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Lectures and
Colloquia: Spring 2008
You Are
Invited
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 Blessing
the Nations in the 21st Century: A 3-D Approach to Apostolic Ministry
Dr. Rick Love
Dr. Love holds a D.Min. in Urban
Studies from Westminster Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in
Intercultural Studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. He has
served for more than twenty-five years among Muslims, specializing
in coaching faith-based organizations in cross-cultural
communication and Christian-Muslim relationships. He is presently
a postdoctoral fellow at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture’s
Reconciliation Program. The goal of Yale’s Reconciliation
Program is to promote reconciliation between Muslims and
Christians and between Muslim nations and the West, drawing on the
resources of the Abrahamic faiths and the teachings and person of
Jesus. He is the author of Peacemaking: Resolving Conflict,
Restoring and Building Harmony in Relationships (2000).
Tuesday,
April 1, 2008
The lecture begins at 7:30 p.m.
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 Rehabilitation
of Mission History in Academia: Writing the History of the Maryknoll Society
Dr.
Angelyn Dries, O.S.F.
Dr.
Dries, professor of mission history and Danforth Humanities Chair at
Saint Louis University in Missouri, will look at the rehabilitation
of mission history as an academic study within American religious history
and review the current intersection of mission history with other academic
disciplines. A senior mission scholar in residence at OMSC, she will
present her approach to writing the Maryknoll Society history. A Roman
Catholic mission group founded in 1911, Maryknoll has sent missioners
to over thirty countries. Previously Dr. Dries taught at Cardinal Stritch
University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She was president of the American
Society of Missiology (1996–97) and is a member of the Overseas Ministries
Study Center board of trustees. She is author of The Missionary Movement
in American Catholic History (1998).
Friday,
April 4, 2008
The lecture begins at 12:30 p.m.
Bring a light lunch at 12:15 p.m. Coffee will be provided.
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 The
Two Great Awakenings: Jonathan Edwards vs. Charles Finney—Implications
for Evangelistic Practice Today
Dr.
Nak-Heong Yang
Dr. Yang teaches
church history at Korea Theological Seminary and is ordained in the
Presbyterian Church. A 2007–08 visiting scholar at Yale Divinity School,
he will examine the different styles characteristic of the two American
religious awakenings epitomized by Jonathan Edwards and Charles Finney,
respectively. Implications will be drawn for evangelistic and missional
practice today. An OMSC resident with his family, Dr. Yang is a graduate
of Korea Theological Seminary, Yale Divinity School, and Fuller Theological
Seminary. He is author of The Life and Theology of Jonathan Edwards
(2003, in Korean).
Tuesday,
April 22, 2008
The
lecture begins at 7:30 p.m.
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Haven, Connecticut 06511 USA
(203) 624-6672 info@OMSC.org
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