There
is no substitute for getting to know and working with colleagues to make
our lives and professions more vibrant. Time to meet, talk, and study together
collaboratively is of prime importance.
Here's what's coming in RSiSS workshops and seminars
Summer 2009
Summer Institute on Teaching the World Religions
June 25-30, Chicago Illinois
Summer 2009 featuring Christian Wedemeyer, Ph.D., and Asma Afsaruddin, Ph.D. Wedemeyer will spend a day and a half on issues in Buddhism relevant to the secondary school classroom, including Buddhist rituals and Buddhist texts for the classroom, with a focus on the Lotus Sutra.
Asma Afsaruddin will address contemporary issues in Islam, including gender issues and the multi-faceted issue of jihad.
for details and registration, see our co-sponsor web site, CSEE.
Where We Began
Beginning with the Saint Francis Summer Seminars in 1997 we have brought secondary teachers and university scholars together to study, teach, and learn from one another. Conversations between teachers outside the seminar room have been as important to particpants as those within the official seminar setting.
Past seminars have included:
1997 The Bhagavad Gita (David Haberman, PhD)
1998 Early Mahayana Texts (Diamond, Heart, and Inquiry of Ugra Sutras) (Jan Nattier, PhD)
1998 The Mystical Poetry of Rumi (William Chittick, PhD)
1999 Bonaventure and Medieval Christian Mysticism (Ewert Cousins, PhD)
1999 The Upanishads (David Haberman, PhD)
2000 Seminar in Religion and Ecology at Bucknell University (Mary Evelyn Tucker, PhD, John Grim, PhD, and R. Craig Kochel, PhD)
2001 Seminar in Religion and Ecology II at Bucknell University (with science teachers) (David L. Haberman, Ph.D., Mark I. Wallace, Ph.D., Mary Evelyn Tucker, PhD & John Grim, PhD)
2002 Seminar in Religion and Ecology III at Loyola Marymount University (R. Craig Kochel, Ph.D., John Grim, Ph.D., Douglas Burton Christie, Ph.D., and Chris Chappel, Ph.D.)
2003 Seminar in Religion and Ecology IV at Loyola Marymount University (with teachers of science and English) (Christopher Key Chappel, PhD, R. Craig Kochel, PhD, Douglas Burton Christie, PhD, John Grim, PhD)
2003 Islam and the Qur'an at College of Preachers, Washington, D.C. (Carl Ernst, Ph.D)
2004 Portland, Oregon, focus on Taoism and Contemporary Issues for the Classroom
2005, Washington, DC, Teaching the Qur'an
For more information on these seminars, or for registration materials, contact info@rsiss.net
