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John Dominic Crossan in AustraliaTuesday, August 31, 2010 at 10:30 AM (GMT+1000)Melbourne, Victoria |
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Event Details
Esteemed progressive biblical scholar, John Dominic Crossan, makes a one-stop-only visit to Australia for four very special events in late August and early September.
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Dom's events in Australia will address three primary questions....
1) What does it mean that, before Jesus ever existed, there was already a human being in that Mediterranean world whose titles were Divine, Son of God, God Incarnate, and God from God? 2) What is the difference in content when Caesar and Christ are both proclaimed as "Saviour of the World"--if we have only one world, why two Saviours? 3) Finally, and climactically, is the God of the Christian Bible violent or non-violent? And, if both, do we conflate those twin visions or--and how--do we decide between them?
Biography
John Dominic Crossan was born in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, in 1934. He was educated in Ireland and the United States, received a Doctorate of Divinity from Maynooth College, Ireland, in 1959, and did post-doctoral research at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome from 1959 to 1961 and at the École Biblique in Jerusalem from 1965 to 1967. He was a member of a thirteenth-century Roman Catholic religious order, the Servites (Ordo Servorum Mariae), from 1950 to 1969 and an ordained priest from 1957 to 1969. He joined DePaul University, Chicago, in 1969 and remained there until 1995. He is now a Professor Emeritus in its Department of Religious Studies.
He was Co-Chair of the Jesus Seminar from 1985 to 1996 as it met in twice-annual meetings to debate the historicity of the life of Jesus in the gospels. He was Chair of the Parables Seminar in 1972-76, Editor of Semeia. An Experimental Journal for Biblical Criticism in 1980-86, and Chair of the Historical Jesus Section in 1993-1998, within the Society of Biblical Literature, an international scholarly association for biblical study based in the United States.
He has received awards for scholarly excellence from the American Academy of Religion in 1989, DePaul University in 1991 and 1995, and an honorary doctorate from Stetson University, DeLand, FL, in 2003.
Marcus Borg and Dom Crossan have co-authored a series of books with HarperOne, San Francisco: "The Last Week: A Day by Day Account of Jesus’s Final Week in Jerusalem" (2006); "The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach about the Birth of Jesus" (2007); and "The First Paul: Reclaiming the Radical Visionary behind the Church’s Conservative Icon" (2009).
Dom's newest book "The Greatest Prayer: Rediscovering the Revolutionary Message of the Lord's Prayer" will be released in September 2010.
In Melbourne he will deliver a series of three day lectures and one major evening lecture. The details are as follows:
Day Lectures: Rydges on Swanston - 701 Swanston Street Carlton, VICTORIA 3053
Tuesday, August 31
Theme: The World of Jesus & Paul
Lecture 1 (10:30-12:00pm) Jewish Covenantal Justice
Lecture 2 (1:00-2:30pm) Roman Imperial Theology
Lecture 3 (3:00-4:30pm) The Power of Parable
Wednesday, September 1
Theme: Jesus & the Kingdom of God
Lecture 4 (10:30-12:00pm) The Life of Jesus
Lecture 5 (1:00-2:30pm) The Death of Jesus
Lecture 6 3:00-4:30pm) The Resurrection of Jesus
Thursday, September 2
Theme: Paul & the Lordship of Christ
Lecture 7 (10:30-12:00pm) Luke & the Life of Paul
Lecture 8 (1:00-2:30pm) Justice & the God of Paul
Lecture 9 (3:00-4:30pm) Gender & the Legacy of Paul
Major Evening Lecture: Arrow on Swanston - 488 Swanston Street, Carlton, VICTORIA 3053
Friday, September 3:
Public Lecture: 7:30pm “Divine Violence in the Christian Bible.”
When & Where
Rydges on Swanston (Day Lectures) and Arrow on Swanston (Major Evening Lecture)
701 (Rydges) and 488 (Arrow) Swanston Street
Melbourne,
Victoria
Australia
Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 10:30 AM (GMT+1000)
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Purposes of the Preogressive Christian Network of Victoria:
- Promote progressive Christian thought and practice.
- Explore the implications of critical biblical scholarship and the emerging proposals of eminent contemporary theologians, scholars and others.
- Explore alternatives to traditional religious beliefs and practices and new ways to understand religious faith.
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- Provide opportunities for sharing experience, knowledge andresources among members and other interested persons
- Organise seminars, colloquiums and discussions
- Coordinate and promote speaking tours by eminent international and Australian thinkers and teachers
- Encourage Australian scholars, theologians and others to conduct research, write, speak and teach on aspects ofprogressive Christian thought and practice and
- Interact with kindred bodies at the national and international level to pursue common aims