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The Parables of Jesus
Arthur J. Dewey & Lane C. McGaughy
Jesus played upon the stereotypes and tensions in his world and wove explosive stories, called parables, that called into question the everyday assumptions of his audience. For centuries, these parables have been routinely misread and largely underestimated. Now scholars are attempting to recover their irony, edginess, and effrontery. This workshop will focus on parables, and show how they can transform their listeners' world even today.
LECTURE
Art Dewey & Lane McGaughy
A Parable is not an Allegory
Lost for ages in the backwaters of allegory and simplistic preaching, the parables of Jesus have emerged in modern scholarship as the creation of a great artist. Art Dewey and Lane McGaughy will explore what parables are and how they differ from allegories.
Friday, 7:30–9 P.M
WORKSHOPS
Lane McGaughy
The History of Parable Interpretation
An important way to understand Jesus' parables is to understand the various methods that have been used to interpret them and ask how subsequent cultural contexts influenced their applications. Lane McGaughy will illustrate that history with interpretations of the parables of the Feast, the Entrusted Money, the Good Samaritan, and the Sower.
Art Dewey
Parables and the Kingdom
Jesus told parables as a way of helping his audience glimpse and experience the kingdom of God. So parables are a doorway to the kingdom. But what explains what? Does the kingdom explain the parables or do the parables explain the kingdom? What social and political assumptions was Jesus playing on and against? The parables of the Prodigal Son (or the parable of a dysfunctional family), the Samaritan and Leased Vineyard will provide a primary focus for this presentation.
Saturday, 9:30 A.M.–NOON
Art Dewey & Lane McGaughy
The Parabolic Present
What happens if we begin to hear the parables with new ears? What impact do the parables have in our contemporary world? Can we still glimpse the Kingdom out of the corner of our eyes? What are the consequences of living “as if God were truly present”?
Saturday, 1:30–4 P.M.
FACULTY
Arthur J. Dewey ( Th.D., Harvard University) is Professor of Theology, Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio and co-founder of the Healing Deadly Memories Program, a unique project that conducts workshops on how to deal with the question of anti-Semitism in the New Testament.
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 author of two books on New Testament Greek and of numerous scholarly articles.
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fort Wayne
5310 Old Mill Road
Fort Wayne, IN 46807
260-744-1867
FEES & REGISTRATION
All Sessions Pre-registration (by Oct 10) Registration (after Oct 10) Additional Family Member Single Sessions Friday Evening Lecture Saturday Morning Workshop Saturday Afternoon Workshop
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