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Turner Memorial Lecture Series |
| What Would Jesus DEconstruct? Postmodernism Meets the Church |
| October 10-12, 2011 |
| Englewood Christian Church, Yakima, Washington |
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Dr. John D. Caputo
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John D. Caputo describes himself as a hybrid philosopher/theologian, bringing philosophical questions to bear on religion and theology while letting theology and religion push back. This approach forces philosophers to think about the strange and haunting narratives in Scripture. He is a distinguished writer and scholar and has held endowed chairs in both philosophy and religion before his recent retirement.
Caputo enjoys presenting the arcane ideas of the academy to wider audiences. This includes frequent interaction with the "Emergent Church," which he values as a loosely organized cluster of front-line groups where abstract ideas hit the ground. The result of crossing all these wires—between philosophy and theology, between the academy and the pews—gets us closer to what is really going on in religion and theology, closer to what is "happening" there. Doing that, getting at what's happening in something, Caputo claims, is what the "deconstruction" of something is. So contrary to popular impressions, deconstruction does not raze a structure (like religion, art, or the university) to the ground, but releases its inner energies, lets it breathe, and allows it to reinvent itself. |
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Perhaps nothing is more deserving of deconstruction than the Church, in the dual sense of "deserve": as in the sense of meriting it, of being worthy of and important enough to be deconstructed, and also of getting its just deserts, meaning to get its ears pinned back for its infidelities. If so, what better way to bring deconstruction to bear upon the Church than to ask, what would Jesus deconstruct? What would Jesus have to say if one Sunday morning he suddenly appeared seated in the congregation? That is the question Caputo will pursue in this year's lecture series. That famous experiment, undertaken in Dostoevsky's "Grand Inquisitor" and later in Charles Sheldon's classic, In His Steps: What Would Jesus Do?, is repeated by Caputo using the philosopher Jacques Derrida.
Asking the question What Would Jesus Deconstruct? Caputo carefully unpacks the "what," the "would," the "Jesus," and the "deconstruct" in his question, to uncover what is really happening in the Church—or what should be!—namely, the Kingdom of God. This he defines as the unruly rule that results if we release what's going on in the name of God--if we let it happen--if the name of God becomes the name of a deed, not a doctrine. |
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| Pricing Information |
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General Registration before 9/27: $110
General Registration after 9/27: $125
Retired Clergy before 9/27: $85
Retired Clergy after 9/27: $100
Retired Clergy's Spouse before 9/27: $85
Retired Clergy's Spouse after 9/27: $100
Student Registration before 9/27: $65
Student Registration after 9/27: $75
Monday Evening Reception and Tuesday Lunch are included in the registration fees.
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| Register Online |
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Step 1 Register - Step 2 Confirm - Step 3 Payment |
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| Lectureship Schedule |
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Monday, October 10
1:00 Registration: Cole Hall, Englewood C.C.
1:30 Gathering and Opening Worship
2:30 Lecture 1: In His Steps: What Would Jesus
Do? Postmodernism in Kansas
3:30 Break
3:45 Q&A with Dr. Caputo
4:45 Breakout Session
5:30 Reception
Tuesday, October 11
8:45 Gathering (rolls and coffee)
9:15 Morning Worship
9:30 Lecture 2: Praying for the Impossible: A
Beginner's Guide for Christian Deconstructors
10:30 Break
10:45 Q&A with Dr. Caputo
11:45 Breakout Session
12:30 Lunch (Included)
2:00 Workshops
3:30 Free Time (dinner on your own)
7:00 Worship
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Wednesday, October 12
8:45 Gathering (rolls and coffee)
9:15 Morning Worship
9:30 Lecture 3: What Would a Deconstructed Church Look Like?
11:00 Blessing for the Road
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| Workshop Opportunities |
As in past years, we will be offering a variety of workshops on Tuesday afternoon. Titles and leaders have not yet been finalized, but they will include the following as well as others:
• Regional Conversation: A Word from Sandy — Sandy Messick
• Justice and the Land — David Bell
• Photography as Theological Reflection — Roger Lynn
• Prayer without Words — Laurie Rudell |
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| Lodging Options |
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Centrally located in Washington and providing many amenities, Yakima is a busy city which often fills up available lodging spaces quickly depending on the variety of events happening at any time. You are encouraged to make hotel or other lodging reservations as soon as possible.
All lodging blocks are listed under "Turner Lectures" and reservations must be made by Sept 23, 2011 to ensure special pricing.
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Comfort Suites
3702 Fruitvale Boulevard
Yakima, WA 98902
Phone: 509-249-1900
• One King: $98.96
• Two Queen: $116.96
• $10 additional for 3 or 4 guests
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Oxford Suites
1701 Yakima Avenue
Yakima, WA 98901
Phone: 509-457-9000
• One King or Two Queen: $112.00
• One to four guests at this price |
Oxford Inn
1603 Yakima Avenue
Yakima, WA 98901
Phone: 509-457-4444
• One or Two Queen: $85.00
• One to four guests at this price |
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