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Thursday Nights at General Lectures

Thursday Night at General Lecture Series in 2008

February 7, 14, 21, 28, 2008 7:00-9:00pm
The New Testament: Good News & Bad News for Women!
with Dr. Joanna Dewey-Harvey H. Guthrie, Jr. Professor Emerita of Biblical Studies. & former Academic Dean at Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, MA

Discover insights and perspectives of Christian women in the early Church, including how powerful women were viewed through the eyes of first century men, and a feminist retelling of Mark’s gospel through Artemisia who lived in Ephesus about 100 CE. Explore women’s leadership, issues of marriage & celibacy, and issues of suffering and sacrifice from a feminist perspective.

Price: $150 covers all 4 evenings & a reception

Subjects of Lectures by date:

Feb 7: The New Testament: Good News and Bad News for Women: Introduction: There are after all many powerful women but much of women’s history has been lost, and what remains are the views of men.

Feb 14: Recovering Women’s Stories: “Women on the Way: A feminist retelling of Mark” Artemisia who lived in Ephesus about 100 CE will visit and retell her version of Mark’s narrative.

Feb 21: Women’s Leadership, marriage and celibacy: Late first century and second century struggles.

Feb 28: Women and NT theology: Suffering and Sacrifice from a feminist perspective.

March 27, April 3, 10, 17, 2008 7:00-9:00pm (CANCELLED)
Reconciling Ethics in Everyday Life
with the Rev. Dr. William Danaher, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics and Moral Theology in the John Henry Hobart Chair

Explore the ways reconciliation might happen in the course of everyday life. We often think of reconciliation in the context of historic events such as the moments of acknowledgment and forgiveness that occurred during South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1996-1998). Such instances inspire us, but focusing on them risks suggesting that reconciliation is the work of saints and spiritual super-heroes rather than ordinary people. What does everyday life look like when we begin to live into God's reconciliation?

Price: $150 covers all 4 evenings & a reception

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Notices: No reservations without payment. This is a series; lectures are not available individually. Reservations for each series may be cancelled until one week prior to the first lecture for a refund minus a $20 per-participant handling fee.

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For more information, email or call James Murphy: murphy@gts.edu
212-243-5150 x461 (toll-free 888-487-5649 x 461)

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