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Practicing Theology in Public
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How should we live together? What can unite us in hope? With the new Practicing Theology in Public series, Education Beyond the Walls offers compelling ways to explore these contested questions of our common life. Practicing Theology in Public presents a suite of educational opportunities for pastors and other leaders interested in how their Christian faith informs the way they engage issues of social concern; those who want to deepen their skills for faithful engagement; and faith leaders who sense an urgency to this calling in 21st-century America. This series extends EBW’s work in the Pastoral Leadership for Public Life program, funded in large part by Lilly Endowment Inc. It is our pleasure to offer this to a broader audience this year.
What We Mean by Practicing Theology in Public
Practicing:
• To engage in the continuous exercise of a profession— including a religious profession
• To become proficient through systematic exercise
Theology:
• How God relates to the world—interpreted through the lens of Christian scripture, tradition, practice, and experience
• In respectful conversation with varied other ways of knowing, from the margins to the halls of the academy
• Done in community—recognizing all who seek to engage the questions as public theologians
In Public:
• Participating in the incarnational character of the church
• Concerning issues of public life—economics, government, security, flourishing
• Seeking to promote the common good
• Requiring humility, a willingness to enter into dialogue, to resist foreclosure, and to bridge gaps in understanding
What’s Ahead?
Online and in-person options
Practical workshops in:
• Facilitating racially and socially conscious dialogue
• Engaging the public through creative practices that circumvent polarization
• Framing faith-informed messages for the media
• Leading a congregation to be a faithful witness in challenging times
Seminars with Austin Seminary faculty that include online and travel components:
• Hope from the Margins: The Immigrant Experience with Gregory Cuéllar
• Criminal Justice, the Age of Security, and Beloved Community with Asante Todd
Facilitated small-group courses online:
• ABCs of Diversity
• Doing Justice
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2022 MidWinters January 24-26
Currie Lecturer: Anthony B. Pinn, Agnes Cullen Arnold Professor of Humanities, Professor of Religion, Rice University
Westervelt Lecturer: Evelyn L. Parker, Susanna Wesley Centennial Professor of Practical Theology, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
Jones Lecturer: Matthew Gaventa, Pastor, University Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas
Preacher: Betsy Lyles Swetenburg, Pastor, Northridge Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas
