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Programs & Events

       2008 Calendar 

  • June 8–13, 2008
    Westar Summer Institute

    Asilomar on Monterey Beach, California
    Featuring Karen L. King, Bishop Richard Holloway, and Lane C. McGaughy

  • September 26–27, 2008
    Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
    (Philadelphia)
    St. Paul's Episcopal Church

    Spokane, Washington
    Unity Church of Truth

  • October 10–11, 2008
    Minneapolis, Minnesota
    Plymouth Congregational Church

    Beaverton, Oregon
    Southminster Presbyterian Church

  • October 15–18, 2008
    Westar Fall Meeting

    Flamingo Hotel, Santa Rosa, California
    Featuring John Dominic Crossan, Pamela Eisenbaum, and Jack Hill

  • October 24–25, 2008
    Princeton, New Jersey
    Unitarian Universalist Congregation

  • October 31–November 1, 2008
    Manahasset, New York
    Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Shelter Rock

  • November 7-8, 2008
    Solvang, California
    Bethania Lutheran Church

Westar Meetings

The Jesus Seminar, the Seminar on Christian Origins, the Acts Seminar and other Westar seminars meet twice yearly at Westar's national meetings. These meetings, usually held in March and October in Santa Rosa, California, are open to the general public and feature a variety of programs and events. Non-specialists are welcome to observe the deliberations of Westar Seminars, participate in unofficial voting and engage in lively forum discussions after the sessions.

National meetings feature workshops and lectures for non-specialists, conducted by Westar Fellows and other leading figures in the scholarship of religion. Guest speakers have included Karen Armstrong, Marcus Borg, John Dominic Crossan, Robert Funk, Lloyd Geering, Karen King, Elaine Pagels, John Shelby Spong, and Walter Wink, among others.

Westar meetings also include social events—receptions and banquets — designed to foster conversation between Fellows and others in attendance

Jesus Seminar on the Road

While thousands are able to attend Westar Institute's twice-yearly national meetings, many more are not. Consequently Westar created a traveling seminar called the Jesus Seminar on the Road. The Jesus Seminar on the Road brings Fellows of the Jesus Seminar into conversation with interested people across North America and around the world. Held by invitation in churches, schools and convention centers, each event includes lectures and workshops on a wide range of topics.

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