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SPFM 5211-01 Intercultural Spirituality: Praying Together Summer, 2020 INTERCULTURAL SPIRITUALITY

Spiritual direction practices can be used to engage others’ cultures through . The Lord’s Prayer, as a primary as a common and biblical Christian prayer will be used to cross divides of , culture and history. The biblical, theological, and spiritual significance of the Lord’s Prayer in various Christian traditions will be explored through lecture, dialogue, experiential learning, and practice of various classic spiritual disciplines. The course readings, along with interaction between class members, will offer diverse perspectives and experiences as points for crossing cultures. This course will be conducted online in three sessions on each of the following dates: June 4 7-8:30pm, June 5 7-8:30pm, and June 6 from 9am-12pm. Students will also need to communicate with each other for 1 dyad listening session outside of class. In addition, students are required to schedule two online sessions with me between May 18 and July 31

COURSE OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this course students will be able to:

• Articulate the biblical, historical and cultural significance of the Lord’s Prayer in its original setting. • Define culture from theoretical and personal perspectives. • Examine the role of prayer in the student’s own spiritual formation process. • Integrate contemplative spiritual practices and . • Analyze how the Lord’s Prayer can enable and constrain intercultural spirituality.

READINGS

The readings chosen represent authors from a variety of cultural and religious contexts and backgrounds. of Matthew, Exodus 20, Luke 11:2-4

1. Colored People Henry Louis Gates pages 115-137 (recommended) 2. 3d Gospel, Jayson Georges, Chap 1&2) 3. Barbara Holmes, Joy Unspeakable (chap 3&6) 4. Thomas Keating, The Condition 5. Martin Luther King -I Have a Dream speech(online) 6. Brother Lawrence- Practicing the Presence of (recommended) 7. Adrianna Philece- A Prayerful Disturbance (p. 36-44- Place)(Canvas) 8. Curtiss DeYoung, Becoming Like Creoles. (p 59-78)(Canvas), Peoples Companion to the , p 26-46 9. Wanhee Ann Joh,The heart of the Cross – a post colonial Christology(intro xv Searching for roots-xx(Canvas) 10. Howard Thurman, the Discipline of reconciliation (Canvas) 11. Other short readings as assigned and supplied on Canvas COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Full participation and attendance in each class session is required for a passing grade. Completed reading prior to each class session is expected. Student engagement is critical to the class

1. Creatively reflect on the Lord’s prayer in a language other than your own- with cultural context. (due session 2) 2. Two sessions of intercultural listening, or group spiritual direction. (session 2 and 3) 3. Three integrative paper of 2 pages each. (to be shared during sessions 1,2, and 3)

• Paper 1- Who is God to you? How does/did your culture influence your spiritual life, including your prayer life? How can prayer and be cross cultural? Describe and analyze a personal experience that illustrates your answers. Due: Session 1. Can be submitted on Canvas or by email

• *Paper 2 - Midterm: artistic/ creative- Read Rev 7:9. Create a haiku and reflection based on The Lord’s Prayer from a Spanish, Haitian Creole, Cantonese Chinese, Korean, Lakota, or Swahili cultural context. 1-2 pages. Due: session 2 Can be submitted on Canvas or by email

• Paper 3 How did your experience of God and prayer grow during these workshops? Describe a new way (or ways) of praying and thinking about others that you encountered as a result of this class, including the readings and how you intend to incorporate this experience into your life. This paper will also be used in the final closing session presentation. Due: session 3 . Can be submitted on Canvas or by email

COURSE MATERIALS

Bible- any translation, personal journal

GRADING (Pass/fail) Successful completion of all above assignments and faithful attendance will result in a grade of PASS. In Spiritual Formation courses where grading is Pass/Fail, you are expected to be present and prompt for all class sessions. Absences are strongly discouraged. If there is an emergency and you must miss class, contact the course instructor before class begins. Students with more than 1 absence will need to withdraw from the course. We you will be well this semester and do not need to miss class, but in case you do, it is your responsibility to contact the professor before class. If you must miss a class due to an emergency (which includes seminary sponsored courses and mission trips), please email me.

SCHEDULE

I. Session 1 June 4, 2020 7-8:30pm

Open with Prayer invites us first to be present with God, who is both our father (the source of our ) and our Father who is our eternal, everlasting, all knowing, all loving, all sufficient, all powerful God.

Course Overview

Large group lecture: Readings: Exodus 20; Matthew chapters 5 and 6, Luke 11:2-4, Jayson Georges, 3D culture, chapters 1&2 Thomas Keating, The

A.What is prayer?

• The Lord’s prayer in context. The Lord’s Prayer resembles other that came out of the Jewish matrix of Jesus’ time and contains three common elements of Jewish prayers: praise, petition, and a yearning for the coming kingdom of God. It consists of an introductory address and seven petitions. • Who is God? Who is Jesus? • In what way is the Lord’s Prayer a model for living? • How does the Lord’s Prayer tell us how to exist with God?

2.What is culture? Definition: Shared learned behavior transmitted from one generation to another to promote individual and social survival, adaptation, growth and development. External: artifacts, roles, physical appearance, Internal: values,beliefs, attitudes, ways of thinking, perceiving, and knowing. How does culture affect spirituality and religious practice

3.Prayer and culture • Prayer is part of every religious tradition – (Mohler) • , “the call of the muezzin summons the faithful to kneel in the direction of Mecca and pray with their heads to the floor

• ,”repetitive prayers in formal and features holy sites like the western wall in Jerusalem where worshippers insert scraps of paper with to God into the rock wall.” • . p.7” (Mohler) a form of prayer that focuses on entering a state of cognitive tranquility- an emptying of the mind….”

• Within Christian traditions:

(1) Catholicism: influenced by monastic traditions and teachings about Mary incorporate physical elements like the and formulaic prayers

(2) Historic : prayer should be understood by lay people and based on scripture. Examples:Anglican book of Common Prayer. all believers () to pray in public and in private.

4. Prayer defines and conveys our entire theological system. Prayer and worship reveal ‘what we say about God, how we approach God, our view of ourselves; our priorities and assumptions about God’s priorities- our doctrines about God, humanity, sin, redemption, etc. If we want to know what people believe, listen to them pray.

Our Father, who is in heaven. Hallowed be thy Name.

Readings: Thomas Keating, The Human Condition , Barbara Holmes- Joy Unspeakable Ch 3&, Matthew 6:8 (MSG)

• Who is “us” What does it mean to be human? (Keating)

o Where/what is heaven? o Cultural notions of heaven (Holmes).

June 4-After class assignment:

POST(choose 1) and respond to someone in 1-2 paragraphs

1. Why does Jesus say “our Father?” 2. What characteristics do you attribute to God? 3. What is worship and what does hallowing God mean? 4. Recount an early or significant memory of prayer. 5. What names do you call God? 6. How did your earthly father contribute to the formation of your image. How does your self image contribute to your . 7. What are the “rules” of prayer? Are there right and wrong ways to pray? 8. How and when do you pray?

POST: (Everyone) What are some questions you would like to see answered and/or discussed in this course? What rules and agreements need to be in place for you to grow and thrive in this class? What will you contribute to make this class safe, healthy, productive, and sacred?

II. Session 2 June 5, 2020 7-8:30 pm

Thy Kingdom Come, Thy will be done (Matt 6:10; )

The Kingdom of God: Multiple views

• What is the will of God? • How do we “let?” • silence • Centering prayer or appropriate modification

. On earth, as it is in heaven

• What is the kingdom of God? What does the kingdom look like? • What is the kingdom of God on earth?

• What is justice? • What is based activism? How much does it cost? • What is intercessory prayer? • MLK: Beloved community, I Have a Dream Speech,

Lectio Divina (Rev 7:9) Holy listening Haiku sharing

Give us this day our daily bread

• Expressions of . The power of gratitude

June 5 After class assignment: Listening dyad

• Prayer of examen • Who do I need to forgive/ask to forgive me? • Forgiving self • What would , reconciliation, or reparations look like?

III. Session 3 June 6 9am-12 pm

Lecture from Reading: Matthew 4:1-4, Matthew 7: 25-24,, Matthew 18:15-17, 21-22;Howard Thurman Reconciliation, Barbara Holmes Ch 6, Joy Unspeakable Forgive us our sins/debts/trespasses:As we forgive those who trespass against us;

• What is grace? • What is sin/debt/trespass • “, Activism and Praxis “

MLK- Strength to , “A tough mind and a tender heart”

• What is ?/unforgiveness? • What is reconciliation? • Forgiving self and others? • Individual and corporate forgiveness. • Repentance, Restitution, and reparations. .

Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from (the) evil (one).

• Readings: Matthew 4:1-17, Matthew 26:41, Readings: Matthew 4:1-17 • What is temptation? • What is evil?

For yours is the power, the glory, forever. Amen

Panel Presentations- Should include sharing from Paper 3: How did your experience of God and prayer grow during these workshops? Describe a new way (or ways) of praying and thinking about others that you encountered as a result of this class and how you intend to incorporate this practice into your life. What questions have emerged for you during this course?

CLOSING PRAYER

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The Lord’s Prayer in Korean

Text

Transliteration (Pronunciation) and Translation

Ha nuel eh geh shin oo ree ah buh jee, Our Father who art in heaven, Ee rum ul kuh ruk ha geh ha op see myu, Nah rah ee im ha op see myu, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, Duh see ha neul eh suh ee roon gut gah chee dahng eh suh do ee ru uh jee ee dah. Thy will be done On Earth as it is in Heaven Give us this day our daily bread, Oh neul nahl oo ree eh geh eel yong hahl yahng sig ul joo op see go, Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors, Oo ree gah oo ree eh geh chway jee un jah rul sah ha Yuh joon gut gah chee oo ree eh chway rul sah ha yuh joo op see go, Oo ree rul she hum eh deul jee mahl geh ha op see go, Dah mahn ark eh suh koo ha op so suh. And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil. [Nah rah wa kwon seh wa young Kwahng ee ah buh jee kkeh young won he ees sah om nah ee dah]. [For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever]. Amen. Amen. Transliteration and translation provided by: Gloria Lee.

SWAHILI

BABA YETU OUR FATHER Baba Yetu uliye mbinguni, Our Father, who art in heaven, jina lako litukuzwe; hallowed be thy name; ufalme wako ufike, thy kingdom come, utakalo lifanyike thy will be done, duniani kama mbinguni. on earth as it is in heaven. Utupe leo mkate wetu wa kila siku, Give us this day, our daily bread, utusamehe makosa yetu, and forgive us our trespasses kama nasi tunavyowasamehe waliotukosea. as we forgive those who trespass against us. Usitutie katika kishawishi, And lead us not into temptation, lakini utuopoe maovuni. but deliver us from evil. Amina. Amen.

The Lord's Prayer in Lakota Ate unyapi Mahpiya ekta nanke cin, Nicaje wakanlapi nunwe. Nitokiconze u nunwe. Mahpiay ekta nitawacin econpi kin, he iyecel maka akanl econpi nunwe. Anpetu ihohi aguyapi kin, anpetu kin le unqu piye. Na tona ecinsniyan ecaunkicinpi wicaunkicicajujupi kin, he iyecel waunhtanipi kin unkiciajujupiye. Na taku wawiyutanye cin ekta unkayapi sni piye; Tka taku sice etanhan eunklaku piye; Wokiconse kin, na wowasake kin, na wowitan kin hena ohinniyan naohinniyan nitawa heon. Amen.

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French Haitian Creole

Papa Nou

Papa nou ki nan sièl la, Nou mandé pou yo toujou réspékté non ou. Vi-n tabli gouvènman ou, pou yo fè volonté ou so latè, tankou yo fè-l nan sièl la. Manjé nou bézouin an, ban nou-l jòdi-a. Padonnin tout mal nou fè, minm jan nou padonnin moun ki fè nou mal. Pa kité nou nan pozision pou-n tonbé nan tantasion, min, délivré nou anba Satan. [Paské, sé pou ou tout otorité, tout pouvoua ak tout louanj, dépi tout tan ak pou tout tan.] Amèn.

Our Father (Translation)

Our Father who is in heaven We ask that they always respect Your name. Come establish Your government, for them to do Your will on the earth, as they do it in heaven. The food we need, give it to us today. Forgive all the bad we do, in the same way we forgive the people who do wrong by us. Don't allow us to be in a place to fall into temptation, but, deliver us from under Satan. [Because, for you is all authority, all power, with all praise, for ever and ever.] Amen. https://lyricstranslate.com/en/papa-nou-our-father.html

Padre Nuestro- en Espanol

Padre nuestro, que estás en el cielo, santificado sea tu Nombre; venga a nosotros tu reino; hágase tu voluntad en la tierra como en el cielo.

Danos hoy nuestro pan de cada día; perdona nuestras ofensas, como también nosotros perdonamos a los que nos ofenden; no nos dejes caer en la tentación, y líbranos del mal. Amén.

CHINESE, CANTONESE – 粤语: Union Version Bible – Traditional Matthew (馬太福音) 6:9-13 9 所 以 ， 你 們 禱 告 要 這 樣 說 ： 我 們 在 天 上 的 父 ： 願 人 都 尊 你 的 名 為 聖 。 10 願 你 的 國 降 臨 ； 願 你 的 旨 意 行 在 地 上 ， 如 同 行 在 天 上 。 11 我 們 日 用 的 飲 食 ， 今 日 賜 給 我 們 。 12 免 我 們 的 債 ， 如 同 我 們 免 了 人 的 債 。 13 不 叫 我 們 遇 見 試 探 ； 救 我 們 脫 離 兇 惡 （ 或 作 ： 脫 離 惡 者 ） 。 因 為 國 度 、 權 柄 、 榮 耀 ， 全 是 你 的 ， 直 到 永 遠 。 阿 們 （ 有 古 卷 沒 有 因 為 … … 阿 們 等 字 ） ！

The Matthean version used by the Roman is as follows: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come.

Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

The English version of the Lord’s Prayer used in many Protestant churches replaces the lines “and forgive us our trespasses / as we forgive those who trespass against us” with:

and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.

Protestants also add the following conclusion:

For thine is the kingdom,

and the power,

and the glory,

forever.