| The Sunday Contemporary Theology Class meets for an hour each Sunday from
8:45-9:45 A.M. before the second worship service and provides fellowship, mutual support, and study of a
variety of religious ideas through personal sharing and lively
discussion of books and other media. It is currently led by the our
associate pastor, Rev. Sandy Dodson. Men and
women of all ages and persuasions are welcome as long as they respect
and honor those whose beliefs and persuasions may differ from theirs. As always, the class welcomes visitors and is open
to anyone who would like to participate.
The group is currently discussing A Generous Orthodoxy: Why I Am a Missional, Evangelical, Post/Protestant, Liberal/Conservative, Mystical/Poetic, Biblical, Charismatic/Contemplative, Fundamentalist/Calvinist, Anabaptist/Anglican, Methodist, Catholic, Green, Incarnational, Depressed-yet-Hopeful, Emergent, Unfinished CHRISTIAN
by Brian McLaren.
Books recently discussed by the class include Open Christianity
by Jim Burklo, The
World's Religions: Our Great Wisdom Traditions by Huston Smith, Amazing Grace, by
Jonathan Kozol, Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World by Henri
Nouwen, The Heart of
Christianity by Marcus Borg, Process
Theology: A Basic Introduction by C. Robert Mesle, Christianity
Without God by Lloyd Geering, Reading the Bible
Again for the First Time by Marcus Borg, The God of Jesus by Stephen
Patterson. Amazing Grace by Kathleen
Norris, Luke by Sharon
Ringe, A History of God
by Karen Armstrong, Resurrection: Myth or Reality? and Why
Christianity must Change or Die by Bishop Shelby Spong, Freedom
of Simplicity by Richard J. Foster, The Active Life by
Parker J. Palmer, The Gifts of the Jews by Thomas Cahill,
Meeting
Jesus Again for the First Time by Marcus J. Borg and
To Life! by Harold Kushner. |
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