BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//141.193.213.20//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.26.9// CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-FROM-URL:https://utsnyc.edu X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RDATE:20241103T020000 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RDATE:20250309T020000 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-19084@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:
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Introduction
\nPart III: Naming Jane Crow
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V: A Chance to Lead
\nPart VI: To Teach\, To Preach
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More than three decades after her death\, the activist\, lawyer\, and Episcopal priest Pauli Murray remains one of the most compelling and e nigmatic figures in Black intellectual history. In addition to playing a p ivotal role in both the civil rights and women’s movement\, her experience s of being non-binary in race and gender expressed a complex identity.
\nThrough this 1-credit\, two-day course\, the Very Rev. D
r. Kelly Brown Douglas invites students and community members to explore P
auli Murray’s legacy in light of where the country and church are today. F
eatured speakers who will join Dean Douglas over the two days include\, Dr. Sarah Azaransky\, Associate Professor of Social Ethics\, Union Theological Seminary\; Rev. Patrick Cheng\, Theologian-in-Reside
nce\, St. Thomas Church Fifth Avenue\; Rev. Kim Jackson<
/strong>\, Georga State Senator and Episcop[al Priest\; Dr. Anthon
y Pinn\, Agnes Cullen Arnold Professo
r of Humanities\, Rice University\;
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Bio: < br />\nThe Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas was named Dean of the Epi scopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Theo logy at Union in September 2017. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology in November 2019.
\nShe also serves as the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral and Theologian in Residence at Trinity Church Wall Street. Prior to Union\, Dean Douglas served as Professor of Religion at Go ucher College where she held the Susan D. Morgan Professorship of Religion and is now Professor Emeritus. Before Goucher\, she was Associate Profes sor of Theology at Howard University School of Divinity (1987-2001) and As sistant Professor of Religion at Edward Waters College (1986-1987).
\nOrdained as an Episcopal priest in 1983\, Dean Douglas holds a master’s degree in theology and a Ph.D. in systematic theology from Union. Dean Douglas is the author of many article s and five books\, including Se xuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective and Stan d Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God. Her academic work has focused on womanist theology\ , sexuality and the black church.
\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210409 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210411 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Why Pauli Murray Matters URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/why-pauli-murray-matters/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Sho t-2020-11-16-at-1.24.01-PM-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsny c.edu/wp-content/uploads/Screen-Shot-2020-11-16-at-1.24.01-PM.png\;378\;46 8\; X-COST:Sold Out END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-22084@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:In Tibetan Buddhism\, especial ly in the Nyingma and Kagyu Schools\, there is a great deal of emphasis on working with the environment\, the elements\, and the phenomenal world. A s a practice\, philosophy\, or religious practice\, the Four Karmas (Pacif ying\, Enriching\, Magnetizing\, and Destroying) refer both to esoteric el emental practices and practical ways of working with our own minds\, as we ll as with difficult interpersonal\, individual\, and structural challenge s. How do we apply that to our contemporary moment when we are dealing wit h a resurgence and intensification of anti-Black violence and racism\, the continuance of Indigenous dispossession\, and the stronghold of patriarch y and misogyny finally being challenged in a genuine way? This introductor y course will combine tantric Buddhist wisdom with undoing interlocking st ructural oppressions. It will focus on sitting meditation instruction (sha matha)\, walking meditation\, discussion groups\, short readings\, and lig ht physical movement.
\nThis course is one in a series of courses of fered as part of Thich Nhat Hanh Program for Engaged Buddhism.
\nD r. Shanté Paradigm Smalls is a student\, practitioner\, and teacher in the Tantric (Vajrayana) Buddhist tradition. Shanté began studying and practic ing Buddhism at age 17 and has practiced in Zen\, Sokka Gakkai Internation al\, Shambhala\, and Bhumisparsha communities. Shanté trained from 2009 to 2015 as a teacher and was authorized to teach meditation and buddhadharma in 2015. Shanté is focused on the healing impact of meditation in Black & Indigenous communities\, People of Color communities\, LGBTQ+ communities \, and incarcerated and recovery communities. Shanté is a Teacher on the L iberate App and teaches regularly on Weekly Dharma Gathering Online which they co-founded and curate.
\nShanté’s root guru is The Kongma Sakyo ng\, Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche*. Shanté is currently studying with Lama Rod O wens and Lama Justin von Budjoss co-founders of Bhumisparsha and Karla Jac kson-Brewer\, Sangha Leader at NY Tara Mandala.
\n*NB: In 2018\, cre dible allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse were revealed against Sak yong Mipham Rinpoche\, to read more about this: https://bit.ly/32RqR5R.
\nTickets: https://my union.utsnyc.edu/skillful-means.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220211 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220213 LOCATION:Online Course SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Skillful Means: Working with Interpersonal & Structural Conflict URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/skillful-means-working-with-interpersonal-stru ctural-conflict/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Shante-Sma lls-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/upload s/Shante-Smalls.png\;387\;474\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/skillful-means END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-22085@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:This course w ill explore the implications of the geological discoveries of “deep time” and Earth’s history of climate change for contemporary Theology and Minist ry. Using insights from Marcia Bjornerud’s Timefulness: How Thinking L ike a Geologist Can Help Save the World\, we’ll explore environmental and social problems aggravated by pervasive “time illiteracy” in contempo rary culture and thought. We will connect biblical and geological notions of time by setting the Earth’s story and the biblical story within the lar ger context of the contemporary scientific story of an evolving Universe S tory. Using the work of Thomas Berry and “the New Story\,” we’ll explore b iblical themes of Wonder\, Joy\, Brokenness and Healing to offer new insig hts and approaches to contemporary theology and ministry.
\nDan Spencer is profe ssor of environmental studies and has taught at the University of Montana since 2002. He received his M.Div. ’83 and his PhD. ’94 from Union Theolog ical Seminary\, and served for eight years on Union’s Alumni Board. A chil d of the West\, Spencer has also spent significant time overseas working o n human rights and social change issues\, and is particularly passionate a bout three primary areas of interest that inform his teaching and research : community participation in ecological restoration\, environmental and so cial justice issues connected to economic globalization\, and the intersec tion of religion\, ecology\, and environmental ethics. He has helped place graduate students in field sites in Central America with diverse nongover nmental organizations working on issues of environmental sustainability\, social justice\, and sustainable agriculture.
\nIn recent years he h as taken several classes to Vietnam to look at the intersection of climate change and social-economic development in SE Asia. He works with the Youn g Southeast Asia Leadership Institute through the Mansfield Center at the University of Montana\, bringing YSEALI fellows from 11 ASEAN nations to M ontana and Washington DC. Recently he has been using his training in geolo gy to examine ethical issues related to deep time\, species extinctions\, and climate change. Spencer loves thinking\, writing about\, and engaging ethical issues at the intersection of ecological sustainability and social justice.
\nSpencer is the author of Gay and Gaia: Ethics\, Ecology and the Erotic (Pilgrim\, 1996)\, and co-author of Earth Ethics: A Case Study Approach\, that contains nine contemporary case studies in environmental issu es and ecological justice. He offers graduate study examining how diverse religious traditions are responding to the environmental crisis and what r esources religion and spirituality can offer toward a constructive respons e. Spencer remains active in the Religion and Ecology section of the American Academy of Religion.
\nSpencer h as served on the international Board for the Society for Ecological Restoration\, the Missoula Open Space Advisory Committee and the Wild Rockies Field Insti tute. He has deep interest in community involvement in ecological rest oration\, and is active in several local and regional environmental groups \, including the Clark Fork Coalition< /a>\, Five Valleys Land Trust\, the Montana Wilderness Association\, an d Wilderness Watch.
\nTickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/deep-time-climat e-change.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220218 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220220 LOCATION:Online Course SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Deep Time\, Climate Change\, and the Universe Story: Implications f or Theology and Ministry URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/deep-time-climate-change/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Dan-Spence r-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/ Dan-Spencer.png\;364\;443\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/deep-time-climate-change END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-22087@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Mu ch work has been done to engage the way that spiritual formation impacts m inistry work through chaplaincy. In Buddhist chaplaincy\, much of the conv ersation has been advanced through various Zen-based lineages. But what of vajrayana\, or tantric Buddhism? How do the unique expressions of this ri ch and dynamic Buddhist tradition inform chaplaincy and care-giving?
\nThis one credit class offers the ground through which participants can explore how tantric Buddhist spiritual formation and practice narratives p rovide a powerful basis and point of departure for chaplaincy work in hosp ice settings as well as within the context of working with a variety of po pulations in correctional settings. We will also explore and unpack a mode l for approaching the end-of-life and the transition into post-death exper iences of consciousness attributed to the great Tibetan yogi\, Milarepa th rough the lens of engaged meaning-making.
\nThis course is one in a series of courses offered as part of Thich Nhat Hanh Program for Engaged Buddhism .
\nJustin von Bujdoss is an American Buddhist teacher and the Staff Chaplain for New York City Department of Correction where he als o serves as Executive Director of Chaplaincy and Staff Wellness. He was or dained as a Repa (lay tantric yogin) in the Karma Kamstang tradition of Ti betan Buddhism by His Eminence Goshir Gyaltsab and given the name Repa Dor je Odzer. Justin is authorized to transmit this lineage and is committed t o the development of the Repa tradition and engaged dharma practice in the West.
\nTickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/tantric-b uddhist.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220401 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220403 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Tantric Buddhist Spiritual Formation and Engaged Chaplaincy: Meanin g-making in Hospice and Correctional Settings URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/tantric-buddhist/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Justin-von -Bujdoss-1-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content /uploads/Justin-von-Bujdoss-1.png\;367\;439\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/tantric-buddhist END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-22089@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Africa-American Harlem Renaissance writer and poet\, Zora Neal Hurston wro te “black women are the mules of the earth.” For some\, black trans women are historically and theologically situated somewhere between Howard Thurm an’s notion of “the disinherited” and Franz Fanon’s notion of “the wretche d of the earth.” In a contemporary context\, transgender\, lesbian\, bisex ual\, and gay African-American persons must overcome complex challenges to establish and secure welcoming and nourishing communities. Even when conn ected with multiple social groups\, membership in these groups is highly c onditional and tenuous. Constant marginalization sustains the community’s burdens of stigma\, violence\, housing insecurity\, and extremely high HIV infection rates. One response to marginalization has been the formation o f self-sustaining social networks and cultural groups\, such as the House | Ballroom scene\, a Black/Latino LGBT artistic collective and intentional kinship system that has grown over the past 50 years with its roots in th e Harlem Renaissance. We will explore the history of the House | Ballroom community as a Black Trans-Womanist theological discourse\, a freedom move ment\, and its spiritual formation responses to race\, class\, sexuality\, and gender oppression. We’ll explore the use of the art of performance as a hermeneutics of the body\, then situate its history in mobilizing as a resistance\, while placing this resistance in conversation with other hist orical struggles.
\nFulfills concentration requirement for Religion and the Black Experience students.
\nMichael Roberson is a public heal th practitioner\, advocate\, activist\, artist\, curator\, and leader with in the LGBTQ community. He is the co-creator of the nation’s only Black Ga y Research group and National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition\, as well as an Adjunct Professor at The New School University/Lang College NYC\, a nd Union Theological Seminary NYC. He is an international art and politics consultant and a member of the international sound art collective entitle d “Ultra-red.” Michael scholar in residence for the Center for Race\, Reli gion\, and Economic Democracy\, as well as recent TED Media Resident\, whe re he performed a global TED talk about the underground Black/Latinx House /ball ballroom community\, entitled “The enduring legacy of bal lroom” For Black History Month 2021\, Michael co-authored an article i n Time Magazine titled “Why Voguing and the Ballroom Scene Matt er Now More than Ever.” Michael also serves as a cultural consultant for the Pose FX television show. Additionally\, he is a public health advi sor and community engagement specialist for the NYC COVID-19 contract trac ing initiative.
\nTickets: https://myunio n.utsnyc.edu/trans-sounds-of-black-freedom.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220408 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220410 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Trans Sounds of Black Freedom URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/the-trans-sounds-of-black-freedom/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Michael-Ro berson-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/upl oads/Michael-Roberson.png\;381\;483\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/trans-sounds-of-black-freedom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-22778@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Instructors: Dr. James Gil
ligan\, Dr. Bandy Lee\, and Dr. James Vrettos (all Visiting Professors at
Union Theological Seminary)
\nDate: May 6\, 1-6pm ET
| May 7\, 9am-5pm ET
\nFormat: This two-day inten
sive course will be held online\, through synchronous sessions. Registrant
s are expected to attend full-time\, for both days.
One of the earliest moral teachings of Judaism wa s “Thou shalt not kill.” And the main iconic symbol of Christianity is a cross\, the means of perpetrating one of the cruelest forms of murder ever invented. Clearly\, violence has been a central issue for major world re ligions throughout history. While the task of preventing violence has tra ditionally been delegated to the criminal justice and political systems\, we believe that the task of understanding and preventing violence can only be successful when it is understood as a religious\, spiritual\, and huma nitarian vocation. This includes involving religious leaders\, creative t hinkers and artists\, and progressive social movements. In this course\, we will examine how recent advances in the human sciences have achieved a revolutionary breakthrough in our understanding of the biological\, psycho logical\, and social causes and prevention of violence. But they have als o shown us that achieving that goal is only possible when we recognize tha t people consist not merely of body and mind (soma and psyche) but also of spirit (pneuma)\, as St. Paul recognized. And that love\, the essential motive of non-violence\, can only be successful in pr eventing violence when it is not merely erotic (eros) or interperso nal (philia)\, but also transpersonal and universal (agape).
\nLearning how to recognize and overcome the obstacles impeding peo ple from realizing their full human potential (pneuma and agape< /i>)\, so that they will revere life rather than death\, will be the main goal of this course. Students will be expected to read chapters (4 and 7) from Lee’s Violence: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Causes\, Consequ ences\, and Cures (Wiley Blackwell\, 2019) and Gilligan’s and Vrettos’ “Violence\, Morality\, and Religion\,” Tikkun\, 33(4):49-61\, Fall 2018.
\nGuest speakers will include: Lisa Sharon Harper (social justice author and advocate)\, Dr. Carl Hart (Ziff Professor of Psychology in the Departments of Psychology and P sychiatry\, Columbia University)\; Dr. Susannah Heschel (Eli M. Black Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies\, Dartmouth College)\; and Dr. Jeffrey Sachs (Direct or of the Center for Sustainable Development and University Professor\, Co lumbia University).
\nTickets: https://myuni on.utsnyc.edu/rethinking-violence.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220506 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220508 LOCATION:Zoom Webinar SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Rethinking Violence: The Role of Religion\, Spirituality\, and Crea tivity URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/rethinking-violence/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/170127_sto nework-182-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content /uploads/170127_stonework-182-scaled.jpg\;1707\;2560\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/rethinking-violence END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-23468@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa SImon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:In a retreat-like f ormat\, this course explores Thunder: Perfect Mind as a resource for spiri tual and contemplative practice. Thunder is an ancient Nag Hamadi text\, a non-dual self-proclamation of identities written and performed primarily in a divine mostly female and queer voice. Making space for prayer\, medit ation\, silence\, chanting\, text study\, spiritual reflection\, spiritual guidance\, and performance\, students engage spiritual exercises with Thu nder as a way to deepen their spiritual contemplative practice.
\nHal Taussig recently retired as Professor of New Testament at Union Theol ogical Seminary in New York. He lectures around the country and world. The editor of the award-winning A New New Testament (2013)\, United Methodist minister\, and author of fourteen books\, his mediography includes The Ne w York Times\, Time Magazine\, The Daily Show\, People Magazine\, Newsweek Magazine\, National Public Radio\, the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC\, the Bo b Edwards Show on Sirius Radio\, The History Channel\, and the Washington Post.http://www.haltaussig.org/
\nDr. Su Yon Pak is the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean at Union Theologic al Seminary. Prior to her current position\, she was the Dean and Associat e Professor of Integrative and Field-Based Education and was responsible f or the curricular and co-curricular work field education\, chaplaincy conc entration\, clinical pastoral education\, life-long learning\, ministerial formation\, and combined courses inside Bedford Hills Correctional Facili ty. She also held the positions of Vice President for Institutional Advanc ement\, and the Associate Dean for Student Life/ Director of Recruitment a t Union. She is a spiritual director grounded in contemplative traditions.
\nDTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220916 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220918 GEO:+40.811238;-73.9619 LOCATION:Union Theological Seminary @ 3041 Broadway\, New York\, NY 10027\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Thunder Exercises for Contemporary Spiritual Life URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/thunder-exercises-for-contemporary-spiritual-l ife/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Buechner-I G-1-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/upload s/Buechner-IG-1.png\;1000\;1200\; X-COST:$150.00 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-23472@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:
How do you speak of the just ice of God amidst unjust human suffering and oppression? This core dilemma in the book of Job is also the central theme of liberation theology. Gust avo Gutierrez\, the pioneer of Latin American liberation theology\, writes that “the innocence that Job vigorously claims for himself helps [us] to understand the innocence of an oppressed and believing people amid the sit uation of suffering and death that has been forced upon it.” Through caref ul examination of Gutierrez’s “On Job: God-Talk the Suffering of the Innoc ent”\, this course examines how Latin American liberation theology respond s to the predicament of speaking of a just God in the face of human suffer ing with special attention to the practice of ministry in an unjust world.
\n\n< h4>About Kelly Brown Douglas\nThe Very Reverend D r. Kelly Brown Douglas was named Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Theology at Union in September 2017. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology in Nove mber 2019. She also serves as the Canon Theologian at the Washington Nati onal Cathedral and Theologian in Residence at Trinity Church Wall Street.< /p>\n
Dean Douglas’ academic work has focused on womanist theology\, Bla ck theology\, sexuality and the Black church\, and racial and social justi ce. Prior to EDS at Union\, she served as Professor of Religion at Goucher College where she held the Susan D. Morgan Professorship of Religion and is now Professor Emeritus. Before Goucher\, she was Associate Professor o f Theology at Howard University School of Divinity (1987-2001) and Assista nt Professor of Religion at Edward Waters College (1986-1987). Read more.
\n< p>Tickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/gustavo-gutierrez- a>. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221007 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221009 LOCATION:Online - Zoom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Gustavo Gutierrez and the Problem of Human Suffering URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/gustavo-gutierrez-and-the-problem-of-human-suf fering/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kelly-ISO- cropped-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/up loads/Kelly-ISO-cropped.jpg\;694\;694\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/gustavo-gutierrez- END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-23473@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Struggle is both a personal and universal reality of human life and always present in theological\, philos ophical and sociological literature. Human beings often wish to avoid stru ggle and yet it is during times of struggle that we become\, we grow and w e find deeper purpose in life. This course will explore the topic of strug gle through the writings of celebrated Christian and Muslim scholars\, inc luding Dietrich Bonhoeffer\, Syed Qutb\, Abu Hamid al-Ghazali and Rainer M aria Rilke. Their writings reflect how their faith inspired them to rethin k the universal themes of love\, loss\, the crisis of faith and personal s alvation. They suffered from doubts and adversity but their faith and ques t for God gave their lives hope and meaning.
\n\nTickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/faith-and-human-struggle.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221014 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221016 LOCATION:Online Course SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Faith and Human Struggle: Christian and Muslim Perspectives URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/faith-and-human-struggle-christian-and-muslim- perspectives/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/mona_siddi qui-150x150.gif\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/upload s/mona_siddiqui.gif\;720\;320\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/faith-and-human-struggle END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-23469@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:How can we ha rness imagination in traditions that radically emphasize present moment aw areness? How can teachings of interdependence provide a basis for a deep s ense of always being supported while constantly challenging us to be aware of oppressive systems and harmful patterns in which we live? These questi ons are addressed in Vasubandhu’s seminal Yogacara Buddhist text\, “Treati se on Three Natures”. Yogacara Buddhist teachings clearly show how the pat h to liberation from collective causes of suffering such as patriarchy\, r acism\, and climate change\, are inseparable from the personal\, momentary \, experience of our lives. This course is structured around the “Treatise on Three Natures” and balances teaching\, dialogue\, and meditation to ma ke space for integrated learning and transformation.
\n\nBen Connelly is a Soto Z en teacher and Dharma heir in the Katagiri lineage. He also teaches mindfu lness in a wide variety of secular contexts including police and corporate training\, correctional facilities\, and addiction recovery and wellness groups. Ben is based at Minnesota Zen Meditation Center and travels to tea ch across the United States. He’s the author of Inside the Grass Hut: Livi ng Shitou’s Classic Zen Poem and Inside Vasubandhu’s Yogacara: A Practitio ner’s Guide. He lives in Minneapolis\, Minnesota.
\nTickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/imagination.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221021 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221023 GEO:+40.811238;-73.9619 LOCATION:Union Theological Seminary @ 3041 Broadway\, New York\, NY 10027\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Imagination\, Interdependence and Liberation: Practicing Yogacara’s Three Natures URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/imagination-interdependence-and-liberation-pra cticing-yogacaras-three-natures/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ben-150x15 0.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Ben.png\ ;314\;397\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/imagination END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-23470@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Before COVID-19\, there was another pande mic. It was much slower moving and it involved bricks and their mortals. Multiple congregations\, of all flavors\, going slowly out of business. De ferred maintenance joined membership declines to create enormous need to c reatively adapt religious buildings to mission central and mission consist ent purposes. This course addresses this challenge\, considering it more o f an opportunity than a problem. It helps the stewards of these buildings to concretely and spiritually address the shifts in economics and purpose\ , and guides them to develop productive plans in order to survive and thri ve on their site. The course also provides an introduction for community m embers who see under-used often beautiful buildings as assets\, and for ar tists\, architects and urban planners who enjoy painting urban landscapes using existing visual context to support love of public place and space. p>\n
\nDonna Schaper w as the pastor at Judson Memorial Church for fifteen years\, where she help ed found the New York City new sanctuary movement\, the community ministry program\, and bricks and mortals. She is now part-time pastor at the Orie nt Congregational Church on the Eastern end of Long Island. She continues to be active teaching and organizing through Bricks and Mortals\, a New Yo rk City based organization that helps sacred sites find sustainable soluti ons to thrive. She also teaches leadership at the Hartford International U niversity for Religion and Peace. In her rewirement\, she is working with Bricks and Mortals on S4\, Spiritual Solutions for Sacred Sites. She has w ritten 39 books\, most recently REMOVETHEP EWS.COM. She also writes\, irreverently but spiritually\, under the pen name The Dolly Mama at Porch magazine and elsewhere.
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221104 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221106 GEO:+40.811238;-73.9619 LOCATION:in Person - Union Theological Seminary @ 3041 Broadway\, New York\ , NY 10027\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Bricks and Mortals URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/bricks-and-mortals/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/donna27s_h eadshot-1-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/ uploads/donna27s_headshot-1.jpg\;480\;480\; X-COST:150 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/bricks-and-mortals END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-23474@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:As the religious landscape i n the United States shifts with growing speed\, chaplaincy has grown in im portance cross institutions and disciplines. This course explores how chap lains could be a vital presence in poor communities\, as poverty grows wit h equal speed. Taking lessons from The Poor People’s Campaign\, grassroots movement building around the country\, and hospital and jail chaplaincy\, students discuss how chaplains could lead a movement to end poverty.
\n\nTickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/2022--2023-events/chaplaincy-a nd-building-a-movement.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221104 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221106 LOCATION:Online Course SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Chaplaincy and Building a Movement in Poor Communities URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/chaplaincy-and-building-a-movement-in-poor-com munities/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Monroe-150 x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Monr oe-scaled.jpeg\;1920\;2560\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/2022--2023-events/chaplaincy-and-b uilding-a-movement END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-23976@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:The spiritual care generalist course trains healthc are workers to better understand the significance of spirituality for many patients\, be able to conduct basic spiritual assessments and provide ref errals to chaplains — “spiritual specialists” — when warranted. The course is asynchronous and facilitated by a senior spiritual care provider.
\nNext Cohort Launches on February 12
\nUnion Theological Seminary in the City of New York hosts the online course on its learning management system\, in which you will be enrolled a s a user. While the course is asynchronous\, its requirements must be comp leted within 6 weeks. A trained facilitator will evaluate all of your work \, which includes discussion board activities and personal reflections\, a nd be available for consultation. Additionally\, optional Zoom sessions wi ll be held with the facilitator at the start and conclusion of the course. For the cohort launching on February 12\, the optional Zoom sessions will be held on February 14 at 8-9pm EDT and March 27 at 8 – 9pm EDT. For more information on enrollment\, contact David Gastwirth\, Union Vice Presiden t of Online Education and Learning Innovation\, at dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu.
\nThe course fee is $350 for individual learners\; your fee will be paid to Union Theological Seminary. If your institution would like to explore group enrollment as a cohort\, you may direct enterprise questions to Michael Skaggs\, Chaplaincy Innovat ion Lab Director of Programs\, at ms kaggs@brandeis.edu.
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\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230213 LOCATION:Online Course SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Spiritual Generalist Training URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/spiritual-generalist-training/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/SGT-150x15 0.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/SGT.png\ ;412\;441\; X-COST:$350.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form/?formId=87d0 cc01-fff8-4d86-a645-13c3c5441da1&envId=p-srWBW36ys0aZ4CkIRtKH6Q&zone=usa END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-23825@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:
This course will cover death and dying from an Is lamic perspective. We will review how to care for a Muslim patient at the time of their transition and all consequent matters. Muslims place great i mportance on the preparation for death\, dying and the afterlife. As we pr epare for the inevitable reality of death\, and the accompanying pain and loss\, we will learn how best to support and serve a deceased Muslim\, the ir family and community members during this time. This workshop will prepa re chaplains\, religious leaders\, and community members on how to perform the Islamic rites and rituals of death. We will cover: actions to take wh en death is imminent\; actions to take at the time of death and who to con tact\; rights of the deceased\; ghusl (ritual washing for the deceased) an d shrouding of the body\; janaza (Muslim funeral prayer)\; etiquette of mo urning the deceased\; will writing and debt satisfaction\; and cultural tr aditions vs. religious obligations.
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\nUstadha Maryam Sharrieff is an educator\, filmmaker\, lecturer\, linguist\, researcher and student of the development of Islam in America. Her recent research projects have examined the African-American Shi’i Mus lim Community\, Latino Converts to Islam in America\, the Legacy of Female Scholarship in Islam and Gender & Its Linguistic Implications in the Qur’ an and Torah. Maryam’s research interests also include the Muslim Contribu tion to Sicilian Society\, the Representation of Faith In (& On) film\, Ho mosexuality in Canonical Texts\, American Muslim Women’s Leadership\, Fund amentalism Across Faiths and America’s Founding Father’s Interactions with the Muslim World. Most recently she presented on Muslim women’s leadershi p at the World Parliament of Religion’s conference in Sydney\, Australia\, Salt Lake City and at the annual international Shaykafest. From 2012-2014 she was a Muslim fellow for Hebrew College’s and Andover Newton Theologic al School’s CIRCLE (Center for Inter-Religious and Communal Leadership Edu cation) program. Recently\, she presented on Muslim Women’s Comic Book Her oes at the United Kingdom’s University of Derby’s Muslim Women’s Activism conference. Ustadha Maryam teaches for rabata.org and serves as an adjunct professor. She is dedicated to building and contributing to institutions conducive to the pursuit of human excellence. Sharrieff received her Bache lor’s degree in Middle Eastern Studies/Italian/TV & Film from Rutgers Univ ersity and obtained her Master’s in Theological Studies from Harvard Divin ity School. Presently\, Maryam is a doctoral student at Teachers College-C olumbia University. She currently resides in the Boston area and serves as a University Muslim Chaplain.
\nTickets: http s://myunion.utsnyc.edu/death-and-dying-in-islam.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230224 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230226 LOCATION:Online Course SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Death and Dying in Islam: How Best to Care For Muslim Patients URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/death-and-dying-in-islam-how-best-to-care-for- muslim-patients/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Maryam-Sha rrieff-1-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/u ploads/Maryam-Sharrieff-1.png\;297\;360\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/death-and-dying-in-islam END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-23826@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning\,TNHEB CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Are we aware that we may be perpetuating group dynamics tha t cause suffering to ourselves and others? Chan Buddhism emphasizes cultiv ating clear total awareness of constantly changing causes and conditions t o live in accordance with wisdom and compassion. Yet\, powerful but invisi ble group dynamics often compel us to act in contradiction to our bodhisat tva vows. Understanding and awareness of these dynamics needs to be an int egral part of our practice. In this course\, students discuss sociological insights on subtle dynamics of solidarity\, conflict\, power and culture and how to integrate conceptual understanding of these social processes in to our spiritual practice for the social good. Discussion is conducted in the context of Chan meditation practice.
\n\nDR. REBECCA LI\, a Dharma heir in
the Dharma Drum line
age of Chan Master Sheng Yen\, began her teacher’s training with the maste
r in 1999 when she also began to serve as his translator until his passing
in 2009. Starting in the mid-2000s\, she also trained with John Crook an
d Simon Child\, two lay Dharma heirs of the master\, and received full Dha
rma transmission from Simon Child in 2016. Currently\, she leads Chan ret
reats\, teaches meditation and Dharma classes\, and gives public lectures
in North America\, the U.K.\, and in Taiwan. Her talks and writings can b
e found at w
ww.rebeccali.org. She is the foun
der and guiding teacher of Chan Dharma Community and a sociolo
gy professor at The College of New Jersey\, where she also serves as facul
ty director of the Alan Dawley Center for the Study of Social Justice.
Tickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.e du/spiritual-practice-for-the-social-good.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230303 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230305 GEO:+40.811238;-73.9619 LOCATION:in Person - Union Theological Seminary @ 3041 Broadway\, New York\ , NY 10027\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Spiritual Practice for the Social Good: Cultivating Clear Awareness of Invisible Group Dynamics through Chan Practice URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/spiritual-practice-for-the-social-good-cultiva ting-clear-awareness-of-invisible-group-dynamics-through-chan-practice/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Rebecca-Li -150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/R ebecca-Li.png\;240\;234\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/spiritual-practice-for-the-social- good END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-23823@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:This cour se critically explores the biblical and theological traditions that have h elped to cause economic and ecological injustice as well as biblical\, the ological and ethical mandates for addressing it. It highlights the interse cting and interlocking realities of racial\, economic and ecological injus tice as well as the impact and implications of binary ways of viewing huma n and non-human creation.
\n\n\nThe Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Doug las was named Dean of the Episc opal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and Professor of Th eology at Union in September 2017. She was named the Bill and Judith Moye rs Chair in Theology in November 2019. She also serves as the Canon Theol ogian at the Washington National Cathedral and Theologian in Residence at Trinity Church Wall Street.
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Karenna Gore is the fo under and executive director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New Yor k. Karenna formed CEE in 2015 to address the moral and spiritual dimension s of the climate crisis. Working at the intersection of faith\, ethics\, a nd ecology\, she guides the Center’s public programs\, educational initiat ives\, and movement-building. She also is an ex officio faculty member of Columbia University’s Earth Institute.
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The Reverend Dr. Liz Theoharis is Co-Chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival w ith the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. She is the Director of the Kairos Center for Religions\, Rights\, and Soc ial Justice at Union Theological Seminary. She is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and teaches at Union Theological Seminar y in New York City.
\nTickets: https://myunio n.utsnyc.edu/crossroads-and-confluence.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230414 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230416 LOCATION:Online Course SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:An Examination of Gender and Race in the Movements of Ecological an d Economic Justice URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/crossroads-and-confluence/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/rotunda_DS C4099-rev2-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content /uploads/rotunda_DSC4099-rev2-scaled.jpg\;1710\;2560\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/crossroads-and-confluence END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-23829@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Dates/Times: Friday\, April 21 (1-6pm) and
Saturday\, April 22 (10am-6pm)
\nLocation: Online
\nInstructor: Tara Bedeau
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Deadline: Sunday\, April 9
This course wil l address best practices corresponding to the (5) five organizational lead ership competencies (OLCs) identified by the U.S. certifying Board for Cha plains (BCC). These include: integrating spiritual care in the system & d ecision making\; understanding system and role function\; and navigating i nternal and external relationship development and building. This is an in troductory course for Chaplains\, Change Agents and Leaders of faith/wisdo m/spiritual based communities and organizations.
\n\nTARA BEDEAU\, ESQ.\, SPHR\, M.A.R\, has been a licensed Attorney for almos t 20 years. She is the Founder and Principal of The Alchemical Workshop\, a change management organization dedicated to the cultivation and optimiza tion of individual and organizational health. Ms. Bedeau graduated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania. She received her Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.). with a concentration in Public Law from C ornell Law School\, and a Masters in Religion (honors earned) at Union The ological Seminary. Ms. Bedeau has been awarded a Senior Professional in Hu man Resources (SPHR) certification from the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI). She has completed certifications in Mediation and Confli ct Resolution and in Organizational Development and Change Management. She has completed training in Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and is certified by t he Edgar Cayce Center for Research and Enlightenment (ARE) in New York. Sh e is currently exploring Interfaith ordination.
\nTickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/organizational-leadership.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230421 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230423 LOCATION:Zoom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Organizational Leadership Competencies: Best Practices for Chaplain s\, Spiritual Care Leaders & Change Agents URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/organizational-leadership-competencies/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/ConEd-IG-9 -150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/C onEd-IG-9.png\;1080\;1080\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/organizational-leadership END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-25066@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:The spiritual care generalist course trains healthcare workers to better understand the significance of spirituality for many patients\, be able to conduct basic spiritual assessments and provide referrals to chaplains — “spiritual spe cialists” — when warranted. The course is asynchronous and facilitated by a senior spiritual care provider.
\nUnion Theological Seminary in the City of New York hosts the online course on its learning management system\, in which you will be enrolled as a us er. While the course is asynchronous\, its requirements must be completed within 6 weeks. A trained facilitator will evaluate all of your work\, whi ch includes discussion board activities and personal reflections\, and be available for consultation. Additionally\, optional Zoom sessions will be held with the facilitator at the start and conclusion of the course. For t he cohort launching on May 15\, the optional Zoom sessions will be held on May 17 at 8-9 pm EDT and June 28 at 8-9 pm EDT. For more information on e nrollment\, contact David Gastwirth\, Union Vice President of Online Educa tion and Learning Innovation\, at dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu.
\nThe course fee is $350 for individual learne rs\; your fee will be paid to Union Theological Seminary. If your institut ion would like to explore group enrollment as a cohort\, you may direct en terprise questions to Michael Skaggs\, Chaplaincy Innovation Lab Director of Programs\, at mskaggs@brandeis.ed u.
\nTickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/spiritual-generalist-trai ning.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230516 LOCATION:Online Course SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Spiritual Generalist Training for Healthcare Clinicians URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/spiritual-generalist-training-for-healthcare-c linicians/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/SGT-150x15 0.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/SGT.png\ ;412\;441\; X-COST:$350.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/spiritual-generalist-training END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-25206@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT: DESCRIPTION:T his course provides a unique opportunity for current and aspiring chaplain s and healthcare leaders to better understand the “impact factor” of chapl ains (and spiritual care programming more broadly)\, and how they can be o ptimized to promote quality of care\, access\, and cost imperatives. In pa rticular\, this course focuses on how chaplains could be\, should be\, and are/are not fully leveraged by chief executive officers\, chief medical/c hief nursing officers\, and chief human resource officers. The course inco rporates conversations with C-Suite-level leaders as well as evidence-base d research\, popular writing\, and personal experiences. Students are prov ided a unique opportunity to engage in complex and critical conversations with leaders of some of the world’s most prominent hospitals and healthcar e systems. Some topics explored are: the role that chaplaincy and spiritua l care can play in influencing patient satisfaction\; clinical outcomes an d clinician well-being\; performance and retention\; as well as how chapla incy and spiritual care can be incorporated into organizational strategy a nd provide a source of competitive advantage.
\n\nRichard Gannotta is a recognized health sector leader with service in CE O / president and executive roles in some of the nation’s most prominent a cademic and public health systems. He is currently serving in key strategi c roles advising global med and biotech companies\, health systems\, and n ew ventures.
\nHe has held leadership roles as CEO of the University of California Irvine Health System\, Senior Vice President of Hospitals a t New York’s NYC Health + Hospitals\, and roles as President of Chicago’s Northwestern Memorial Hospital\, Duke Raleigh Hospital\, part of the Duke University Health System\, and North Carolina-based Wake Med Health & Hosp itals.
\nProfessor Gannotta has a longstanding commitment to academi c excellence and is Senior Lecturer of Health Administration at NYU’s Robe rt F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and Co-Director of the MS i n Health Law and Strategy\, a degree jointly conferred by NYU Wagner and N YU School of Law.
\nHe holds a Doctorate in Healthcare Administratio n\, (MUSC) as well as MBA (Campbell University) and NP/BSN (FIU) degrees. Gannotta’s area of focus revolves around the intersection of biotech inno vation and healthcare delivery\, its translational and rapid deployment as well as strategic\, policy and economic impacts.
\nTickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/chaplaincy-and-healt hcare-leadership.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230623 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230625 LOCATION:Zoom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Chaplaincy and Healthcare Leadership: Bedside\, Breakroom\, Boardro om\, and Everywhere In Between URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/chaplaincy-and-healthcare-leadership-bedside-b reakroom-boardroom-and-everywhere-in-between/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/ConEd-IG-8 -150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/C onEd-IG-8.png\;1080\;1080\; X-COST:150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/chaplaincy-and-healthcare-leadersh ip END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-26033@uniontheo.wpengine.com DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:This one credit class introduce s participants to the importance of the development of a ministry that is rooted in open non-judgemental presence as well as a distilled practical i ntroduction to Ati Yoga meditation practice as a supportive technique for chaplains\, spiritual caregivers\, or anyone who is interested in releasin g themselves from the hardness of our biases\, assumptions and projections . The Vajrayana Buddhist practice of Ati Yoga or Dzogchen offers simple\, direct instructions for resting into ‘pure being’ a state that allows for the natural and authentic way of simply letting everything that we experie nce arise as it does without the need to judge\, ascertain or react.
\nThis program is offered from the Thích Nhất Hạnh Program for Engaged Bu ddhism.
\nLama Justin von Bujdoss is an American vajrayana Buddhist teacher \, writer\, and the is a co-founder of Bhumisparsha an experimental Buddhi st sangha along with Lama Rod Owens. He is the author of Modern Tantric Bu ddhism: Authenticity and Embodiment in Dharma Practice published by North Atlantic Books\, and contributor to Buddhism and Whiteness: Critical Refle ctions published by Lexington Books. Justin serves as the Executive Direct or of Chaplaincy and Staff Wellness for NYC Department of Correction where he also serves as Staff Chaplain supervising over 30 chaplains and guides wellness programming for staff. Justin has professional experience in hom e hospice and hospital settings as a pastoral caregiver. Justin has also w orked as a full-time home hospice chaplain and is trained both in CPE (Cli nical Pastoral Education) as well as Buddhist end-of-life practices and sp iritual care. Justin has taught on Buddhist end-of-life care and teaches d harma in a variety of settings from monasteries\, retreat centers and dhar ma centers\, to hospital didactics\, CPE groups and at conferences and mus eums. Justin was ordained as a repa\, a lay tantric yogin in the tradition of Milarepa\, by His Eminence Gyaltsab Rinpoche. Lama Justin has presente d on Buddhist practice at Harvard\, Princeton\, Yale\, University of Chica go\, Wellesley\, Columbia University\, has been a visiting instructor at U nion Theological Seminary and has led retreats at a variety of dharma cent ers. Justin is passionate about helping to create the conditions for authe ntic embodied tantric Buddhist spiritual practice in the West.
\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231020 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231022 GEO:+40.759423;-73.985093 LOCATION:Union Theological Seminary @ Broadway\, New York\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Union of Ati Yoga and Chaplaincy URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/the-union-of-ati-yoga-and-chaplaincy/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Picture1-1 -150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/P icture1-1.jpg\;275\;329\; X-COST:$150 X-TICKETS-URL:https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form/?formId=66ad 59c5-8b94-495c-9dcc-71ec9b3a27d4&envId=p-srWBW36ys0aZ4CkIRtKH6Q END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-26027@uniontheo.wpengine.com DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:This course will be a workshop format for students to design and create their own personal icons as spiritual expres sion and devotion. The students will create their own icons over the two-d ay workshop\, with design and construction materials available. The artist /instructor will provide guidance throughout the creative process. The fin al results would provide insight\, planning\, craftsmanship\, and a comple ted work\, that reflects the student’s spirituality.
\nVega was born in Bronx\, N ew York\, in 1956.[1] He joined the artist collective Taller Boricua in 1979 where he studied through 1986. While there he was also a pupil of Harlem printmake r Robert Blackburn at his Printmaking Workshop from 1980 to 1990. Among Vega’ s public art projects are a mosaic mural at the Pregones Theater in the Bronx\, a mosai c mural portrait of Julia De Burgos in East Harlem\, a series of mosaic pa nels for the 110 street train station\, also in East Harlem\, as well as a series of painted murals throughout New York City.[2][3]
\nFor many years\, Vega has been teaching visual arts for organizations s uch as El Muse o del Barrio\, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum\, the American Museum of Natural History\, and the Caribbean Cultural Center.[3] He h as exhibited extensively in the United States\, Puerto Rico\, and Brazil. Vega has created set designs and costumes for DanceBrazil and The American Place Theater. Since 1984\, Manny has been traveling to Salvador\, Bahia in Brazil\, where he has been initiated into the Afro Brazilian temple known as “Ile Iya Omi As e Iya Masse”. As a member of the temple\, his creative talents have been u tilized to create some of the most elaborate ritual costumes and accessori es. His work in this medium has been documented by the Fowler Museum of UC LA\, the Smithsonian\, as well as Dartmouth College. This body of work has been documented in the book\, Beads\, Body\, and Soul: Art and Light in the Yoruba Universe\,[4] as well as the book\, The Yoruba Artist.
\nHis current focus is to create a series of mosaic pro jects\, based on study of classic Byzantine mosaic fabrication\, to adopt this style to modern day imagery\, which he calls “Byzantine Hip Hop”.[6]< /a> Vega has a studio on 103rd Street in East Harlem.
\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231027 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231029 GEO:+40.811238;-73.9619 LOCATION:Union Theological Seminary @ 3041 Broadway\, New York\, NY 10027\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Icons Workshop URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/icons-workshop/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Picture1-1 50x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Pic ture1.jpg\;257\;207\; X-COST:$150 X-TICKETS-URL:https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form/?formId=962e 2c63-0916-48cc-bc31-a1099bc3fdf6&envId=p-srWBW36ys0aZ4CkIRtKH6Q END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-26256@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:This course offers how we might manifest the qualities of healer\, liberator\, companion\, and visionary for ourse lves\, others\, and the planet? During this course\, we will discuss Harri et Tubman’s legacy\, the efficacy of using Western bodhisattvas (awakened beings). We will work in small groups and do directed writing. There are t ypically three main practice components of a Sadhana: a. Mudras (sacred ge stures) b. Mantra (sacred speech) c. visualization. Over the course of the weekend\, we will begin each session with shamatha meditation (peaceful a biding) and end with simply resting in space (Dzogrim). We will practice t he Sadhana practice I have written and read short excerpts from Spring Was ham’s The Spririt of Harriet Tubman (Penguin Books\, 2023). The w eekend will also include small discussion groups\, writing exercises\, and walks.
\nDr. Shanté Paradigm Smalls (They/Them) is a teacher and student i n Vajrayana/Tantric Buddhism. They currently study under Lama Rod Owens an d Lama Justin von Bujdoss\, co-founders of Bhumisparsha. Shanté began stud ying and practicing Buddhism at age 17 and has practiced in Zen\, Sokka Ga kkai International\, Shambhala\, and Bhumisparsa communities. They began o n the teaching path in 2009 and were authorized by the Shambhala lineage t o teach meditation and buddhadharma in 2015. Shanté is focused on the heal ing impact of meditation in Black\, Indigenous communities\, and People of Color communities\, LGBTQ+ communities\, and incarcerated and recovery co mmunities. Shanté is a Teacher on the Liberate App and is a former Lead Te acher on Weekly Dharma Gathering\, which they co-founded and curated until 2022 when WDG went on indefinite hiatus. Shanté identifies as a Black per son descended from enslaved and trafficked African Indigenous people. Shan té is queer and genderqueer. They live on Canarsie Munsee Lenapehoking Ter ritory (Brooklyn\, NY).
\nFor their teaching schedule and podcasts/y outube videos\, please see: htt ps://linktr.ee/shanteparadigm
\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240211 GEO:+40.81155;-73.961759 LOCATION:Union Theological Seminary @ 3041 Broadway\, New York\, NY 10027\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Sadhana of Araminta Ross: Harriet Tubman Freedom Practice URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/sadhana-of-araminta-ross-harriet-tubman-freedo m-practice/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Picture1-4 -150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/P icture1-4.png\;422\;520\; X-COST:150 X-TICKETS-URL:https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form/?formId=6d8b c2ef-e1c3-4ae1-8945-9feb52a3bf6b&envId=p-srWBW36ys0aZ4CkIRtKH6Q END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-26382@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:This course will introduce learners to the current deba tes and discussions around how to best train chaplains for a rapidly chang ing landscape of spiritual care. It will invite learners reflect\, from wh ere they are positioned\, about the role chaplains play in the organizatio n as a spiritual caregiver.
\nWendy Cadge is the Barbara Mandel Professor of Human istic Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology at Brandeis Universit y. She is an expert in contemporary American religion\, especially rel ated to religion in public institutions\, religious diversity\, religious and moral aspects of healthcare\, and religion and immigration.
\nS he is the author of three books\, Spiritual Care: The Every day Work of Chaplains\, Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine and Heartwood: The First Generation of Theravada Buddhism in America\, and a co-editor of Chaplaincy and Spiritual Ca re in the Twenty-First Century and Religion on the Edge: De-Centeri ng and Re-Centering the Sociology of Religion. Information about her articles is available on her Scholar Works and Go ogle Scholar profiles.
\nShe launched the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab in 2018 after founding and co-directing the Transforming Chaplaincy Project from 2015-2019. A public intellec tual\, she recently wrote or has been quoted in the Atlantic\, the Economist\, the BBC\, and on WBUR. She has published more than eighty articl es and raised more than $8 million in support of her own research and teac hing and that of students and colleagues.
\nAt Brandeis University she serves as the Dean of the G raduate School of Arts & Sciences. She previously served as the Sen ior Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives (2019-2021)\, the Social Science Division Head (2018-2021)\, and Chair of t he Women’s\, Gender & Sexuality Prog ram (2013-2018) in the School of Arts & Sciences at Brandeis Universit y. She was also a Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees (2014-20 19) and co-chair of the Faculty Governance Task Force (2017-2019) represen ting faculty across the university.
\nShelly Rambo has been teaching at Boston University School of Theology sin ce 2004. Trained as both a systematic and constructive theologian\, she is particularly attentive to the transmission of Christian theologies of suf fering\, from history to the present. She locates her work at the intersec tions of Christian theology\, literature\, and postmodern thought. Her boo k\, Spirit and Trauma: A Theology of Remaining\, forges a theolog y of the Spirit through engagements with postmodern biblical hermeneutics\ , a theology of Holy Saturday\, and contemporary trauma theory. Her second book\, Resurrecting Wounds: Living in the Afterlife of Trauma\, explores the significance of resurrection wounds in the Christian traditio n in relationship to contemporary discourses about wounding in popular cul ture and the study of trauma.
\nHer work at the intersection of trau ma and religion has led to partnerships with chaplains and international e ducators in post-conflict areas. Inspired by the work of military chaplain s\, she was instrumental in designing Boston University School of Theology ’s MDiv track in Chaplaincy. She also serves as a faculty leader in Boston University’s Religion and Conflict Transformation program. Her current pr ojects focus on theologies of spiritual care that inform the work of chapl ains. Through grants from the Henry Luce Foundation and the BTS center\, s he is partnering with sociologists to explore the changing demographics of religious life in the US and the education and training of chaplains.
\nShe teaches courses in contemporary theology\, feminist and womanist theologies\, trauma and theology\, postmodern theology\, and theopoetics.< /p>\n
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240209 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240211 LOCATION:Online Event SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Thinking and Rethinking Chaplaincy URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/thinking-and-rethinking-chaplaincy/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Wendy-150x 150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Wendy. jpg\;265\;285\; X-COST:$150 X-TICKETS-URL:https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form/?formId=02b8 7f64-5b82-44a4-8df2-6ca125c6b2f2&envId=p-srWBW36ys0aZ4CkIRtKH6Q END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-26258@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:This course will explore the history of the House | Ballroom community as a Black Trans-Womanist theological discourse\, a f reedom movement\, and its spiritual formation responses to race\, class\, sexuality\, and gender oppression. It will further examine the community’s ability to use the art of performance as a hermeneutics of the body\, and situate its history in mobilizing as a resistance to these oppressions an d place it in conversation with other historical struggles
\nMichael Roberson is a publi c health practitioner\, advocate\, activist\, artist\, curator\, and leade r within the LGBTQ community. He is the co-creator of the nation’s only Bl ack Gay Research group and National Black Gay Men’s Advocacy Coalition\, a s well as an Adjunct Professor at The New School University/Lang College N YC\, and Union Theological Seminary NYC. He is an international art and po litics consultant and a member of the international sound art collective e ntitled “Ultra-red.” Michael scholar in residence for the Center for Race\ , Religion\, and Economic Democracy\, as well as recent TED Media Resident \, where he performed a global TED talk about the underground Black/Latinx House/ball ballroom community\, entitled “The enduring legacy of ballroom ” (https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_roberson_the_enduring_lega cy_of_ballroom) For Black History Month 2021\, Michael co-authored an article in Time Magazine titled “Why Voguing and the Ballroom Scene Matter Now More than Ever.” (https://time.com/5941822/ballroom-voguin g-queer-black-culture-renaissance/) Michael also serves as a cultural consultant for the Pose FX television show. Additionally\, he is a public health advisor and community engagement specialist for the NYC COVID-19 co ntract tracing initiative.
\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240216 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240218 GEO:+40.811238;-73.9619 LOCATION:Union Theological Seminary @ 3041 Broadway\, New York\, NY 10027\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Trans Sounds Of Black Freedom URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/the-trans-sounds-of-black-freedom-2/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2-18-150x1 50.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2-18.pn g\;383\;485\; X-COST:$150 X-TICKETS-URL:https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form/?formId=88eb 1a45-569d-4f66-8530-72f449e1ae4d&envId=p-srWBW36ys0aZ4CkIRtKH6Q END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-26261@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:This course will look at advocacy efforts in New York State to a ddress a prison system that warehouses 30\,000 people\, in which a person dies every three days. These advocacy efforts include bail\, parole and se ntencing reform\, the fight to close Rikers Island\, the call for treatmen t not jails and efforts to prioritize stabilizing families. We will analyz e how the opposition to these reform efforts is drawing on the public’s fe ar of rising crime rates and examine alternative approaches to fostering p ublic safety.
\nJudi th Clark spent 38 years in prison for her part in the 1981 Brinks armored car robbery\, in which three people were killed. While reckoning with the damage she caused\, she worked with others inside to create community base d programs to address the problems they faced and their desires to grow. S he was one of the founders of an AIDS education and support program\, and part of the committee of women who built a college program after public fu nding was eliminated. She helped develop programs for mothers to sustain b onds with their children and mentored new mothers living in the prison nur sery. She has written about that work\, the experiences of mothers inside\ , the spiritual work of remorse and the efforts of women inside to build c ommunity. Her published poetry\, memoir and scholarly writing can be found on line. Released in 2019\, she currently works with Hour Children\, whic h provides housing and support for women emerging from prison\, and is act ive in advocacy work for those she left behind the walls.
\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240412 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240414 GEO:+40.811238;-73.9619 LOCATION:Union Theological Seminary @ 3041 Broadway\, New York\, NY 10027\, USA SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Challenging Mass Incarceration & Reimagining Public Safety URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/challenging-mass-incarceration-reimagining-pub lic-safety/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/3-13-150x1 50.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/3-13.pn g\;318\;412\; X-COST:$150 X-TICKETS-URL:https://host.nxt.blackbaud.com/registration-form/?formId=91fd b08c-920c-4597-8d58-2a669d8f46a6&envId=p-srWBW36ys0aZ4CkIRtKH6Q END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-20848@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Isaac Sharp\; isharp@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Join us for a four-session\, online course that will explore the implications of the foundational biblical concept o f the “Kingdom of God” for the ongoing struggle for just and equitable law s\, policies\, social structures\, and political institutions. It will be loosely based upon Professor Obery M. Hendricks’ books The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings an d How They Have Been Corrupted and The Universe Bends Toward Just ice: Radical Reflections on the Bible\, the Church and the Body Politic.
\nTopics to be discussed will include the biblical origins and m eaning of the Kingdom of God\; the biblical concept of egalitarian politic al justice\; the nature of political economy(s)\; the foundational ethics of a just political economy\; capitalist versus socialist political econom ies\; the necessary elements for a Kingdom of God political economy\; and what a political economy consistent with the notion of the Kingdom of God would look like in America today.
\n\nA life long social activist\, Obery Hendricks is one of the foremost comme ntators on the intersection of religion and political economy in America. He is the most widely read and perhaps the most influential African Americ an biblical scholar writing today. Cornel West calls him “one of the last few grand prophetic intellectuals.”
\nA widely sought lecturer and m edia spokesperson\, Dr. Hendricks’ appearances include CNN\, MSNBC\, CBS\, Fox News\, Fox Business News\, the Discovery Channel\, PBS\, BBC\, NHK Ja pan Television and the Bloomberg Network. He has provided running event co mmentary for National Public Radio\, MSNBC\, and the al-Jazeera and Aspire international television networks. Dr. Hendricks has been a member of the Faith Advisory Council of the Democratic National Committee\, for whom he delivered the closing benediction at the 2008 Democratic Convention\; ser ved on the National Religious Leaders Advisory Committee of the 2008 Democ ratic Presidential campaign and served in the Religion and Foreign Policy Working Group at the U. S. Department of State under Secretaries of State Hillary Clinton and John Kerry. He is a Distinguished Senior Fellow at The Democracy Collaborative in Washington\, DC\; has been an Affiliated Schol ar at the Center for American Progress\; was a Senior Fellow at The Opport unity Agenda social justice communications think tank\; is on the Advisory Board of the Institute of Christian Socialism\; and is a member of the Bo ard of Directors of the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI). Dr. Hen dricks has been a frequent contributor to the Huffington Post and Salon.com\, a former editorial advisor to the award-winning Tikkun magazine\, and a contributing editor to The Encyclopedia o f Politics and Religion. The Dictionary of Biblical Interpretatio n has called his work “the boldest post-colonial writing ever seen in Western biblical studies.”
\nHendricks’ bestselling book\, The Politics of Jesus: Rediscovering the True Revolutionary Nature of Jesus’ Teachings and How They Have Been Corrupted (Doubleday\, 2006) \, was declared “essential reading for Americans” by the Washington Po st. Social commentator Michael Eric Dyson proclaimed it “an instant c lassic” that “immediately thrusts Hendricks into the front ranks of Americ an religious thinkers.” The Politics of Jesus was the featured su bject of the 90-minute C-SPAN special hosted by the Center for American Pr ogress\, “Class\, Politics and Christianity.” The tenth anniversary of its publication was acknowledged at a major 2016 panel at the American Academ y of Religion at its annual convention in San Antonio\, TX. Governor Howar d Dean\, former chair of the Democratic National Committee\, has called hi s book\, The Universe Bends Toward Justice: Radical Reflections on the Bible\, the Church and the Body Politic (Orbis\, 2011)\, a “tour de force.” His forthcoming book\, Christians Against Christianity: How Ri ght-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith\, will be published by Beacon Press in July 2021.
\nA former Wall Street in vestment executive and past president of Payne Theological Seminary\, the oldest African American theological seminary in the United States\, he is currently a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in the Department of R eligion and the Department of African American and African Diasporic Studi es\; a Visiting Professor at Union Theological Seminary\; and Emeritus Pro fessor of Biblical Interpretation at New York Theological Seminary. An Ord ained Elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church\, Hendricks holds th e Master of Divinity with academic honors from Princeton Theological Semin ary\, and both the M.A. and Ph.D. in Religions of Late Antiquity from Prin ceton University.
\nTickets: https://m yunion.utsnyc.edu/political-economy-kingdom-of-god.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210608T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210608T203000 LOCATION:Online Course SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Political Economy and the Kingdom of God URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/kingdom-of-god/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/obery-hend ricks-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uplo ads/obery-hendricks-e1649276667705.jpg\;400\;523\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/political-economy-kingdom-of-god END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-21325@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Isaac Sharp\; isharp@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Students are expected to read Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree in advance of the course.
\nThe V ery Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas was named Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union The ological Seminary and Professor of Theology at Union in September 2017. Sh e was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology in November 2019. She also serves as the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathed ral and Theologian in Residence at Trinity Church Wall Street.
\nPrior to Union\, Dean Douglas ser ved as Professor of Religion at Goucher College where she held the Susan D . Morgan Professorship of Religion and is now Professor Emeritus. Before G oucher\, she was Associate Professor of Theology at Howard University Scho ol of Divinity (1987-2001) and Assistant Professor of Religion at Edward W aters College (1986-1987).
\nOrdained as an Episcopal priest in 1983\, Dean Douglas holds a master’s degree in theology and a Ph.D. in systematic theology from Union.
\nDean Douglas is the author of many articles and five books\, including Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective and Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God. Her academic work has focuse d on womanist theology\, sexuality and the black church.
\nT ickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/cross-and-the- lynching-tree.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211029T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211030T170000 LOCATION:Online Course SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:On James Cone’s The Cross and the Lynching Tree URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/on-james-cones-the-cross-and-the-lynching-tree / X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kelly-ISO- cropped-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/up loads/Kelly-ISO-cropped.jpg\;694\;694\; X-COST:150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/cross-and-the-lynching-tree END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-21308@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Lisa Simon\; lsimon@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Join us for a two-day\, online course that will address elements of systems change management and th eir practical applications in furtherance of the increased effectivity\, i mpact\, and value add of Chaplaincy care. As a profession whose pur pose is to provide spiritual care\, inclusive of responding to spiritual a nd emotional distress\, it is understandable that Chaplaincy has been cons idered a marginalized entity within the organizational systems it operates and serves. And yet\, as the constitution of “distress” has been expandin g to mirror and include the intersectional and pressing concerns of the da y\, the Chaplaincy function has a renewed opportunity to influence organiz ational frameworks and operations.
\nTARA BEDEAU\, ESQ.\, SPHR\, M.A.R\, has been a licensed Attorney for almost 20 years. She is the Founder and Principal of The Alchemical Workshop\, a ch ange management organization dedicated to the cultivation and optimization of individual and organizational health. Ms. Bedeau gra duated cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania. She received her Doc tor of Jurisprudence (J.D.). with a concentration in Public Law from Corne ll Law School\, and a Masters in Religion (honors earned) at Union Theolog ical Seminary. Ms. Bedeau has been awarded a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification from the Human Resources Certification Inst itute (HRCI). She has completed certifications in Mediation and Conflict R esolution and in Organizational Development and Change Management. She has completed training in Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and is certified by the E dgar Cayce Center for Research and Enlightenment (ARE) in New York. She is currently exploring Interfaith ordination.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211105T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211106T170000 LOCATION:Online course SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Chaplaincy and Systems Change URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/chaplaincy-and-systems-change/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Tara_Bedea u-150x150.png\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/ Tara_Bedeau.png\;468\;468\; X-COST:$150.00 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-21326@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Life Long Learning CONTACT:Isaac Sharp\; isharp@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:The Bible is often interpreted in ways that justify inactio n in the face of poverty\, state that poverty is eternal\, and claim that if God wanted to end poverty\, God would do so. Rarely in our public discu ssion or our congregations is there reference to the truly radical economi c teachings of the Bible and the call for abundant life for absolutely all . Students explore what the Bible really says about the poor\, prosperity\ , and justice and what we are called to do in this moment in history about it. Attention will be paid to passages like “the poor will be with you al ways”\, “if you do not work\, you shall not eat”\, “render unto Caesar wha t is Caesar’s” and other biblical roadblocks for a more just society.
\n\nThe Reverend Dr. Liz Theo haris is Co-Chair of th e Poor Pe ople’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival with the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. She is the Director of the Kairos Center for Religions\, Rights\, and Social Justice at Union Theological Seminary. She is an ord ained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) and teaches at Union Theol ogical Seminary in New York City.
\nRev. Dr. Theoharis is the editor of We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign (Broadleaf Press\, Octo ber 12\, 2021). She is the author of Always with Us?: What Jesus Really Said about the Poor< /span> (Eerdm ans\, 2017) and co-author of Revive Us Again: Vision and Action in M oral Organizing (Beacon\, 2018). She has bee n published in The New York Times\, Time Magazine\, Newsweek\, The Guardian\, The Nation\, The Hill\, Boston Review\, CNN\, Religion News Service\, Sojourners\, Religion Dispat ches\, the Grio\, La Jornada\, Salon\, Slate\, and elsewhere.
\nTickets: https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/battle-for-the-bible.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211112T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211113T170000 LOCATION:Online Course SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Battle for the Bible: What Jesus Really Said About the Poor URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/the-battle-for-the-bible-what-jesus-really-sai d-about-the-poor/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/liz4-150x1 50.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/liz4.jp g\;734\;974\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/battle-for-the-bible END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-22126@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Center of Community Engagement and Social Justice \,EDS at Union\,Life Long Learning CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Students explore Audre Lorde’s landmark bo ok addressing the intersecting and interactive realities of oppression wit h special concern with issues surrounding race\, gender and sexuality. Aud re Lorde’s work continues to speak to today as a people as we still strugg le to create a world where all of God’s people can thrive and be whole. He eding Lorde’s words\, “Our silence won’t protect us\,” this class will inc lude short lectures\, panel discussions\, and one-on-one interviews with s cholars across the field of Womanist Theology and African American history to discuss some of the most pressing issues of injustice. Students are expected to read Lorde’s Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches.
\nThe Very Reverend Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas was named Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Un ion Theological Seminary and Professor of Theology at Union in September 2 017. She was named the Bill and Judith Moyers Chair in Theology in Novembe r 2019. She also serves as the Canon Theologian at the Washington National Cathedral and Theologian in Residence at Trinity Church Wall Street.
\nPrior to Union\, Dean Douglas served as Professor of Religion a t Goucher College where she held the Susan D. Morgan Professorship of Reli gion and is now Professor Emeritus. Before Goucher\, she was Associate Pro fessor of Theology at Howard University School of Divinity (1987-2001) and Assistant Professor of Religion at Edward Waters College (1986-1987).
\nOrdained as an Episcopal priest in 1983\, Dean Douglas holds a master ’s degree in theology and a Ph.D. in systematic theology from Union.
\nDean Douglas is the author of many a rticles and five books\, including Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective< span data-preserver-spaces='true'> and Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God em>. Her academic work has focused on w omanist theology\, sexuality and the black church.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220304T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220305T170000 LOCATION:Online Course SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Audre Lorde’s Sister Outsider URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/22126/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/Kelly-ISO- cropped-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/up loads/Kelly-ISO-cropped.jpg\;694\;694\; X-COST:$150.00 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-22128@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Center of Community Engagement and Social Justice \,EDS at Union\,Life Long Learning CONTACT:Ian Rees\; irees@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:This course explo res the Gospel of Luke\, focusing on the themes it sets forth programmatic ally in Jesus’ inaugural sermon: “good news for the poor”\; “release for t he captives”\; “freedom for the oppressed”\; and “the Favorable Year of th e Lord.” Students examine how these topics recur throughout Luke’s narrati ve\, looking closely at the complexities of Jesus’ teachings on economic a nd societal injustices. The goal is to gain a fuller understanding of what categories like “poor\,” “oppressed\,” and “captive” meant in Jesus’ time \, and how he and his followers envisioned the reversal\, renewal\, and re volution that might usher in the kingdom of God. This historical and liter ary analysis can enrich the ways we draw on Luke to inform and inspire our contemporary application and activism.
\n\nProfessor Jeremy Hultin comes to Union from Perth\, Austra lia\, where he was Lecturer in New Testament at Murdoch University\, and w here he worked with Anglican ordinands at Wollaston Theological College\, from 2012-2016. Before that\, he taught New Testament at Yale Divinity Sch ool from 2003-2012.
\nDr. Hultin is interest ed broadly in the history\, language\, and literature of ancient Judaism a nd Christianity\, as well as in the broader study of philosophy and religi on in the Mediterranean.
\nDr. Hultin’s firs t book\, The Ethics of Obscene Speech in Early Christianity and Its Env ironment (Brill 2008)\, examined early Christian rhetoric about foul l anguage in the broader context of ancient discussions about the nature and propriety of speech. Work on that book prompted an ongoing interest in the ways that gender\, status\, and ethnicity figure in ancient discussions of speech\, and the way that s ocial realities are revealed—and shaped—by discourse about how to talk. In 2010\, Dr. Hultin co-founded a new Society of Biblical Literature Unit called “Sp eech and Talk in the Ancient Mediterranean World\,” which has brought toge ther scholars from various disciplines.
\nDr
. Hultin has also <
span class='s1'>completed a translation (with notes<
/span>) for a bi-lingual edition
of Hippolytus’s Commentary on Daniel\, which will be published in S
BL’s Writings from the Greco-Roman World series. Hippolytus’s Co
mmentary is of special interest\, as it is the earliest surviving Christian commentary on a book
of the Hebrew Bible\; furthermore\, it is valuabl
e source of information about Christian practice a
nd belief at the turn of the third century.
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\nDr. Hultin is currently working on severa
l projects\, the largest of which is a commentary for the Hermeneia series
on Jude and 2 Peter.
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Tickets: https:// myunion.utsnyc.edu/gospel-of-luke.
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220325T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220326T170000 LOCATION:Online Course SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Gospel of Luke URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/the-gospel-of-luke/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/J.Hultin_2 017-150x150.jpg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/upload s/J.Hultin_2017.jpg\;400\;400\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/gospel-of-luke END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:ai1ec-22512@utsnyc.edu DTSTAMP:20240328T224811Z CATEGORIES;LANGUAGE=en-US:Center of Community Engagement and Social Justice \,Life Long Learning CONTACT:David Gastwirth\; dgastwirth@uts.columbia.edu DESCRIPTION:Religion
has been a complicated and contested\, yet central\, organizing force in t
he making of black life in America. At the same time\, African American re
ligious life has been the subject of much scrutiny throughout the history
of the United States\, serving arguments that advocated abolition\, emanci
pation and full enfranchisement\, but also functioning as evidence to just
ify enslavement and second-class citizenship. To better understand such ph
enomena\, this 2-day public/intensive course provides a chronological surv
ey that introduces students to a range of ideas and practices\, individual
s and institutions\, as well as important themes and topics in African Ame
rican (thus American) religious history. Primary attention is given to Afr
o-Protestantism in the United States\; however\, throughout the course att
ention is directed to religious diversity and varying religious traditions
/practices in different diasporic locales. Guest speakers will include
The required cour se reading is Raboteau\, Albert. Canaan Land: A Religious History of African Americans (OUP\, 2001). Students are also encouraged\, but not required\, to read Sernett\, Milton. African American R eligious History: A Documentary Witness (Duke\, 2000).
\nJosef Soret t is Professor of Religion and African American and African Diaspora Studi es at Columbia University\, where he is also chair of the Department of Re ligion and directs the Center on African-American Religion\, Sexual Politi cs and Social Justice. As an interdisciplinary scholar of religion and rac e in the Americas\, Josef employs primarily historical and literary approa ches to the study of religion in black communities and cultures in the Uni ted States. His first book\, Spirit in the Dark: A Religious History of Racial Aesthetics (Oxford University Press\, 2016) illumines how reli gion has figured in debates about black art and culture across the 20th ce ntury. A second book\, The Holy Holy Black: The Ironies of an American Secular\, is forthcoming with Oxford UP. Additionally\, Josef is editi ng an anthology\, The Sexual Politics of Black Churches\, which wil l be published by Columbia University Press.
\nJosef’s scholarly work has been supported with grants from the Henr y Luce Foundation\, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation\, the E. Rhodes and Leon e B. Carpenter Foundation\, the Arcus Foundation\, the Ford Foundation\, t he Louisville Institute\, the Forum for Theological Exploration\, and Yale University’s Institute for Sacred Music. His research has been published in academic journals and anthologies\; and his writing and commentary have also appeared in a range of popular media outlets\, including ABC News \, the New York Times\, and the Washington Post\, as wel l as on the BBC and NPR.
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220401T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220402T160000 LOCATION:Online Course SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:African American Religious History URL:https://utsnyc.edu/event/african-american-religious-history/ X-COST-TYPE:external X-WP-IMAGES-URL:thumbnail\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/image001-2 -150x150.jpeg\;150\;150\;1\,medium\;https://utsnyc.edu/wp-content/uploads/ image001-2.jpeg\;213\;320\; X-COST:$150.00 X-TICKETS-URL:https://myunion.utsnyc.edu/religious-history END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR