A Platinum Select Journey Italy: Biblical Backgrounds, Christian Origins and Cultural Heritage departing 30 April 2019 $3,824 from New York City or Boston (ask about domestic travel arrangements from your preferred departure city) 3 Day Elective Renaissance Italy—Assisi, Siena and Florence $1,228 Returning 12 May 2019 While enjoying the beauty of the Italian countryside and …
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Sunday 12 May 2019 –Friday 17 May 2019 How have poets working in English responded to the promise and threat of Rome? In the more than thousand years since St Helena’s hagiographer Cynewulf described Rome as burg enta, “city of giants,” the English tradition has both kept a wary eye on Rome and made it a …
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Sunday 9 June 2019 – Friday 14 June 2019 This course argues for the foundational role of the women leaders and martyrs of the Church in Rome. It will examine classical conceptions of gender and the rights of women in the Roman Empire, before situating early Christianity within Its social and cultural context. We will …
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CELTIC SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE A SPIRITUAL FORMATION ELECTIVE* Dates June 16, 7:00 p.m.- June 19, 12:15 p.m., 2019 Overview The Celts held two books sacred in their understanding fo the Divine – The Holy Scriptures and theBook of Nature. While the Celts found God in the natural world, they did not romanticize nature but …
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CELTIC SPIRITUALITY IN NATURE A SPIRITUAL FORMATION ELECTIVE* Dates June 16, 7:00 p.m.- June 19, 12:15 p.m., 2019 Overview The Celts held two books sacred in their understanding fo the Divine – The Holy Scriptures and theBook of Nature. While the Celts found God in the natural world, they did not romanticize nature but …
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