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Irvine, California Friday & Saturday February 29-March 1, 2008

Jesus in the First
& Twenty-first Century

Robert J. Miller & James A. Veitch

LECTURE

The Search for the Historical Jesus
The gospels portray Jesus as the Messiah and divine savior. Within the gospels, however, we can glimpse another Jesus, the Jewish teacher and healer with a radical vision of the kingdom of God.  The search for the historical Jesus examines the gospels in order to discover who Jesus was before he became the object of Christian belief.

Friday, 7:30–9 P.M.

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The Jesus of the First Century
The historical Jesus announced that God's kingdom was already here, not something coming in the future. He challenged others to join this kingdom and to celebrate its presence, without ignoring the harsh injustices forced on them by another kingdom, the Roman Empire, whose victim he became. Jesus' vision of the kingdom put him at odds with the official religion of his day and continues to pose a profound challenge to contemporary Christian theology.

Saturday, 9:30 A.M.-NOON

The Jesus of the Twenty-first Century
Can the historical Jesus contribute to contemporary Christian faith? 
Does the vision of the historical Jesus have any relevance for us today?  The presenters offer their insights and engage participants in a discussion of those questions.

Saturday, 1:30–4 P.M.

Robert J. Miller (Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School) is Professor of Religious Studies at Juniata College in Pennsylvania. He is the author of Born Divine: The Births of Jesus and Other Sons of God (2003) and The Jesus Seminar and Its Critics (1999), and editor of The Apocalyptic Jesus (2001) and The Complete Gospels (1992)

James A. Veitch (Ph.D., University of Birmingham, UK; Th.D., Australian College of Theology ) is currently Associate Professor in the Strategic Studies Programme of the School of Government at Victoria University, Wellington, where he previously taught religious studies for more than 25 years. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister,.

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Irvine United Congregational Church
4915 Alton Pkwy
Irvine, CA 92604

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