In 2019 the Eagle River Institute Took a One-Year Break and Began Again in 2020, Marking Its 25 Anniversary
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2019 th In 2019 the Eagle River Institute took a one-year break and began again in 2020, marking its 25 Anniversary. 2018 Marriage as a Path to Theosis Fr. Philip LeMasters is Professor of Religion and Director of the Honors Program at McMurry University in Abilene, Texas, where he is also the pastor of St. Luke’s Antiochian Orthodox Church. He is the author of several books in the area of moral theology, most recently The Forgotten Faith: Ancient Insights for Contemporary Believers from Eastern Christianity. He was an adjunct professor of Christian Ethics at St. Vladimir’s Seminary in 2016-17 and has been a participant at recent, international Orthodox consultations. A graduate of Baylor University and Rice University, he holds a Ph.D. in Christian Theology and Ethics from Duke University and an M.A. in Applied Orthodox Theology from the University of Balamand. 1. Water into Wine: Man-Woman Relationship as a Sign of the Kingdom 2. “One Flesh:” Eucharistic Vision of Marriage and Sex 3. Clues from the Orthodox Wedding Service 4. Asceticism, not Gnosticism: Healing of the Passions through Marriage and Family Life Lay People in the Ancient Church: Women and Men Dr. Susan Ashbrook Harvey is Professor of Religious Studies at Brown University (USA). She specializes in Syriac and Byzantine Christianity. She is also a tonsured chanter at St. Mary’s Antiochian Orthodox Church in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Professor Harvey's scholarship ranges widely across issues of women and gender, embodiment, and lay piety - studied in contexts of asceticism, Bible, hagiography, liturgy, hymnography, domestic and civic religion. Most recently she is a co-author of the book Jacob of Serug’s Homilies on Women Who Met Jesus. She is a graduate of Grinell College, Iowa, and holds an M.Litt. and Ph.D. in Byzantine Studies from Birmingham University, England. 1. Women and Men in the New Testament: Gospel Models, Liturgical Remembrance 2. Female Martyrs and Saints; Models of Faith 3. Voices of the Laity: Women and Men in the Liturgy 4. Early Syriac Christianity: Some Favorite Themes 2017 What the Early Christian Tradition has to Say about Genesis 1-3 Dr. Peter Bouteneff teaches courses in ancient and modern theology and spirituality at St Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary, where he is Professor of Systematic Theology. After taking a degree in music in 1983 he lived and worked in Japan, and traveled widely in Asia and Greece. He has an M.Div. from St Vladimir’s Seminary and a doctorate from Oxford University, where he studied under Bishop Kallistos Ware. He conceived of and edits the "Foundations" series for SVS Press, to which he has contributed a volume called Sweeter than Honey: Orthodox Thinking on Dogma and Truth. In 2008 he authored a study of how early Christians read the Genesis creation accounts, called Beginnings: Ancient Christian Readings of the Biblical Creation Narratives. 1. From the Old Testament to the Fathers: The Journey of the Creation Accounts 2. Genesis 1-3: The Earliest Readers 3. Genesis 1-3: The Cappadocian Fathers 4. Lessons from the Tradition for Today Faith, Science, and Mystery Dr. Gayle Woloschak is currently a professor of Radiation Oncology at Northwestern University in Chicago and an adjunct professor of Religion and Science at Lutheran School of Theology Chicago, and at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. She holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Toledo (Medical College of Ohio), and a D.Min. in Eastern Christian Studies from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Her laboratory interests include molecular biology, radiation biology and nano-biotechnology, and her science-religion fields include biological evolution, stem cell reasearch, and ecology. At St Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary she teaches Bioethics. She is also the current president of “The Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology, and Religion.” 1. Religion and Science: Interface 2. Technology: Where are We Going? 3. Evolution: Creation and Eternity 4. Becoming Human: Genetics and Personhood 2016 Orthodoxy and Cultrue: Past, Present, and Future Aristotle Papanikolaou is the Archbishop Demetrios Chair of Orthodox Theology and Culture at Fordham University, and the Co-Director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center. He is also Senior Fellow at the Emory University Center for the Study of Law and Religion. In 2012, he received the Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in the Humanities. He is the author of The Mystical as Political: Democracy and Non-Radical Orthodoxy. He was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois and he enjoys Russian literature, Byzantine and Greek music, and is a bit of a foodie. 1. Why Religion? Why be Orthodox? 2. What’s the point of spiritual practices like fasting and confession? 3. War, violence, and virtue 4. Can there be a Christian secularism? George E. Demacopoulos is the Fr. John Meyendorff and Patterson Family Chair of Orthodox Christian Studies at Fordham University, and the Co-Director of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center. A native of Tennessee, Dr. Demacopoulos came to Fordham in 2002 after earning his PhD in Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is a specialist in the history of Christianity, and has served on the executive board for the Center for Medieval Studies and was, for many years, a regular teacher in the Rose Hill Honors Program. His most recent book is Gregory the Great: Ascetic, Pastor, and First Man of Rome. 1. Was Byzantine Christianity the normative Orthodox experience? 2. The origins of asceticism and monasticism 3. War and violence in early and Byzantine Christian reflection 4. Tradition without fundamentalism 2015 Christianity in the Arab World Very Rev. Fr. George Shalhoub was born in Hama Syria, the youngest of 7 children. At the age of 12, he was sent to the Balamand Monastery in Lebanon. Fr. George was ordained a deacon in the Cathedral of the Patriarchate in Damascus, Syria. In 1971, he was sent to the United States. Fr. George is married to Nouhad (Ghareeb) and they have 4 children. Fr. George received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Eastern Michigan University in sociology and psychology, a Master’s Degree in Theological Studies from St. John’s Provincial Seminary and a Doctor of Ministry Degree in Pastoral Counseling from the Graduate Theological Foundation. Fr. Shalhoub is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Philosophy at Madonna University and a faculty member of the Antiochian House of Studies. Fr. George and a handful of parishioners started St. Mary’s mission in 1972. In 1976, they moved into their new church and in 1990, along with the parishioners, Parish Council, Building Committee, Ladies Society, and the Youth, St. Mary’s was able to build a Cultural Center. Finally, in 2002, St. Mary’s moved into its permanent house of worship, The Basilica of St. Mary Antiochian Orthodox Church where Metropolitan PHILIP proclaimed it, “A new church for a new century.” Fr. George will give 3 lectures on Christianity in the Arab world plus a special lecture from his new book: The Mystery of Love and Marriage Voice from Antioch: Key Themes in Saint Ignatius the God-bearer Rev. Fr. Andrew Stephen Damick is pastor of St. Paul Orthodox Church of Emmaus, Pennsylvania, author of Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy (Ancient Faith Publishing/Conciliar Press, 2011) and An Introduction to God (Ancient Faith Publishing, 2014), and host of the Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy and Roads from Emmaus podcasts. He is also a frequent speaker at lectures and retreats both in parishes and in other settings. He lives with his wife Kh. Nicole and their three children in Emmaus. 1. Introduction & Martyrdom 2. Salvation in Christ 3. The Bishop and the Church 4. The Eucharist 2014 To Love is o Remember: Lessons from 32 Years Serving the Orthodox Church in Alaska Fr. Nicholas and Matushka Anastasia Molodyko-Harris moved to Alaska in 1967 and soon began work in Anchorage establishing Saint Innocent Orthodox Cathedral, a “parish for all of Alaska.” Over the next 32 years Fr. Nicholas made countless trips to serve churches in rural Orthodox villages across Alaska. During this time their lives were woven together with many remarkable Alaskan people whose Orthodox ancestry extends back over 200 years. Fr. Nicholas retired from Alaska in 1999 and he and Matushka have long wanted to recount their experiences in a way that will encourage every Christian. 1. Reflections on the "Golden Years" - An overview of 1967-1999, an era which saw the building and consecrations of numerous churches, the canonization of multiple saints, the establishment of a diocesan seminary & organizations, and the making of many priests. 2. A Parish for All Alaska - From basement to cathedral, the joys and sorrows of an Alaskan Orthodox Mission 3. Heroes, Saints, and Martyrs - The departed and living who have touched our hearts with their lives and deeds. 4. Missions, Mysteries, and Miracles - A window into the world of an Alaskan Orthodox Priest and his ministry Orthodox Evangelism: “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” (Mt. 4:19) Fr. David and Rozanne Rucker: Fr. David was born in Kentucky, the fourth generation son of Methodist ministers and missionaries. He attended Asbury College in Kentucky earning a B.A. in Education and Missions. While attending college he spent a summer doing missionary work in Colombia, South America, where he met Rozanne Wolff, the daughter of missionaries to Brazil. They were married and after a year of pastoral ministry they entered into career missionary service with a Protestant organization which specialized in planting churches and seminaries around the world. Their thirteen years of missionary service would take them to Japan and China. During that time Fr. David also completed an MDiv from Asbury Theological Seminary.