By Jenny Williams
Bethany Theological Seminary will offer a weekend intensive class on
public theologies at the University of La Verne, Calif., this coming
fall semester. Scott Holland, Bethany’s Slabaugh Professor of Theology
and Culture, will teach his popular graduate course, “The Peace of the
City and the Quest for Public Theologies.”
“I am excited about the University of La Verne hosting this course,”
said Jeff Carter, president of Bethany Seminary. “As Bethany seeks to
serve the entire denomination and build deeper ecumenical partnerships
with students in different geographical locations, hosting a class on
the West Coast offers a new opportunity to extend Bethany’s reach. I am
thankful to Professor Holland for his willingness to travel and hope his
presence, especially among a growing community of new Anabaptist
scholars and students, might inspire lively conversations of faith and
living.”
As a theologian of culture, Holland reminds his students that
religion may begin in solitude, but as we are social creatures, our
lives are public. Thus, biblical religion reminds us that our faith is
always embodied in ethical and aesthetic engagements with culture,
inviting public reflection.
This course will explore how a variety of public proposals for
religion or theology might contribute to or inhibit what prophetic
religion has called the peace or welfare of the city. Class topics
include Anabaptist and ecumenical views of church and society, the
theocratic terrors of groups like Boko Haram, and how current proposals
for theopoetics and theopolitics might aid in social transformation and
seeking cultures of peace.
The class will be conducted during three weekends: Sept. 12-13, Oct.
10-11, and Nov. 14-15. Interested persons may either take the course for
credit or audit the course. For all students, the application deadline
for the fall 2014 semester is July 15. Contact Tracy Primozich, director
of admissions, at primotr@bethanysemester.edu for enrollment information. For additional information on the course itself, contact Holland at hollasc@bethanyseminary.edu .
-- Jenny Williams is director of Communications and Alumni/ae Relations for Bethany Theological Seminary.
Source: 6/2/2014 Newsline
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