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The study tour, “Places, People, and Prayers,” offers you a rich and multi-faceted introduction to the land, which has been home—and holy—to Jews, Christians, and Muslims alike for thousands of years. Day by day we will visit important biblical sites: Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Hebron, Beersheba, Masada, the Dead Sea, Nazareth, Capernaum, the Sea of Galilee, and more. And we will relive the story of Jesus as we walk the land that Jesus walked. But there is much more to the Holy Land than ancient stones. We will engage in regular People to People Conversations, putting us in touch with the many and varied voices of the Holy Land: Christians, Jews, and Muslims; Israelis and Palestinians. Through it all we will join our voices in prayer. Regular times of reflection, a daily service of Evening Prayers, a Shabbat service in a synagogue, and Sunday worship with Palestinian Christians will nourish our spirits along the way. Our tour will end with a retreat in Tiberias, on the shore of the Sea of Galilee.
CM 615 Intercultural Discipleship (3 SH)
CM 621 Evangelism: Living to Tell (3 SH)
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In this course we will explore the inter-related nature of racial, religious, and national categories of Identity. We will enhance our understanding of race, nation, and religion through engaging histories of cross-racial, cross-national, and cross-religious encounters in North America. In our efforts to understand the braided realities of these categories of identity, we will use a socio-historical approach while keeping the present in mind. Our purpose is to discover ways that racial, religious, and national histories haunt our lives, churches, and communities in the present.
CM 674 Learning from the Margins: A Spirituality of Individuals with Disabilities
This seminar includes leaning from individuals with disabilities and interaction with scripture and various texts dealing with disability and theology. Emphasis will be placed on attending to one's own reactions and responses through reflection and journal entries and engagement in group discussion. Special attention will be paid to different cultural responses to people with disabilities, responding to societal systems and structures which undervalue people with disabilities, and development of a personal theology and practice which includes people with disabilities in personal, congregational and community life.
CM 724 Racial Healing and the Blue-Eyed Soul (3 SH)
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