Posted on 07/23/2016 4:16:43 PM PDT by NRx
Episcopal Divinity School will cease to grant degrees at the end of the upcoming academic year, the seminarys board of trustees decided July 21 on a 11-4 vote. During the next year, the board will explore options for EDSs future, some of which were suggested by a specially convened Futures Task Force to make plans for EDSs future.
A school that has taken on racism, sexism, heterosexism, and multiple interlocking oppressions is now called to rethink its delivery of theological education in a new and changing world, said the Very Rev. Gary Hall 76, chairman of the board, in introducing the resolution. Ending unsustainable spending is a matter of social justice.
Translation: Having abandoned anything to do with orthodox Christianity, we find that we have made ourselves completely irrelevant. If we spin our theological and financial bankruptcy as a sign of our virtue, maybe we wont look so bad.
A sampling of courses from the current EDS catalogue:
HB CS 4152 Liberating Bible Interpretations, Antiracist, and White Identity: Approaches to Reading Scripture
What makes an interpretation of the Bible liberating? For whom? When? Where? We will explore how various stages of racial identity development and awareness present challenges to our reading of the texts and each other, in order to develop antiracist and other anti-oppression strategies for preaching and teaching from scripture. Critical Race Theory and Critical White Studies shall inform our primary focus on racial identity of white readers while also looking at other culturally dominant features of identity in the interpretive process of biblical texts. G
PT L 1420 Unleashing Our Voices: Voice, Identity, and Leadership
A course for the courageous, who wish to explore first-hand the liberatory [sic] and transformative power of their voices in community. Using the classroom community as a laboratory, the course will combine: (1) practical work on voice production and the body/mind/soul as human instrument with (2) in-class discussion and small team exploration of readings on voice, identity/community membership, and leadership. Voice work will include group exercises for freeing the body and voice, as well as individual work in front of the group using prepared spoken texts and/or sung pieces. Readings will be drawn from writings on the physical voice and voice as an element of social location from womanist, feminist, anti-white supremacist, and other anti-oppression perspectives. Participants will engage questions of voice and power in pastoral, liturgical, theological, educational, and spiritual contexts.
L 3020 Challenging the Liturgical Traditions, Postcolonial, and Queer Perspectives
A critical exploration of intersections between a cluster of contemporary theologiesfor example, feminist, queer, postcolonial, child theologyand liturgical theology and practice.
T PT 2165 Mission, Ministry, and Sacraments: Re-visioning the Church Inside-Out
This course seeks to construct a theology of the church the essential nature of which is its inside-turned-outness for the life of the world. In the light of this basic stance of a church as a peopleexternally focused and Gods- Reign orienteda theological re-visioning of the central elements of the churchs sacramental life, worship, wit- ness, and ministry is undertaken. A central question is how we can recover the basic calling of the church to be a sign and instrument of a God-intended alternative humanity and an agent of transformation in a world characterized by oppressive, exclusivist, and fragmenting forces. Faith-filled resistance, compassionate solidarity, and creative hope shall serve as significant categories in such a re-visioning. Participants will explore the practical and pastoral implications of such a re-visioning for the empowerment of local congregations as change agents.
T CS 1710 Feminist Theories and Theologizing
This course introduces the student to varieties of feminist and gender theories and theorists, e.g., liberal feminism, radical feminism, Marxist feminism, post-colonial feminism, womanist theorists, and Asian American feminism, in order to provide a theoretical foundation for theologizing on behalf of women. is course fulfills the feminist theory requirement for the MATS student concentrating in FLT. G
T 2010 Contemporary Christologies
Who is Jesus Christ for us today? is course will explore a number of contextual christologies, including the Black Christ, the feminist Christ, the womanist Christ, the Asian Christ, the Asian feminist Christ, the Latina Christ, the queer Christ, and the disabled Christ. is course will also explore the intersections of postcolonial and queer theory with contemporary christological reflection.
T 2160 Third World Feminist Theology
A critical study of the challenges and the contributions of ird World feminist theology to the theological discipline. The works of Mercy Amba Oduyoye, Elsa Tamez, Ivone Gebara, Chung Hyun Kyung, and Mary John Mananzan will be studied. G
T PT 2323 Spirituality of Healing
This course explores the spiritual foundations of healing, including mind and body connections, breaking the cycle of violence, and developing life-affirming spiritual practices. Particular emphasis will be on healing from internalized racism, homophobia, and other forms of structural oppression. There will be opportunities to study Chinese approaches to healing.
Gosh, I cannot imagine why they cant sustain enough interest among the faithful to stay open. Last year, EDSs president, an abortion rights activist and lesbian who married her partner at Bostons Episcopal cathedral, resigned. She once stood outside an abortion clinic and saying that abortion is a blessing.
If I were a billionaire, I would buy the EDS buildings in Cambridge, Mass., and turn them over to the Anglican Archbishop of Nigeria. After an exorcism, naturellement.
I Pray for your Soul and those you infect.
God Bless
CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH
THE MESSAGE OF FATIMA
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20000626_message-fatima_en.html
Still playing dodge ball.
I can’t think of anything less necessary than a liberal church or liberal seminary. People who believe like that can just as easily spend their time at a Democratic Party meeting.
I can’t think of anything less necessary than a liberal church or liberal seminary. People who believe like that can just as easily spend their time at a Democratic Party meeting.
heterosexism????The belief that normal sexuality is normal.
God made the world but Rev. Ragsdale made it better.
How did he know what the world would turn into?
I guess we can just wait to see how the One True Church and it’s Most High Leader reacts to Clintons VP choice being OK with tax money going to abortion on demand.
One would expect that members of the One True Church would be outraged and one would expect that Fatima would be sending our messages of condemnation but I’m not holding my breath. And I don’t think ealgeone is either but hopefully I’m wrong.
Now, normalcy is being degraded. That Isaiah quote is so spot on.
What religion is he?
Christian....a follower of Christ.
I am outraged.
You can’t be a Catholic and support abortion -— Period!
Is homosexuality punishment for something else...
the person or persons did?
21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became
futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools ...
24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie,and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creatorwho is forever praised.Amen.
26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32 Although they know Gods righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
Romans 1:1-27-31 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1%3A21-27&version=NIV
II Peter 2:2 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=II+Peter+2%3A2&version=NIV
Jude 1:4 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jude+1%3A4&version=NIV
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1&version=NIV
If we know it to be wrong and don’t say something...do we approve and deserve death?
Did Jesus approve the “Old Testament” laws? Yes.
Can he grant forgiveness? Yes.
How do we get forgiveness...Sinner on the Cross prayer?
Had Jesus’ covenant/Testament gone into effect before his death?...or after...his death?
Hebrews 9:16
For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
Hebrews 9:15-17 (in Context) Hebrews 9 (Whole Chapter) Other Translations
http://www.biblegateway.com/keyword/?search=death+of+the+testator&searchtype=phrase&version1=AKJV&language1=en&spanbegin=1&spanend=73
Men and brothers, what shall we do?
37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, Brothers, what shall we do?(AW)
38 Peter replied, Repent and be baptized,(AX) every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.(AY) And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.(AZ) 39 The promise is for you and your children(BA) and for all who are far off(BB)for all whom the Lord our God will call.
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%202&version=NIV
Can the U.S.A be “saved” ?
*2 Chronicles 7:14
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2+Chronicles+7%3A14+&version=NIV
When will the rcc kick out those elected Catholic officials who are dims?
I once attended an Episcopal service. A black man delivered the sermon which was nothing but 45 minutes of white privilege sh!t. This was 25+ years ago.
The Episcopal faith is just a toned down version of the cult of Mary church. Rubbish, both.
Hope they dont forget to write “Ichadod “the door as they leave.
Nothing "new" is revealed in "private revelation" that is necessary for salvation.
Of the thousands of reported Maran visions/messages over the centuries, for instance, only about eleven have received approval from the relevant Vatican offices, and that is simply the outcome of investigation which has, to the best of anybody's ability, ruled out fraud, psychosis, or other natural causes.
Nobody --- not even the personal recipient of a reputed "private revelation" --- is obliged de fide to believe in a private revelation.
And it's considered "private" even if it was seen by 70,000 people, as at the "Miracle of the Sun" at Fatima, Portugal in 1917
You're welcome.
Think about what you just wrote. Do you see what you're saying?
Fatima the Miracle of the Sun. Sermon on the Fact of this Miracle.
Those who reject Fact Reject Truth, Those that Reject Truth Reject God.
Seek the Truth for the Truth Shall Set You Free!
http://www.romans10seventeen.org/audio-files/20120513-Fatima-The-Miracle-of-the-Sun.mp3
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