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2008 Course and
Teacher Information
1
Basic Judaism
Mondays, 1:00 – 3:00 PM
This course introduces the
concepts, laws, rituals
and practices that form
the core of Judaism. Topics
include Shabbat, Dietary
Laws, Festivals and
Holidays, Life Cycle
Rituals, Prayers and Blessings,
Ritual Objects and Pivotal
Events in Jewish History.
Students will learn key
Hebrew language related to
each topic.
Pauline Horn holds a
Master of Judaic Studies
from the Siegel College
of Jewish Studies. Pauline is the
Executive Director of
Beth Sholom Congregation and
Director of the Beth
Sholom Hebrew School.
2 Bibliodrama: Bible Study
as Sacred Play
Mondays, 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Pieces missing in Biblical stories invite
imagination
into scripture.
Bibliodrama invites us to speak spontaneously
as characters within the
scriptures, illuminating new
facets of timeless
stories and discovering fresh
insights. Educators,
clergy and lovers of stories will
experience and learn
techniques applicable to all age
groups. Participants often
say,“The Bible will never be
the same again!”
Arlene Kiely, MTS, a
graduate of Wesley
Seminary, has led and
taught Bibliodrama for many
years.
3 Lay Reading
Mondays, 1:00 – 3:00 PM
This course in oral
reading is designed for lay readers.
We will consider how
sacred texts can be enhanced for
the worshipper through
interpretation and technique.
We will employ the stated
lessons for the Lent and
early Easter Season as we
practice how, in the context
of worship, scripture may
be read expressively.
Rev. Dr. George Paul
Mocko received an S.T.M.
degree from Philadelphia
Lutheran Seminary and the
D.D. from Gettysburg
Lutheran Seminary. He served
parishes in Pennsylvania,
Delaware and Maryland
before being elected
Bishop of the Delaware/Maryland
Synod, ELCA.
4 Fruit of Blessing, Root of Evil:
Money in the Life of Faith
Mondays, 7:30 – 9:30 PM
Sacred scripture addresses
money frequently, but
interpreters have by no
means provided a consistent
message. Some have
celebrated wealth as a sign of
divine
blessing, while others have insisted that faith
demands
near-poverty. This course looks at money
from
several perspectives: the scriptural record; a
selected
review of traditional thought; and some contemporary
contributions. The course raises the question:
What is
an acceptable understanding of money’s
role for
persons seeking a life of faith?
Scott
A. Huber received his Ph.D. in Moral
Theology from The Catholic University of America. He
holds
Masters from Princeton Seminary and from
Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary. He has served as an
adjunct
professor of moral theology at Catholic
University, and as a managerial accountant for three corporations.
5 Handel’s
Messiah – Prophetic
Message and Profound Music
Mondays, 7:30 – 9:30 PM
From the
premiere of “Messiah” in 1742, Handel’s
genius
at creating music to express the meaning and
emotion
of the words is widely acknowledged. But
before
Handel could set the words they had to be carefully
chosen
from the scriptures by librettist Charles
Jennens.
Jennens’ libretto, Handel’s music and the masterful
result
of their fusion serve as the topics of this course.
Wayne
L. Wold is Associate Professor of Music and
College
Organist at Hood College and an active lecturer, composer,
performer and author. He holds a Master of Sacred
Music
from Wittenberg University and the Doctor of
Musical
Arts from Shenandoah University.
6 Rediscovering
Lost Christianities
Mondays, 7:30 – 9:30 PM
Much
thinking, theology, literature and sacred writings
in the
early Christian church were lost by choice, by
fate,
and by forces that sought to bury them. We will
review
early Christianity as a sect of Judaism and deal
with the
highly influential forms of Christianity – the
Ebionites, the Marcionites and the Gnostics – leading to
the set
of beliefs that became dominant in the 4th century.
Our main
emphasis will be on the personalities,
sacred
texts and writings of these early groups.
Rev.
Dr. Raymond Moreland is a United Methodist
Minister and Executive Director of the Maryland Bible
Society. He received Masters from Wesley Seminary and
from
St. Mary’s Seminary, and his Ph.D. from the
Graduate Theological Foundation.
7 Presidential
Politics and
Church/State Separation
Tuesdays, 1:00 – 3:00 PM
This course will explore
the many issues regarding the
separation of church and
state in presidential politics. It
will be an exciting and
interesting study of these issues
in the growing complexity
of politics and government.
The use and misuse of
religion by politicians and vice versa
will also be explored.
Rev. Dr. Andrew L. Gunn
is a retired Methodist
minister and a graduate
of Oberlin College, Yale Divinity
School and Pacific
Western University. He has held
numerous positions of
leadership dealing with the role of
the Church in politics,
including editor of “Church and
State.”
8 Good and Evil
Tuesdays, 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Are Good and Evil merely
tags we place on things we
like or dislike, or do
they represent essential parts of
the universe or of God? We
will explore this topic from
the perspective of the
Bible, theology, philosophy and
contemporary thought. Two
great writers, Bernard of
Clairvaux and Friedrich
Nietzsche, will provide perspective
on the contemporary
“collision” between
Christian and
non-Christian thoughts on good and evil.
Video will provide the
existential experiencing of the
“face” of evil, as we
wrestle with our responses to that “face.”
Michael O’Donnell holds
Masters from Fuller
Seminary and Gettysburg
Lutheran Seminary, where his
focus was on the
theological study of Good and Evil. He
combines a dental
practice with teaching on a variety of
topics in the Lutheran
community.
9A Psalms Singing, Proverbs and Job
Tuesdays, 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Psalms reflected David’s
heart and his soul’s yearning
as he tried to walk before
God in every aspect of his
public and private life.
Today these Psalms serve to lift
up to God the emotions of
all those who seek Him, to
bring enlightenment and
strength, and to inspire them
to show self-sacrificing
devotion in their conduct on
earth.We will add Proverbs
and Job to our study.
Rabbi Morris Kosman has
been the spiritual leader
of Beth Sholom
Congregation in Frederick for over 40
years. Rabbi Kosman is a
graduate of Baltimore Hebrew
College and trained at
the Rabbinical College in Telshe.
9B Psalms Singing, Proverbs and Job
Tuesdays, 7:30 – 9:30 PM
See 9A for a description
of this course.
10 Deepening our Spiritual Lives
Tuesdays, 7:30 – 9:30 PM
Most of us wish we could
deepen our lives with God,
but we are wary of trying
to fit anything more into our
overfilled days, and
suspicious of practices that threaten
to become ends in
themselves. This class introduces
several “spiritual
disciplines” of Christian life — meditation,
prayer, study, solitude,
dream interpretation and
service. It will help
participants learn how to deepen
their lives by integrating
these disciplines into their
daily living.
Rev. Dr. Elsabeth Hilke
received her M.A. and
Ph.D. from Yale
University, where she focused on
History of Christian
Doctrine and on Theology. She has
taught at Hood College
and Frederick Community
College, and is Pastor of
Grace Trinity United Church of
Christ.
11 Introduction to Islamic
Spirituality, Shari’ah Law
and
Ethics
Tuesdays, 7:30 – 9:30 PM
After surveying Islamic
beliefs, this course focuses on
their expression in
ethics, law and jurisprudence; family,
social and political
structures; philosophy,mysticism,
and arts. The course
explores similarities and differences
Islam has with
spirituality in both Christianity
and Judaism. The course
will investigate the way
Muslims interpret law and
whether this law is inherently
violent or otherwise. It
will also compare US law and
human values with Islamic
values hoping to see how
they relate to each other.
Imam Yahya Hendi is the
Muslim chaplain at
Georgetown University and
is also the Imam of the
Islamic Society of
Frederick. He serves as a member and
the spokesperson of the
Islamic Jurisprudence Council
of North America. Imam
Hendi’s Master’s and Ph.D.
degrees are in
comparative religion with focus on
Christianity and Judaism.
His website is at
www.imamyahyahendi.com.
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