Get your tickets to the In Exile conference today! Despite the territorial divisions that separate theists from atheists, the sacred from secular, and the “faithful” from the “faithless,” many of us are painfully aware that we dwell on the borderlines. Occasionally, we pass from one side to the other and, more often than not, find ourselves in a liminal space that doesn’t belong to either side. Whether we’re church leaders who find ourselves embarrassed by what we preach, humanists who sing hymns with the conviction of a saint, theists who find the idea of God absurd, or atheists who secretly pray - the walls that separate can often be more permeable than we might like to admit. This event is for anyone who suspects that a borderline existence can mark communal life. It is for those who are open to self-interrogation and interested in radically different ways of sharing life together. Regardless of whether you work within the existing church, have long since left, or have never darkened its doors, this event will be relevant if you think there might be alternatives to “us versus them” spaces. This is for you if you suspect that a community of “neither/nor” is possible, one where difference no longer divides and where we learn to see the other as bearing a gift that might lead to our enrichment, or even transformation. eventbrite/e/the-trickster-the-cynic-and-the-fool-a-peter-rollins-event-tickets-11188843131
Posted on: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 19:23:28 +0000