Sacred Arts in a Pluralistic Society: An Inter-Religious Conference

Vancouver School Of Theology

Vancouver School of Theology Attend in person or via Zoom Access recordings through June 30 The creative visual, musical, literary, and performing arts help shape ideas and beliefs. Sometimes, art can communicate more quickly, powerfully, and universally than words can. Within spiritual traditions, arts express stories, attitudes, and emotions. Teachers use arts to introduce their …
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Reading Poetry Devotionally: How Poems Nurture Our Spiritual Lives

Yale Divinity School

The poet Dana Gioia once asked in a book of this title, “Can Poetry Matter?” That question of course begs another question: matter in what ways? We may read poetry for any number of reasons, but this class considers how poetry nurtures, and enriches, our spiritual lives. By our close reading of poems together from …
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Christian Poetics

Regent College

Christian Poetics is an exploration of literary aesthetics, delving into what defines the nature and quality of literature. While this is primarily a course in literary criticism, students of art, literature, and culture will delight in discovering the interplay between form and function in the works of classical and Christian thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, …
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The Holy Spirit & the Arts

Regent College

For centuries many have perceived a strong bond between the work of the Spirit and artistic creativity. Talk of inspiration, spirituality, and the life of the spirit abounds when the arts are in view. This course asks why this might be so. What is it about the arts that lends themselves so easily to “spirit-talk”, …
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Reading as a Spiritual Practice

Regent College

How we read may matter as much as what we read. What can we learn from the tradition about how to read the Bible spiritually? In this course, we will look in particular at Dorothy L. Sayers’s way of reading. Raised by an Anglican priest, Sayers was well-versed in the tradition’s way of reading Scripture. …
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Academy for Biblical Storytelling

Network of Biblical Storytellers International (USA)

Performance and Teaching The NBSI Academy for Biblical Storytelling (ABS) provides you with support and training in both the performance and teaching of biblical stories. ABS encourages you to find your individual style as well as appreciate the stories in the form they’ve been “traditioned” to us. The ultimate goal is to send you out …
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Biblical Storytelling Worshops

Network of Biblical Storytellers Canada

The NBSC offers monthly workshops and training events for a small fee, and makes them available after the fact in their online event library.

Regent College Summer Programs (Starting in May, 2022)

Regent College

Our exciting Summer 2022 lineup is packed with in-depth courses on Scripture, theology, arts, ministry, justice, history, and society. Check out our full timetable for Summer Programs 2022 below and stay updated by signing up for our monthly newsletter at rgnt.net/subscribe. You can also download our full Summer 2022 Brochure . Summer Programs course registration opens Wednesday, February 16, …
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