Marcus Borg is internationally known in both REVIEWS academic and church circles as a biblical and Jesus scholar. The Last Week Holder of the Hundere Chair of Marcus J. Borg and Religion and Culture in the “Borg and Crossan's The Last Week shows one Philosophy Department at of the most careful and insightful readings of the State University until his Bible I've ever come across.” retirement in 2007, he is the author of sixteen Brian McLaren books, including Meeting Jesus Again for the Author of A New Kind of Christian First Time (1994), the single best-selling book “It is difficult to overestimate the importance of by a contemporary Jesus scholar. this volume” Barbara Brown Taylor Described by The New York Times as "a leading Author of The Preaching Life figure among the new generation of Jesus The First Christmas JESUS scholars," he has made many TV appearances. A Fellow of the , he has been Marcus J. Borg and John Dominic Crossan ST “Borg and Crossan have given us new lenses IN THE 1 AND national chair of the Section of ST the Society of Biblical Literature and co-chair of through which to view the light of the 21 CENTURY its International Program accounts of Jesus’s birth.” Reverend John Bryson Chane Committee, and a past president of the Episcopal Bishop of Washington, D.C Anglican Association of Biblical Scholars. “Finding in the Nativity Stories not only poetry SEPT His last two books, The Last Week and The First and piety but also parable and politics, Borg and 12-14 Christmas, were co-authored with Crossan. Crossan recover the challenge of Christmas for the first century and the twenty-first.” 2008 Amy-Jill Levine John Dominic Crossan Author of The Misunderstood Jew is an internationally repected scholar, who has authored 23 Meeting Jesus for the First Time books on the historical Jesus, Marcus J. Borg the development of early “In every generation there is a handful of writers FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, of whom it can be said, ‘Read everything they Christianity, and the life and DOWNERS GROVE, presents letters of Paul, as well as write.’ Marcus Borg is one of these today: a writer of rare lucidity, original scholarly insights, appearing in numerous TV and profound spirituality, and the universal capacity a WEEKEND with radio interviews, public and video lectures and to connect it all to life in the present. He just courses. His book, The Birth of Christianity, was might change your mind—or life.” a Publishers Weekly "best book of the year" in Walter Wink Marcus Borg 1998. For ten years, he was the Co-Chair of the Author of The Powers That Be Jesus Seminar and, for six years, chair of the The Birth of Christianity Historical Jesus Section of the Society of John Dominic Crossan Biblical Literature. John Dominic Crossan “Crossan's critical methods, his accessible style, Born in Ireland, Crossan was educated in and his insightful conjectures breathe fresh air Ireland and the United States, before into contemporary debates about Jesus and 1032 Maple Avenue conducting post doctoral research in Rome and early Christianity.” Downers Grove, IL 60515 Publishers Weekly Jerusalem. He was an ordained priest until 1969 (630) 968-7120 when he joined the faculty of DePaul University http://www.dgfumc.org/ in Chicago until retirement in 1995. Workshop Registration Schedule The fee of $30 per person includes lunch. Students may register for a reduced fee of $15. JESUS Friday, September 12 I / We would like to register IN THE 1ST AND Evening Lecture _____ adult(s) _____ student(s) ST Name* ______21 CENTURY 7:30 PM The , Then and Now (Please PRINT) Phone: ( _____ ) ______Free – no advance registration required Email: ______Saturday, September 13 Street Address: ______For Christians in the 21st century, nothing Workshops ______can be more important than understanding The Kingdom and the Way how the Jesus of the 1st century relates to 9:00 AM City, State, ZIP: ______The Message and Activity of Jesus us now. This is not an academic question * Please provide the names of additional registrants but one that affects every aspect of how 10:30 AM Coffee for name tags: we live our lives in faith. ______Execution and Resurrection 11:00 AM We are fortunate to welcome two of the Good Friday and Easter ______most renowned scholars in this field, ______Marcus Borg and John Dominic Crossan, 12:30 PM Lunch who have a gift for transforming the ______Following Jesus Today results of historical research into a new 1:30 PM Being Christian in a Time of Empire Please indicate if a vegetarian lunch is required: and vibrant appreciation of what it means ☐ Yes How many? ______to follow Jesus today. 3:00 PM End of Program Total enclosed: $______All are invited to share in this exciting Workshop registration $30 (Student $15) Checks payable to First United Methodist Church opportunity to deepen our faith and renew Memo: Borg/Crossan our vision of Christ in the 21st century. Sunday, September 14 Childcare will be provided if requested before Worship September 8. Please call the church office (630) 968-7120 to sign up for babysitting. Worship Service Return form and payment by September 8 to: 8:15 AM Marcus Borg (Preacher) Borg/Crossan Registration First United Methodist Church Worship Service 1032 Maple Avenue 9:30 AM Marcus Borg (Preacher) Downers Grove, IL 60515 Dominic Crossan (Sunday School) OR Worship Service Register online using any major credit card. 11:00 AM Marcus Borg (Preacher) Dominic Crossan (Sunday School) http://www.dgfumc.org

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