Speaking Christian: Redeeming Christian Language
Join Marcus Borg and Dom Crossan as they explore “the surplus of meaning” behind some of the most important words in the Christian language. The seminar will be held June 21-24 at Center for Spiritual Development in Portland, Oregon. Understanding words like God, salvation, justice, compassion, and collections of words such as the Lord’s Prayer, parables by and about Jesus, the creeds, and eucharistic language, shape what it truly means to be Christian.
The Christian language must be reclaimed, redeemed, and liberated from the distorted meanings it has acquired, bound to conventional domestications. Dom Crossan and Marcus Borg suggest that the key to setting it free, discussed in this year’s Summer Seminar, is through an historical and metaphorical approach – a parabolic and symbolic understanding of the language itself. The material is a snapshot of upcoming books by both Crossan and Borg.
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Update: Thank you so much to all who attended!
I agree with you Mark, as a fellow Aussie, it is really upsetting how off the map we are. I missed Jack Spong but I got to listen and even have dinner with Gretta Vosper. Still, more regulare events, vistors, and programs would be a nice change.
Living in the Great Southland Downunder (ie Australia) we are virtually off the map by way of visiting people down here. Are you going to come to Australia in the near future. A couple of years ago John Spong came and recently Gretta Vosper came.
The closest Dr. Borg will be to your area this year will be his lecture in Minneapolis, November 12-14, 2010, at the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. For other lectures and more information, click on “calendar” in the menu above.
Hi Dr. Borg,
I saw you speak once in San Diego about 7-8 years ago. You were presenting “Meeting the Bible again for the first time.” We actually met for about 15 minutes. We discussed the afterlife as a “bad idea of Christianity,” “The resurrection,” and whether people who have no belief in God (or the Sacred) at all, can still have an experience of the Divine. It was a fine day!
My own faith has been greatly enriched by the work of yourself and John Dominic Crossan. In fact, it is safe to say, that your work, and his as well, has made it possible for me to remain a Christian.
I live in Illinois, near Wisconsin, any chance you and Dr. Crossan might be speaking in this area in 2010?
Thank you for your work!
Matt