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November 9 - 11, 2009
PREACHING AND TEACHING TO A NEW GENERATION
Dates: November 9 - 11, 2009
Seminar Leaders:- Mary Hess, associate professor of educational leadership, Luther Seminary
- Andrew Root, assistant professor of youth and family ministry, Luther Seminary
Graduate Credit: Available Graduate Credit Adviser: Mary Hess, associate professor of educational leadership, Luther Seminary Tuition: $250 Contact Hours: 20 Class Times:Monday - Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
This course will take seriously the changing landscapes of the 21st century US, particularly those changes that come with digital media and postmodern thinking. We'll explore questions like: How does what I do theologically relate to what my parishioners are doing in their daily lives? How do I make sense of faith in what's going on in the cultures around me? How can and should my own faith ground me in preaching and teaching with people from younger generations? We'll also explore a variety of simple ways to stay in touch with various cultural contexts, including blogs, podcasts and digital video.
This course is underwritten by the Quello Preaching Fund
Recommended Reading
No reading is required prior to class. If you'd like to read one book prior to the class, the first book listed below is recommended.
Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody www.herecomeseverybody.org/
David Weinberger, Everything is Miscellaneous www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/
Yochai Benkler, The Wealth of Networks www.benkler.org/
Mary Hess, "All that we can't leave behind: Learning from the past in engaging new media" and "Seeing, hearing, creating" in Engaging Technology in Theological Education; and Tensegrities www.religioused.org/tensegrities/
Giddens, Anthony. Runaway World: How Globalization is Reshaping Our Lives. New York: Routledge. 2003.
"A New Generation Demands New Categories for Theology and Ministry." Next-Wave: Church and Culture Ezine, Issue 127, July 2009. www.the-next-wave-ezine.info/issue127/index.cfm?id=50&ref=ARTICLES%5FCULTURE%5F672
"A Theology of the Cross and Ministry in Our Time: How Do You Call a Thing What It Is When You Don't Know What the Thing Is?" Dialog: A Journal of Theology, Vol. 48, No. 2, Summer 2009. pp. 187-193
"The TV Show Lost and Eschatology." Next-Wave: Church and Culture Ezine, Issue 114, June 2008. the-next-wave-ezine.info/issue114/index.cfm?id=37&ref=ARTICLES%5FFEATURED%20ARTICLE%3A%20SPOTLIGHT%5F529
"Gran Torino, Christology, and the American Sensibility for Sacrifice" WorkingPreacher.org www.workingpreacher.org/chartingculture.aspx?article_id=198
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