Exploring What We Believe
Christian Basics: An Exploration of What We Believe
The Rev. Anne Richards
Epiphany/Lent 2008
Sundays, 9:00-9:45 in the Outreach Room
Class Description
In this 9-session class, the Rev. Anne Richards presents various foundational aspects of Christianity for class members to discuss. The goal of the class is to help members formulate their own working theology and to be able to put words to what they believe. This will be an informal, low-key group, based on conversation and reflection.
We will use various brief readings from such essayists, poets, and writers as C.S. Lewis, Dorothy Sayers, Simone Weil, Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, N.T. Wright, James Alison, Flannery O’Connor, Franz Wright, Jane Kenyon, William Stafford, and Wislawa Szymborska. We will also look at brief portions of Scripture.
Class Schedule
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Class # |
Date |
Topic |
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1 |
1.6.08 |
Christian anthropology: is there a Christian world view? |
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2 |
1.13.08 |
A new look at “The Fall”: what went wrong? |
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3 |
1.20.08 |
By the sweat of your brow: the Christian and work |
|
|
1.27.08 |
[No class] |
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4 |
2.3.08 |
Why do we need to be saved?: images of Jesus |
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5 |
2.10.08 |
Morality: is it about only sex? |
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6 |
2.17.08 |
The virtues: what are they and how do we acquire them? |
|
7 |
2.24.08 |
Why community: A look at the church |
|
8 |
3.2.08 |
Resurrection: why it can’t be just a metaphor |
|
9 |
3.9.08 |
A new look at the “end things”: death, judgment, and the Second Coming |
