A Lecture/Workshop Weekend
with Marcus Borg
January 22 & 23, 2010
Lecture - January 22, 2010
Speaking Christian: A Misunderstood Language
7
:30 – 9:00pm, reception to follow
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
$15 general, $5 Students, No Charge to Diocesan Clergy
Workshop - January 23, 2010
Speaking Christian: Recovering Christian Language
9:00am – Noon, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral - Kempton Hall
$35 general, $25 Trinity members, $5 Students No charge to Diocesan Clergy
Being Christian includes "speaking Christian" - knowing and
understanding the meaning of words central to Christianity. Yet
Christian language is unfamiliar to some and misunderstood by many in
our time, including "big" words like God, salvation, redemption,
repentance, sacrifice, eternal life, and collections of words like the
creed. Re-claiming, redeeming, Christian language matters.Join
internationally-known historical Jesus scholar Marcus Borg in this for
this vital and informative lecture/workshop weekend at the Center.
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Speaker Bio
Marcus J. Borg is Canon Theologian at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland, OR. Internationally known in both academic and church circles as a biblical and Jesus scholar, he was Hundere Chair of Religion and Culture in the Philosophy Department at Oregon State University until his retirement in 2007.
He is the author of eighteen books, including Jesus: A New Vision (1987) and the best-seller Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time (1994); The God We Never Knew (1997); The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (1999); Reading the Bible Again for the First Time (2001), and The Heart of Christianity (2003), both best-sellers. His newest books are Jesus: Uncovering the Life, Teachings and Relevance of a Religious Revolutionary (2006), a New York Times Best-Seller; Conversations with Scripture: Mark (2009), and three books co-authored with John Dominic Crossan, The Last Week (2006), The First Christmas (2007), and The First Paul (2009).