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Jesus in the First
& Twenty-first Centuries
Roy W. Hoover & Lane C. McGaughy
LECTURE
Roy W. Hoover
Excavating Jesus
The gospels portray Jesus through the eyes of early Christian faith as the Messiah and divine savior; but they also preserve information about Jesus before he became the object of Christian belief. What is the evidence about Jesus as a figure of history and how do we find it?
Friday, 7:30–9 P.M.
WORKSHOPS
Lane C. McGaughy
The Jesus of the First Century
What do we now know about the historical Jesus? In this workshop we will examine selected sayings of Jesus, showing why scholars consider them authentic and suggesting surprising ways they might have been understood. We will also consider how one may use the evidence of Jesus' authentic sayings to construct a profile of Jesus as a figure of history.
Saturday, 9:30 A.M.-Noon
Lane C. McGaughy & Roy W. Hoover
The Jesus of the Twenty-first Century
What does the rediscovery of the historical Jesus mean for the heirs of the Christian tradition? Does this Jesus have any relevance for people who claim no allegiance to Christianity? Since the eighteenth century, the church and its critics have used Jesus to talk about the meaning of human existence, and ultimately about the nature of God. The presenters offer their insights and engage participants in a discussion about the relation of the historical Jesus to those questions.
Saturday, 1:30–4 P.M
FACULTY
Roy W. Hoover (Th.D., Harvard University) is Weyerhaeuser Professor of Biblical Literature and Professor of Religion Emeritus, Whitman College. He is co-author (with Robert W. Funk) of The Five Gospels (1993), and co-author (with Arthur Dewey and Lane McGaughy) of The Authentic Letters of Paul (forthcoming November 2010).
Lane C. McGaughy (Ph.D., Vanderbilt University) is the Geo. H. Atkinson Professor of Religious and Ethical Studies emeritus at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon. He is the co-author (with Arthur Dewey and Roy Hoover) of The Authentic Letters of Paul (forthcoming November 2010).
ALL EVENTS AT
First United Methodist Church,
800 West Fifth Street,
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
All Sessions Pre-registration (by Oct 8) Registration (after Oct 8) Additional Family Member Single Sessions Friday Evening Lecture Saturday Morning Workshop Saturday Afternoon Workshop
Register by mail using the printable registration form.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT
Westar Institute
P.O. Box 7268
Santa Rosa, CA 95407
tollfree 877-523-3545, 707- 523-1350 fax
events@westarinstitute.orgor
Bronson C. Davis
817-763-8589