Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Brene Brown on Shame, Vulnerability and Connection
University of Houston Professor Brene Brown inadvertantly launched herself onto a hugely successful speaking career with a local TED Talk in Houston. Speaking to an audience of 400 her talk on shame, as the universal fear of disconnection, was posted on Youtube where it's reached an audience of 2,000,000. You can watch it here (click me), and again at the Adult Forum on Sunday morning. Please join us.
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Prof. Travis Williams: “Negotiating Conflict and Christian Identity in the Greco-Roman World”
This coming Sunday, March 23rd, we'll host Dr. Travis Williams, Assistant Professor of Religion at Tusculum College. You might have heard Travis' interview on Religion for Life as he spoke on 1 Peter. He will talk further about 1 Peter at the Adult Forum. His synopsis of the talk is as follows:
"For anyone familiar with 1 Peter, it goes without saying that the letter’s primary concern is with the persecution affecting its Anatolian readers. But within modern scholarship, there has been considerable debate regarding the author’s prescribed method of response. In this session, we will take a closer look at how 1 Peter encourages its readers to navigate their disadvantaged situation, offering a fresh reading of the letter’s social strategy. We will show how the constraining powers of the Roman empire forced the author to advocate a minimum level of compliance with social expectations; yet, at the same time, he subtly promotes a sense of cautious resistance by cleverly undercutting the power-base of dominant social and political structures. This strategy marked one of many variegated Christian responses to Greco-Roman social influence."
Dr. Williams bio:reads:
"Dr. Travis B. Williams is Assistant Professor of Religion at Tusculum College, where he has taught since 2011. He has published across a number of different areas related to New Testament studies, including benefaction in the Greco-Roman world, modern hermeneutical approaches to New Testament interpretation (e.g., social-scientific criticism; postcolonial criticism), and prophecy & inspired exegesis within Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity. But his primary area of specialty is the epistle of 1 Peter. Having published numerous essays and articles on this often-neglected New Testament letter, as well as two major monographs, Dr. Williams is one of the leading experts on the subject. At the moment, he is at work on a major exegetical commentary on 1 Peter, which will appear in the prestigious International Critical Commentary series."
Please join us. We'll be happy to see you. Loving childcare is provided,
"For anyone familiar with 1 Peter, it goes without saying that the letter’s primary concern is with the persecution affecting its Anatolian readers. But within modern scholarship, there has been considerable debate regarding the author’s prescribed method of response. In this session, we will take a closer look at how 1 Peter encourages its readers to navigate their disadvantaged situation, offering a fresh reading of the letter’s social strategy. We will show how the constraining powers of the Roman empire forced the author to advocate a minimum level of compliance with social expectations; yet, at the same time, he subtly promotes a sense of cautious resistance by cleverly undercutting the power-base of dominant social and political structures. This strategy marked one of many variegated Christian responses to Greco-Roman social influence."
Dr. Williams bio:reads:
"Dr. Travis B. Williams is Assistant Professor of Religion at Tusculum College, where he has taught since 2011. He has published across a number of different areas related to New Testament studies, including benefaction in the Greco-Roman world, modern hermeneutical approaches to New Testament interpretation (e.g., social-scientific criticism; postcolonial criticism), and prophecy & inspired exegesis within Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity. But his primary area of specialty is the epistle of 1 Peter. Having published numerous essays and articles on this often-neglected New Testament letter, as well as two major monographs, Dr. Williams is one of the leading experts on the subject. At the moment, he is at work on a major exegetical commentary on 1 Peter, which will appear in the prestigious International Critical Commentary series."
Please join us. We'll be happy to see you. Loving childcare is provided,
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