A Faculty Workshop – June 4-7, 2012

Christian Engagement with People of Other Faith Traditions

About the Workshop

Christians have always lived in a multi-religious world. But this fact has taken on a new face and generated new urgency in the twenty-first century. As technology shrinks the distances among globally diverse people, our graduates need to know how to bring a well-grounded, theologically-informed Christian faith to bear on these intersections so that they honor the authenticity of others' religious commitments without replacing vibrant Christian faith with vague spirituality, with relativism regarding central Christian truths, with a form of tolerance that discourages evangelism, or with crude, ineffective missionizing. Our graduates—and we ourselves—need theological, historical, perspectival, and communicative resources to navigate wisely in our world, anchored in (and not merely tethered to) Christian faith while knowing how to understand and conduct ourselves appropriately with those of other faiths.

Agenda

Participants will meet each morning from 9:00 A.M. – 12:30 P.M. for presentations and discussion and then will share lunch together. Each participant will be asked to design or revise course content or course pedagogy (an assignment, a unit, a recurring practice, or the like), design or revise learning activities outside the traditional classroom, or write a draft of an article that incorporates elements from the workshop.

Workshop Leaders

• Diane Obenchain
• Mwenda Ntarangwi
• Susan Felch

Apply by March 2, 2012

• Faculty and staff from all departments and divisions are invited to apply. 
• Submit an online application.

Benefits for Participation

• A $300 stipend will be paid for participation in the workshop and completion of a project.