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World Religions:
Passionately Christian and Compassionately Interreligious
A new online course for Lent from Wesley Pathways for Ministry. Taught by Professor Sathi Clarke, the Bishop Sundo Kim Chair in World Christianity at Wesley Theological Seminary. The course runs February 12 through March 25 and includes three live Zoom sessions.
Religions are intimately entwined in our contracting and interconnected world. For Christians to engage this world with confidence and graciousness, we need to be deeply formed by Christian sources and broadly informed by interreligious resources. This course invites you to cultivate a missional presence that is passionately Christian as well as compassionately interreligious. It enables participants to graciously encounter and understand the various religious beliefs and practices of our neighbors. And then, it explores how you can think about Christian mission in such an interreligious world.
Course aim:
Facilitate Christian encounters and engagement with other religions by harnessing the passion to be Christian even while practicing interreligious compassion. So as pilgrims of Christ, we will:
- Compassionately encounter our neighbors
- Graciously understand and expectantly learn from their religions
- Respectfully think about Christian witness in our interfaith world
- Learn about the core beliefs and practices of Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Judaism (Expand religious literacy)
- Enrich spiritual habits by observing our religious neighbors’ faith and witness (Enhance spiritual practice)
- Explore the challenge of embracing the particularity of Christ and celebrating the universality of God (Reimagine interreligious Christian mission)
Learn more and register now at Wesley Pathways for Ministry.
Also from Wesley Pathways for Ministry:
Religion And Science: Pathways To Truth
This self-paced course is hosted by Dr. Francis Collins, former Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institute of Health, whose videos in each learning module will introduce speakers and themes. Altogether, there are six learning modules that cover various aspects of the relationship between faith and science. Each learning module includes all the materials you need to reflect upon the topic at hand and contains a combination of videos, readings, quizzes, and “points to ponder.” We encourage participants to work through these materials carefully and to complete all the assignments and reflection questions in order to reinforce the learning modules’ main ideas.
Course objectives:
- To gain knowledge of scientific and theological terms and concepts used in this course
- To gain knowledge about the dichotomous origins and concerns perceived by some between religion and science throughout history
- To gain knowledge about the differing ways theology — the study of God, and biology — the study of life, contribute to human life, well-being, and experience
- To be able to articulate ways theology — the study of God, and biology—the study of life, can co-exist and resonate in one’s own personal faith and life practice
Learn more and register now at Wesley Pathways for Ministry.
