ORDER NOW!  DVD OF GOD & IMPERIAL POWER ~ JESUS & ECONOMIC INJUSTICE a FAITHANDREASON Seminar

Posted on Nov 05, 2009 - 06:23 AM

Orders are now being taken for the purchase of DVD and study questions of GOD & IMPERIAL POWER ~ JESUS & ECONOMIC INJUSTICE!  The educational DVD features internationally known scholars and authors JOHN DOMINIC CROSSAN and JOERG RIEGER who led the seminar presentation in Richardson, TX, October 23 and 24, 2009, at First United Methodist Church, Richardson, TX. 

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The Richardson seminar will be 7-9 PM Friday, October 23, and 9 AM – 3:30 PM Saturday, October 24, at First United Methodist Church, 503 N. Central Expressway in Richardson. Registration is $45 including Saturday lunch or $35 for the seminar alone.

The Temple seminar will be 2:30-7:30 PM Sunday, October 25, at the Cultural Activities Center, 3011 N. 3rd (exit 303 from I-35 to east access road) in Temple. Registration of $35 includes a box supper.

To register or for details, please visit http://www.faithandreason.org or phone 800-882-7424. Financial assistance is available.

Is it possible to be a faithful Christian today without addressing systemic injustice? Crossan and Rieger say no. Together, they challenge us to see not only how Jesus focused on economic and sociopolitical issues, but how current pressures force Americans to take a fresh look at both empire and economics. Both speakers will be available for interviews. Both events will support networking and grass-roots action in Texas.

John Dominic Crossan (http://www.johndominiccrossan.com) is one of the world’s leading historical-Jesus scholars. His provocative work has captured the imagination of traditional churchgoers and secular audiences alike through groundbreaking books and articles; hundreds of radio and TV appearances; insightful teaching in video series such as the FAITHANDREASON Video series and the Living the Questions courses; and lectures to both lay and scholarly audiences throughout the U.S. and in numerous other countries. A lifelong Roman Catholic, originally from Ireland, and a former priest, he is professor emeritus in Religious Studies at DePaul University in Chicago, where he taught for over 25 years. For many years, he co-chaired a group of eminent American scholars who research the oldest known Christian scriptures and discuss what careful historical reading implies for modern faith and practice. Five of his 23 books have been national religious best-sellers: The Historical Jesus. The Life of a Mediterranean Jewish Peasant (1991); Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography (1994); Who Killed Jesus? Exposing the Roots of Anti-Semitism in the Gospel Story of the Death of Jesus (1995); The Birth of Christianity (1998); and In Search of Paul: How Jesus’ Apostle Opposed Rome’s Empire with God’s Kingdom (2004). One of his latest books is God and Empire: Jesus Against Rome, Then and Now (2007).

Joerg Rieger (http://www.smu.edu/Perkins/FacultyAcademics/DirectoryList/Rieger.aspx) was recently named the Wendland-Cook Professor of Constructive Theology at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, an appointment that will be celebrated with a lecture and reception October 8 at 5:00 PM in the new Elizabeth Perkins Prothro building on the Perkins campus at SMU. His work addresses the relation of theology to public life, using tools from cultural studies, critical theory, and religious studies, and reflecting on the misuse of power in politics and economics. A United Methodist clergyman and a native of Germany, he has lectured in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, England, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico. He is active in Jobs with Justice in North Texas and is co-founder of the Workers’ Rights Board in the Dallas area. His books include Christ and Empire: From Paul to Postcolonial Times (2007); Opting for the Margins: Postmodernity and Liberation in Christian Theology (ed., 2003); God and the Excluded: Visions and Blindspots in Contemporary Theology (2001); and Remember the Poor: The Challenge to Theology in the Twenty-First Century (1998). His most recent book, No Rising Tide: Theology, Economics, and the Future, is due in fall 2009. A volume that he co-authored with Brazilian theologian Jung Mo Sung and Argentinian theologian Néstor Míguez, titled Beyond the Spirit of Empire: New Perspectives in Politics and Religion, is also forthcoming in October.

The Richardson seminar is sponsored by SMU’s Perkins School of Theology;  the D. L. Dykes, Jr. Foundation (http://www.faithandreason.org); the Joe B. and Louise P. Cook Foundation; and the Progressive Christian Center of the South (http://www.pccsouth.org). Additional North Texas supporters include Arapaho United Methodist Church; the Dallas Area Christian Progressive Alliance; the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration; First Community Church; Grace United Methodist Church; Greenland Hills United Methodist Church; Northaven United Methodist Church; Pax Christi Dallas; and the Progressive Center of Texas.

The Temple seminar is co-sponsored by the D. L. Dykes, Jr. Foundation (http://www.faithandreason.org); the Joe B. and Louise P. Cook Foundation; and the Progressive Christian Center of the South (http://www.pccsouth.org). Additional Central Texas supporters include the Discoverers Class of First United Methodist Church, Belton; the Journey of Faith United Methodist Church, Round Rock; the Sojourners Class of Foundation United Methodist Church, Temple; the Sophia Seekers of Georgetown; the Temple area Living the Questions group; and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bell County.

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