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Creator: Greenway, William, 1963- Date: 2024-09-26 Contributing Institution: Austin Seminary Description: The world’s faiths are often portrayed as siloed systems of understanding, so that affirming the truth of one faith tradition entails rejecting every other faith tradition. This masks remarkable interfaith consensus which results from various faiths' attempts to witness to the same divine realit... View Full Item at Austin Seminary -
Creator: Silva-McCormick, Crystal Date: 2024-04-25 Contributing Institution: Austin Seminary Description: Euro-American expressions of Christianity have caused a great deal of harm towards indigenous peoples, including genocide and erasure. This webinar will explore and reflect on the harm done to indigenous communities that continues to affect them. We will also explore indigenous perceptions of the... View Full Item at Austin Seminary -
Creator: Bonilla, Patricia Date: 2024-05-02 Contributing Institution: Austin Seminary Description: Current events are urging churches and religious leaders to respond intentionally and thoughtfully to trauma and traumatic events. What is trauma? How does trauma affect congregations? What is trauma-informed faith formation? What practices can help congregations respond to communities affected b... View Full Item at Austin Seminary -
Creator: Wall, Eric Date: 2024-03-07 Contributing Institution: Austin Seminary Description: We explore ways that music goes with us in Lent. How do songs help us listen in this season and carry wisdom with us? View Full Item at Austin Seminary -
Creator: Jensen, David Hadley, 1968- Date: 2024-04-09 Contributing Institution: Austin Seminary Description: Controversies over gender identity are routinely in the headlines these days. But these controversies are hardly new to Christian faith. This webinar explores how some early Christian perspectives on gender disrupted dominant cultural assumptions about men and women, how the contemporary movement... View Full Item at Austin Seminary -
Creator: Caruthers, Rodney Date: 2024-02-15 Contributing Institution: Austin Seminary Description: Parables are a prominent part of Jesus of Nazareth’s teaching in the New Testament. The Synoptic Gospels feature some of the most famous parables, such as the Prodigal Son and The Good Samaritan. The disciples ask Jesus a question that is also relevant for today, why did he speak to the crowds in... View Full Item at Austin Seminary -
Creator: Greenway, William, 1963- Date: 2024-02-29 Contributing Institution: Austin Seminary Description: In numerous books and essays Professor Greenway, inspired above all by the Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas, has argued for a post-secular affirmation of moral realism grounded in the passion of agape. This presentation, taken from his newest book, In the Light of Agape: Moral Realism and its ... View Full Item at Austin Seminary -
Creator: Lord, Jennifer L., 1965- Date: 2024-02-22 Contributing Institution: Austin Seminary Description: What does it mean to say that the church is a community of the baptized? How have you seen your baptismal identity guiding you at different stages of your life? Can you give examples of how the church’s baptismal spirituality is connected to mission and social justice? Dr. Lord’s presentation wi... View Full Item at Austin Seminary -
Creator: Aymer, Margaret P. Date: 2023-12-07 Contributing Institution: Austin Seminary Description: In Acts 8, we read about an Ethiopian eunuch, an unnamed pilgrim to Jerusalem who appears in Luke’s story of the church, and then disappears after an encounter with Philip. Who was the Ethiopian eunuch, and how does his role fit into the story of faith? This Bible story takes us through the story... View Full Item at Austin Seminary -
Date: 2023-11-27 Contributing Institution: Austin Seminary Description: A discussion on the life and thought of Howard Thurman. View Full Item at Austin Seminary