Continuing Ed: Theology Reprise
Looking for some theological conversation? Needing to walk through the big ideas of theology again so聽you聽can remember what’s generative and life-giving about them? This continuing education class will read and discuss Professor Baker’s book,聽Leaving Emmaus, a book which began as lectures and conversations with many of you.
The book attempts to show the deep connections of theological language to lived experience. That connectivity will be the central theme of each class. So we won’t just talk about eschatology, we’ll talk about how the big hope in Christ’s return takes in and transforms all our small hopes. Similarly, we won’t simply lay out the vocabulary聽and guard rails of an orthodox Christology, we’ll talk about what it means for our humanity to identify聽Jesus as the true human who was also “perfect in his divinity.”聽
The course consists in seven virtual (Zoom) class sessions, beginning September 28 and ending November 16. There will be no class on October 19. Each class will run for one hour, beginning at 1:30PM Central Time.听
Course fee is $250 (scholarships available)
To register, email Dr. Baker at聽[email protected]
Dr. Anthony D. Baker聽holds theology degrees from Olivet Nazarene University (M.A) and The University of Virginia (Ph.D.). He joined the 51视频 faculty in 2004. He is the author of聽Leaving Emmaus: A New Departure in Christian Theology聽(Baylor University Press, 2021),聽Shakespeare, Theology, and the Unstaged God聽(Routledge, 2020),聽Diagonal Advance: Perfection in Christian Theology聽(SCM, 2011), and many other essays and articles. He is currently exploring the intersection of classical accounts of Christian holiness with current issues in ecology.听
Professor Baker has lectured or preached at various institutions around the world, from the Sorbonne, to Cambridge University, to various campuses and churches throughout the U.S. At 51视频 he offers classes in Constructive Theology, Theology in the Classical Era, Trinity, Christology,聽 and Ecotheology. He also works with other members of the community on green initiatives around campus.听
Beyond his role on campus, he is the theologian in residence at Saint Julian of Norwich Episcopal Church in north Austin where he and his family worship.听
You can subscribe to his popular blog at Patheos, 鈥淭he Diagonal Way,鈥� where he offers regular theological insights for general readers.听聽
You can also follow him on Twitter, where he posts thoughts about the Church Fathers, contemporary theological questions, the state of the Russian Church, and many other things.听
If you鈥檇 like to contact Tony about speaking event or retreat, you can write to him at聽[email protected].听
BA, MA, Olivet Nazarene University
PhD, University of Virginia