The course will address the challenges of slavery, racism, and reparation in The Episcopal Church through careful engagement with the Christian scriptures. Starting with the complicated biblical witness on slavery, the course will consider what we should do with the positive use of the language of enslavement that appears in both the scriptures and the BCP. The course will draw direct links between the biblical treatment of slavery and modern affirmation of it in the Anglican and Episcopal Churches and will discuss the interpretive approaches available for rejecting the language and paradigms of slavery. The course will also consider biblical texts linked to racism and address interpretive approaches oriented around anti-racism. Finally, students will consider the biblical witness on making amends for corporate sins and the sins of previous generations, and discuss how these biblical imperatives relate to modern reparations movements.
Instructor: Dr. Jolyon G. R. Pruszinski
Day/Time: Fridays, 1:00p-2:15p Eastern
Dates: February 7-April 11
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Thriving in Bi-Vocational Ministry (from the Iona Collaborative at Seminary of the Southwest)
Thriving in Bi-Vocational Ministry is the continuing education program offered by the Iona Collaborative. It provides pastoral leaders with safe, collaborative cohorts in which to learn, develop, or hone practical skills for ministry. Regular offerings include topics in preaching, pastoral care, Biblical interpretation, church administration, and spiritual formation.
Participants are integrated into peer learning communities where difficulties can be processed, successes celebrated, and experiences and resources can be shared. Iona cohorts provide participants with the techniques and supportive relationships they need to develop their competency, confidence, and stamina for ministry.
About the Instructor
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Dr. Pruszinski is the author of "An Ecology of Scriptures" (2021) and co-editor of "Jesus Research: The Gospel of John in Historical Inquiry" (2019) and "Cyprus within the Biblical World" (2021). His research investigates the role of space in Jewish and Christian religious texts, and the role of race and racism in American Anglicanism. He received his A.B. from Dartmouth College in Geography in 2000, and an M.Div. and doctorate in New Testament from Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) in 2014 and 2019 respectively. He serves as a Lecturer in the Department of Religion at Princeton University, as an adjunct professor at NYU and PTS, and is the Consulting Historian for the Reparations Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of New Jersey (https://dionj-racialjusticereview.blogspot.com).