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Jesus in the First & Twenty-first Centuries
Arthur J. Dewey & Thomas Sheehan
LECTURE
Jesus Before the Myth
Jesus of Nazareth left the imprint of his voice and deeds on the stories that were told about him during the half century before the creation of the first narrative gospel-the Gospel of Mark. The historical figure that is emerging from the deliberations of the seminar suggests that a visionary sage was transformed from an iconoclast into an icon and his radical vision of God's domain dissipated in debates about divinity. (Dewey)
Friday, 7:30-9 P.M.
WORKSHOPS
The Jesus of the First Century
What do we know about the historical Jesus? This workshop will examine selected sayings of Jesus, showing why scholars consider them authentic and suggesting surprising ways they might have been understood. (Dewey)
How Jesus was raised from the dead
The historicity of the resurrection has been called into doubt by recent scholarship. What, then, can we say about it both as a matter of history and as a focus of faith? (Sheehan)
Saturday, 9:30 A.M.-12:00 NOON
The Jesus of the Twenty-first Century
Can the historical Jesus revitalize or transform Christian faith? Does this Jesus have any relevance for people who claim no allegiance to Christianity? Since the eighteenth century, the church and its critics have used Jesus to talk about the meaning of human existence, and ultimately about the nature of God. (Dewey and Sheehan)
What Comes After Christianity
Given what we now know about the historical Jesus and his resurrection, in what sense can someone today claim the title of "Christian" and in what sense not? (Sheehan)
Saturday 1:30-4 P.M.
Arthur J. Dewey ( Th.D., Harvard University) is Professor of Theology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, co-founder of the Healing Deadly Memories Program, co-author of The Authentic Letters of Paul (with Roy Hoover & Lane McGaughy, 2010), and also co-author of The Complete Gospel Parallels (with Bob Miller, 2011).
Thomas Sheehan (Ph.D., Fordham University) is Professor of Religious Studies at Stanford University and Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Loyola University Chicago. He is the author of several books in philosophy and religion, including The First Coming (1986), a widely acclaimed and controversial account of Easter.
ALL EVENTS AT
Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock
48 Shelter Rock Road
Manhasset, NY 11030
All Sessions
$ U.S.
Pre-registration (by Apr 13)
$60
Registration (after Apr 13)
$75
Additional Family Member
$50
Single Sessions
Friday Evening Lecture
$20
Saturday Morning Workshop
$30
Saturday Afternoon Workshop
$30
To register by mail or fax, use the printable JSOR registration form
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock
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