Continuing Education
For the 2007-2008 academic year, Seabury has specifically developed several courses for people who are not in the ordination process as well as slated classes for intensive weekend learning.
Spring Evening Courses
Shakespeare’s Religion
Thursdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Get to know Shakespeare from the perspective of his faith and the faith of his time. Seen through this lens, what do his plays, sonnets and poems tell us? What new understandings and meanings can we discover in the Bard's works when viewed th rough the eyes of the faith of his firs audiences?
Gary Hall, Dean and President and Professor of Anglican Studies
To sign up for this course, call Peggy Pearson, Registrar, at 847-328-9300 x. 44.
Post Colonial Readings of the New Testament
Mondays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Introduction to postcolonial studies and its intersection with New Testament studies.
This course will introduce the students to the origins and evolution of postcolonial studies and highlight its intersection with, as well as evaluate its impact on, New Testament studies. It will illuminate the contexts in which the NT texts were written, provide a critical examination of the varied tactics hitherto used in biblical studies to legitimate and reinforce political, economic, and cultural imperialism, and offer suggestions for interpretive strategies by which the New Testament can be decolonized and reclaimed for liberating purposes. Since interdisciplinarity is a hallmark of postcolonial studies, attention will be given to the areas of crossover between postcolonial discourse and related disciplines such as feminist studies.
Raj Nadella, Visiting Instructor of New Testament
To sign up for this course, call Peggy Pearson, Registrar, at 847-328-9300 x. 44.
Congregational Leadership: How Is Congregational Vitality Stimulated and Nurtured?
Tuesdays, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Examples and insights from effective parish clergy, drawn from “Toward a Higher Quality of Christian Ministry,” the largest empirical research project ever conducted of Episcopal rectors and vicars and lay leaders.
John Dreibelbis, Professor Emeritus of Christian Ministries
To sign up for this course, call Peggy Pearson, Registrar, at 847-328-9300 x. 44.
