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Mondays
September 18 through December 4, 2006
6:00 - 9:00pm
Carondelet Center
Two Centuries of Women’s Theological Creativity
This twelve-week seminar
is the short course in what Christian women theologians have claimed and created in the last two centuries. Come and learn about the exciting influence of women in church history, liberation and creation spiritualities,
and much more. Reflect on the tension between traditional faith and feminist
consciousness. Get ready to do something big!
Who Should Come?
What’s
Expected?
- weekly reading assignments
- short response papers
or artistic expressions
- one longer paper or
larger project
- transformative dialogue
Texts
Introducing Feminist Theology, Anne Clifford, CSJ
My Red Couch: And Other Stories on Seeking a Feminist Faith, Claire Bischoff &
Rachel Gaffron
An additional text of the participant's
choosing (see syllabus for recommended texts)
Sessions
September 18 What am I seeking?
September 25
Three Waves of Feminism
October 2
Women’s Theological Creativity
October 9
Feminist Biblical Hermeneutics
October 16 Feminist
Theology, Naming God, De- and Re-Constructing Theology
October 23 New
Images of Communion
October 30 Cosmology,
God, and Us
November 6 Ecofeminism
November 13 Women in Social Justice
Movements
November 20 Feminist Spiritualities,
God, Mary, and Her Sister Saints
November 27 Women As Healers
December 4 Presentations
of Participants
Instructors
Mary Bednarowski, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Religious
Studies at United Theological Seminary
Joan Mitchell, CSJ, Ph.D.
New Testament, Publisher, Good
Ground Press
With
Roseann Giguere, CSJ, MDiv.
Founding Director of Center for Spiritual
Guidance
Ansgar Holmberg, CSJ, MA in
Spirituality, Artist
Mary Kaye Medinger, MA in Catechetics
and Liturgy
Founding Director of
Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality
Jennifer Tacheny, MA in Pastoral
Ministry
Co-director of Celeste’s
Dream: Spirituality Center
for Young Adults
COST:
$360, plus the cost of books, for the 36-hour class (scholarships and payment plans available)
CREDIT:
CEU and credit options available
REGISTRATION:
Registration is now closed for this seminar.
LOCATION:
Carondelet Center - 1890
Randolph Ave, St. Paul, MN 55105
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