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Theo-logy to Theopoetics
a course with Scott Holland
The Ministry of Writing 2001: An Annual Colloquium
Earlham School of Religion
Richmond, Indiana
a course with Scott Holland
The Ministry of Writing 2001: An Annual Colloquium
Earlham School of Religion
Richmond, Indiana
The postmodern condition may, for good reasons, be characterized by incredulity toward churchly morality and God-talk. Nevertheless, there is an emerging spirituality marked by intellectual curiosity and aesthetic desire that celebrates poem over proposition, metaphor over moral. This workshop will explore the possibilities of naming oneself and rending God's name through a writing life informed more by theopoetics than theology.
Scott Holland is Assistant Professor of Peace Studies and Cross-Cultural Studies and Director of Campus Ministry at Bethany Theological Seminary. He is also a contributing editor to Cross Currents: The Journal for the Association of Religion and Intellectual Life.
Scott Holland is Assistant Professor of Peace Studies and Cross-Cultural Studies and Director of Campus Ministry at Bethany Theological Seminary. He is also a contributing editor to Cross Currents: The Journal for the Association of Religion and Intellectual Life.
The 2008 Power of Words Conference
Theopoetics Workshop: Opening World with Word
with Callid and Kristina Keefe-Perry
Theopoetics Workshop: Opening World with Word
with Callid and Kristina Keefe-Perry
We intend for this workshop to serve two main purposes. The first is to give participants some insight into the contents and possibility of theopoetics in general, and the second is to show what theopoetics has to offer specifically to practitioners of transformative language arts.
Theopoetics is a re-emerging field of interdisciplinary study, combining elements of poetic analysis, theology, narrative study, and postmodern philosophy. It operates on a continuum: from theology working in a poetically interpretive way, to poetically defining or demarcating the idea of the Sacred, maintaining beauty and the knowledge of language's tenuous nature.
It has been our observation and conclusion that there are certain aspects of Healing, Art, and Creation which a study of theopoetics could deepen, enliven, and sustain. Thus, thirdly, we want to share from personal experience some of the ways in which we have been sustained on our journey with language and engage with others on the role of language in vocation and spiritual path. We hope that this workshop will serve as an intellectually and creatively stimulating introduction to theopoetics and as an exploration of its possible use in spiritual nurture and growth. We believe theopoetics can serve to aid in moving our lives more fully toward fulfilling wholeness.
Theopoetics is a re-emerging field of interdisciplinary study, combining elements of poetic analysis, theology, narrative study, and postmodern philosophy. It operates on a continuum: from theology working in a poetically interpretive way, to poetically defining or demarcating the idea of the Sacred, maintaining beauty and the knowledge of language's tenuous nature.
It has been our observation and conclusion that there are certain aspects of Healing, Art, and Creation which a study of theopoetics could deepen, enliven, and sustain. Thus, thirdly, we want to share from personal experience some of the ways in which we have been sustained on our journey with language and engage with others on the role of language in vocation and spiritual path. We hope that this workshop will serve as an intellectually and creatively stimulating introduction to theopoetics and as an exploration of its possible use in spiritual nurture and growth. We believe theopoetics can serve to aid in moving our lives more fully toward fulfilling wholeness.
By generating a polyglossal matrix of conversation, the Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia foster a fresh style of theological discourse that is at once self-deconstructive in its pluralism and constructive in its affirmations. Committed to the long-range transformation of religio-cultural symbolism, this series continues Drew's deep history of engaging historical, biblical and cultural hermeneutics, current philosophy, practices of social justice and experiments in theopoetics.
Theopoetics is a style of writing or a theological stance, an artful way of working with language and worldview. The theo-poet uses the occasion of the poem to create space for the reader or the public to face the unknown, engage Mystery, to dream and be transformed. Come and dialog and dream in this creative space about how theopoetics might enhance your faith journey.
Leaders: Scott Holland and Travis Poling
Scott Holland is Associate Professor of Peace Studies and Public Theology and Director of Cross-Cultural Studies at Bethany Theological Seminary. Travis Poling is a Master of Divinity student at Bethany Theological Seminary.
Leaders: Scott Holland and Travis Poling
Scott Holland is Associate Professor of Peace Studies and Public Theology and Director of Cross-Cultural Studies at Bethany Theological Seminary. Travis Poling is a Master of Divinity student at Bethany Theological Seminary.
The 2009 Bethel College Menno Simons Lecture Series
Prophets, Poets & Pragmatists: The Historic Peace Churches and Public Theology
Scott Holland Lecturing: November 1-3, 2009
Prophets, Poets & Pragmatists: The Historic Peace Churches and Public Theology
Scott Holland Lecturing: November 1-3, 2009
In 1950, the John P. and Carolina Schrag Kaufman family established the Menno Simons Lectureship Endowment. This fund promotes research and public lectures by recognized scholars relating to Anabaptist-Mennonite history, thought, life and culture, both past and present. In 1997, the family of William E. and Meta Goering Juhnke contributed substantially to the endowment. The Kaufman and Juhnke families had their roots in the Eden Mennonite Church of Moundridge. In 2009 the invited lecturer will be Scott Holland, who will address the following:
* Public Theology as Seeking Cultures of Peace
* Entering Whitman's America: A Theopoetics of Public Life
* The Poetics of Peace
* Prophetic Vision, Poetic Voice and Pragmatic Solidarity
* Public Theology as Seeking Cultures of Peace
* Entering Whitman's America: A Theopoetics of Public Life
* The Poetics of Peace
* Prophetic Vision, Poetic Voice and Pragmatic Solidarity