A Conversation on the Edge of Things with Art Dewey | Second Saturday 10-11-25

Описание: In this reflective session, host Marianne welcomes New Testament scholar and poet Art Dewey for a deep exploration of theopoetics—a way of understanding faith through imagination, language, and creative renewal. Dewey draws from philosophers, poets, and theologians to examine how we imagine the real, how trauma shapes imagination, and how language can either imprison or liberate faith. Through readings of his own poems and works by Seamus Heaney, Dante, and others, Dewey invites listeners to reimagine theology as conversation at the edges of things—where wonder, memory, and presence intertwine.

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What you’ll learn
•Theopoetics and the renewal of religious imagination
• Imagination vs. ideology
• Relationship, trauma, and healing (McMurray, Lynch)
• Seeing “feelingly” and the contemplative imagination
• Poetry as theological practice
• Truth as the unforgettable (Greek aletheia)
• The “empire” or atmosphere of God
• Language, silence, and hope

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Topics:
00:00 – Opening & Framing the Series
02:20 – Theopoetics and the Limits of Ideology
04:00 – “Starlight Like Intuition Pierced the Twelve”
10:00 – Introducing Guest: Art Dewey
14:00 – Beginning “A Conversation on the Edge of Things”
16:30 – Relationship, Abandonment, and Healing (McMurray & Lynch)
25:00 – Seeing Feelingly: The Role of Poetic Perception
36:00 – History, Memory, and Imagination
47:00 – Jesus, Dante, and the Atmosphere of God
52:50 – Truth, Wisdom, and the Unforgettable

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About The Marcus J Borg Foundation:
Marcus J. Borg was an author of great import that explored historical and biblical topics and applied them to modern Christianity. To clarify some of his thoughts, here is a list of progressive Christian values.

Intellectual integrity and scholarship
• Elegance and clarity of thought
• Graciousness and humility
• Compassion and understanding
• Awe, wonder and gratitude for the privilege of our experience of life
• The art of asking the open-ended question
• Inquiry and conversation that engages both head and heart
• Theological education that is accessible and transformative

The work of Marcus J. Borg allows the foundation to explore and articulate a meaningful and faithful Christianity for the 21st century. Above all, the values Marcus brought to his work we want to bring to ours.

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