 What DOES Revelation Reveal?Saturday, January 28, 2012Warren Carter, Professor of New Testament, Brite Divinity School Read More Wellsprings of Generosity: Giving as a Spiritual PracticeSaturday, January 07, 2012Carol F. Johnston, Associate Professor of Theology and Culture and Director of Lifelong Theological Education, Christian Theological Seminary Read More Weddings & UnionsThursday, December 01, 2011, The Problem of Evil in the Hebrew BibleTuesday, November 15, 2011Edward L. Greenstein , Professor of Bible and Straus Distinguished Scholar, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel Who Do You See That I Am?: Western and Non-Western Films About JesusSaturday, November 12, 2011Darren Middleton, Professor of Religion, Texas Christian University Read More Occupy Wall Street: What's a Christian to Think?Tuesday, November 08, 2011Keri Day, Assistant Professor of Theological and Social Ethics and Black Church Studies Meeting at the Table: Roman Catholic and Disciples UnderstandingsSaturday, October 29, 2011Catherine E. Clifford, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Faculty of Theology, Saint Paul University, Ottawa Read More Meeting at the Table: Roman Catholic and Disciples UnderstandingsSaturday, October 29, 2011David Thompson, Emeritus Professor of Modern Church History, University of Cambridge and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College Read More Brite Fall Open HouseTuesday, October 25, 2011The Rev. Dr. Valerie Forstman, Director of Admissions Read More Discipled for the Kingdom of Heaven: The Contours of Discipleship in the Gospel of MatthewSaturday, October 22, 2011John Lewis, Co-Director, The WorkShop Read More Blessing Children & Rites of InitiationThursday, October 20, 2011, “Has Cambiado Mi Lamento En Baile”: Dancing in Xenophobic Times (Psalm 30:11)Tuesday, October 18, 2011Daniel Ramirez, Assistant Professor of North American Religious History at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Living the Kingdom: A Theology of PlaySaturday, October 01, 2011Cynthia Rigby, Professor of Constructive Theology, The Theological School, Drew University Read More I Didn't Mean to Sound Anti-Jewish: Potential Pitfalls in PreachingWednesday, September 21, 2011Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University Read More Jesus and Jewish-Christian Relations: Problems and PossibilitiesTuesday, September 20, 2011Dr. Amy-Jill Levine, Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt University On the Mystery: Discerning God in ProcessSaturday, September 10, 2011Catherine Keller, Professor of Constructive Theology, The Theological School, Drew University Read More Liminal Christianity: The Sacred Place In BetweenMonday, August 08, 2011, Read More |