Reframing
the Gospel for Mission:
Recovering
the Prophetic Dimension of Jesus’ Way of Being Human
Now Offered in 8-
or 3-Session Options
This 8- or 3-session series introduces and applies the work of
René
Girard to gain a better understanding of and engage in
central issues of our survival, e.g., racism, economics, and
militarism. As Disciples of Jesus, participants will gain a
vision for living into the movement of God’s Spirit to bring
the day when, instead of laying waste to our cities one more
time, we beat swords into plowshares and no longer learn to
make war anymore (Isa 6:11; 2:4). (Share with friends through
this pdf
flyer.)
What:
Seminar series in two options: (1) Eight one-day-per-month
sessions; or (2) Three 1.5-2.5 day quarterly sessions (days
and dates TBD for each location); Educational Strategy:
interpersonal engagement for maximizing mutual learning over
extended time.
Where: Your location -- DSMT comes to you. The first step is to recruit 8-15 participants for a site and contact Paul Nuechterlein by email (pjn.dsmt@gmail.com) or phone (269-290-4533) to inquire about scheduling a series.
“I’m
convinced that the seminal work of René
Girard is the single most promising and
productive contemporary resource capable of
stimulating fresh readings of the Bible,
constructive critical thought about Christian
theology and practice, and incisive inducement to
productive activism.
Paul
Nuechterlein has helped me more than anyone
else to read the Scriptures in light of Girard’s
groundbreaking work. I’d encourage anyone and
everyone to seize an opportunity to learn with
Paul.” Christian
author and teacher
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Who: Clergy and lay
church leaders interested in recovering the prophetic
dimension of the Gospel
Tuition: $550
in one-payment; or $600 spread over the time-frame of the
seminar ($100 at time of registration)
Required
Reading: Everything
Must
Change
by Brian McLaren, Compassion or
Apocalypse? by James Warren, and numerous chapter
excerpts and extended outlines from additional MT books.
Part II - Mimetic Theory and Theology in 2
sessions:
Registration Information
Once sites are negotiated with an
8-15 person group of participants you may register using this
pdf form. Online payment via PayPal is available below,
so register in one of two ways: (1) print and fill out the pdf
form, scan and email it to Paul Nuechterlein, making payment
online; or (2) mail your check for payment with the completed
registration to address on form.
Link
to .pdf Registration Form
Paul Nuechterlein has been a student of René
Girard’s work for twenty-five years. He has
presented at multiple international conferences of the
Colloquium on Violence & Religion (COV&R), makes
Mimetic Theory accessible through his website Girardian
Reflections on the Lectionary (girardianlectionary.net),
and
is currently the Contributing Theologian for Theology and Peace,
a para-church organization dedicated to “the application of
René Girard’s groundbreaking work to subvert the matrix of
human violence.”