Summer 2021

Description

   This four week series offered each year during the summer months provides an opportunity for participants to gather with an acknowledged scripture scholar to explore a particular book or theme from the Scriptures. 

Audience

This program is appropriate for adults and young adults who know a lot about the bible and for those who are just learning. 
It is particularly appropriate for adults and young adults in thresholds 3, 4, 5 and 6 of faith development.
> Click here to learn more about the thresholds of faith develoment.

Take-Away

Adults and young adults who participate in this opportunity will:
• Understand particular events and people in the Old Testament corpus.
• Identify underlying themes which unite these various events and people.
• Discover how these events and people from the Old Testament shape our faith and lives in
  today's world.

About the Presenter

Dr. John Waldmeir is Professor of Religious Studies and Theology at Loras College, where he also edits the publication series “Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley” for the Archbishop Kucera Center for Catholic Intellectual and Spiritual Life.  Dr. Waldmier received his Ph.D. in Religion and Literature from the University of Chicago and has taught at Catholic colleges in Detroit and Bismarck, North Dakota.  Dr. Waldmeir has been at Loras for twenty-two years, and has taught courses in Catholic identity, sacred scriptures, world religions, and religious traditions within the United States.   He has published six books, including Cathedrals of Bone--The Role of the Body in Contemporary Catholic Literature (2009) and (with David Cochran) The Catholic Church in Ireland Today (2015).  Most recently, he has published a book on Muslim American literature titled In-Between Identities--Signs of Islam in Contemporary American Writing.

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Registration
• By phone: call 319-233-0498.
• By email: dbqwcaf@dbqarch.org
• Online: Click here to register online

Last Update: 05.03.21