Saturday, October 10, 2009
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The 2010 University of Chicago Ministry Conference is scheduled to take place on Friday, April 23rd.
More info coming soon!
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- Worship in Crisis
- Crisis surrounds us. Be it economic collapse, ecological endangerment, or personal trauma, communities of faith practice in the midst of great challenge. How should we worship in our time given the rhetoric and reality of crisis? Is worship capable of meeting our contemporary concerns? Worship in Crisis seeks to probe these questions with both theoretical and practical lenses. Focusing on the practice of Christian worship, the conference will bring together theologians, pastors, students, and laypersons to address the crises, however perceived, that confront communities of faith in our day and age. What is a worshipful response to crisis? What are the resources of worship to meet our situation and context? How might worship practices and liturgies shift to better respond to crisis? Does worship even make a difference in the crises that churn around us?
Speakers for the 2010 Ministry Conference
Siobhán Garrigan
Professor Garrigan is author of Beyond Ritual: Sacramental Theology after Habermas and a former Government of Ireland Humanities Scholar. Before coming to Yale, she taught religious studies at the Open University in Belfast and historical/systematic theology at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. Prior to teaching, she worked extensively with homeless people. She has coordinated numerous worship services for ecumenical and interfaith gatherings, and published several articles connecting worship, theology, and matters of social justice. Her new book, The Real Peace Process: Worship, Politics and the End of Sectarianism will come out in Spring, 2010. It is a constructive theological analysis of religious and political practices in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Also, stemming from her service as director of the ecumenical worship program in Marquand Chapel, where she has developed new methods for leading vibrant, participative worship, she co-edited Common Worship in Theological Education Today.
Professor Garrigan is author of Beyond Ritual: Sacramental Theology after Habermas and a former Government of Ireland Humanities Scholar. Before coming to Yale, she taught religious studies at the Open University in Belfast and historical/systematic theology at the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. Prior to teaching, she worked extensively with homeless people. She has coordinated numerous worship services for ecumenical and interfaith gatherings, and published several articles connecting worship, theology, and matters of social justice. Her new book, The Real Peace Process: Worship, Politics and the End of Sectarianism will come out in Spring, 2010. It is a constructive theological analysis of religious and political practices in Ireland and Northern Ireland. Also, stemming from her service as director of the ecumenical worship program in Marquand Chapel, where she has developed new methods for leading vibrant, participative worship, she co-edited Common Worship in Theological Education Today.
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