Imagination is the vital capacity to perceive and (re)conceive patterns of relation and possibility—and thus imagination is fundamental to the way the world is intelligible as a world. The overarching aim of this course is to explore and experiment with what Christian imaginations might be and how they might flourish. Given the life-encompassing scale of …
View course details “The Christian Imagination”
This course combines the riches of the biblical text with some of Yale’s greatest treasures. Each day will explore the concept of wonder through academic study and lively conversation about a biblical text. We will then enrich our learning about this theme each day with guided e-visits to one of Yale’s collections, led by world-class …
View course details “The Bible Through Art and Artifact III”
To live in the world, we have to imagine it—to make sense of things by seeing coherent wholes in underdetermined data. Christian theology is both a way of imagining the world and a challenge to our need and capacity to imagine. It helps us bring into view both the power and the risks of our …
View course details “The Theological Imagination”
This course explores theologies of creation, sometimes called “ecotheology,” via the now sizable body of literature concerned with the growing crises of human-induced climate destruction. As we ask how early twenty-first-century fiction can give us new eyes for both humanity and other creatures, we’ll sample the emotional and spiritual issues raised by these enormous, seemingly …
View course details “Climate Theology & Storytelling”
Why are dystopian novels, movies, and television series so wildly popular? After sitting in a theater watching a film about nuclear annihilation (cozily nestled between car and beer commercials), we walk into the light of day to face the “real” media-controlled world of diversion and distraction, of ever-regenerated images that never die. Why is our …
View course details “Apocalypse Now, Then, or Never? Why We Love Dystopian Stories”
The NBSC offers monthly workshops and training events for a small fee, and makes them available after the fact in their online event library.
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, …
View course details “Regent College Summer Programs (Starting in May, 2022)”