Anniversary Lecture Series Overview
Course 1: Martin Luther | Course 2: Luthernism | Course 3: The Messiah
Course 4: The Book of Daniel | Course 5: How Christians Ritualize Death
Course 6: Putting the “M” Word Back into Christian Discipleship
Lecture Series Pdf Files | Lecture Series Video Files
Course 5 - How Christians ritualize death and what it says about life
Taught by Dr. Benjamin M. Stewart is the Gordon A. Braatz Assistant Professor of Worship and Dean of Augustana Chapel at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. Ben is the author of A Watered Garden: Christian Worship and Earth’s Ecology (2011), and is currently on research leave to study Christian burial practices. Ben and his family live in Western Springs.
One ancient funeral text proclaims the mystery: “All of us go down to the dust, but even at the grave we make our song: Alleluia!” Christians have understood both death and life to be mysteries, best approached with contemplation, prayer, and common worship. What forgotten wisdom does Christian history offer to our present-day funerals and traditions? What insights are available for planning funerals and burials for our loved ones and ourselves? This three-week course explores the theology of Christian funeral and burial practices, with a special interest in how these practices embody wisdom about life and death that is relevant in contemporary North America.
Session One: The Body of Christ: honoring the body in death
10 a.m. Wednesday, 1 February 2012
7 p.m. Monday, 6 February 2012
The lecture Power Point presentation is available for downloading in pdf format. Lecture 1: The Body of Christ. The video presentation Video Lecture #1 - The Body of Christ is available.
Session Two: Carried in Procession: worship at the funeral liturgy
10 a.m. Wednesday, 8 February 2012
7 p.m. Monday, 13 February 2012
The lecture Power Point presentation is available for downloading in pdf format. Lecture 2: Carried in Procession: worship at the funeral liturgy. The video presentation Video Lecture #2 - Carried in Procession: worship at the funeral liturgy is available.
Session Three: Earth to earth, dust to dust: committal to the earth
10 a.m. Wednesday, 15 February 2012
7 p.m. Monday, 20 February 2012
The video presentation Video Lecture #3 -Earth to earth, dust to dust: committal to the earth is available.
| Monday Evenings (7:00 pm - 8:00 pm) | Wednesday Mornings (10:00 am - 11:00 am) |
