RECLAIMING THE INHERITANCE OF JESUS with Marcus Borg
Friday 11 November 2011 — Saturday 12 November 2011
Jesus and Christianity have often been domesticated by Christian theology and cultural accommodation. The weekend seeks to reclaim the radical significance of Jesus from its cultural captivity by exploring a historical and metaphorical approach to seeing Jesus, God, and Christianity.
- Start Date:
- Friday 11th November 2011
- Start Time:
- 7:00PM
- Location:
- St Marks Church, Broomhill Sheffield
- Contact:
- Tanya Ralph
- Phone:
- 0845 6434694
- Email:
- info@stmarkscrc.co.uk
- Speakers:
- Marcus Borg
- Cost:
- Friday Ā£10 (members Ā£8, students Ā£2), Saturday Ā£20, (members Ā£18, students Ā£5)
- Website:
- http://www.stmarkscrc.co.uk/news-and-events/crc-events/reclaiming-the-inheritance-of-jesus-with-marcus-borg
St Marks Centre for Radical Christianity is delighted to welcome back to the UK Marcus Borg, author of the bestselling āThe God We Never Knewā, āThe Heart of Christianityā, āGospel of Mark: Conversations with Scriptureā and many other publications. He has been described by The New York Times as āa leading figure in his generation of Jesus scholars.ā
Marcus Borg is Canon Theologian at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, OR. Internationally known in both academic and church circles as a biblical and Jesus scholar, he was Hundere Chair of Religion and Culture in the Philosophy Department at Oregon State University until his retirement in 2007.
His latest book āPutting Away Childish Thingsā is a fictional novel, published last year, and has been described as being able to ādraw us all to a place of humble hospitality where grace abounds.ā His twentieth book, Speaking Christian, will be published in March, 2011.
FRIDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2011 at 7.30 pm (7.00pm Coffee and registration):
āSpeaking Christianā - Reclaiming Christian Language
SATURDAY 12 November 2011, 10.00 am ā 4.00 pm (9.15am Coffee and Registration):
Lecture 1 āGod and Atheism, recent reverberationsā - Recent best-selling books on atheism point to a contemporary crisis in the meaning of the word āGodā ā its referent. What do we imagine when we think or hear or use the word āGodā? The lecture explores two very different referents of the word āGod,ā one completely vulnerable to atheist critique, the other not.
Lecture 2 āGod and Jesus, original impulseā - As historical figure, Jesus was radically centred in God. Christians ever since have spoken of him as one who reveals God ā indeed, as the decisive revelation of God. What do we learn about God by looking at Jesus?
Lecture 3 āGod and Jesus, contemporary resonancesā - What does it mean to take the God of Jesus seriously today? A sketch of the Christian life as involving a twofold focus and twofold transformation.