Norman Wirzba talk (Nov 9)

NOTED ENVIRONMENTAL THEOLOGIAN NORMAN WIRZBA SPEAKS AT ALL SAINTS UMC

Dr. Norman Wirzba, the former chair of the Philosophy Department at Georgetown College (Kentucky), has joined the faculty of Duke Divinity School. He has graciously consented to give a talk at the All Saints UMC Ministry Center, 7 PM, Sunday, November 9, 2008.

The subject of his talk will be “Sabbath, Economics, and the Resurrection of Wisdom.”

Dr. Wirzba is the author of “The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays of Wendell Berry,” “Living the Sabbath: Discovering the Rhythms of Rest and Delight ,” “The Essential Agrarian Reader: The Future of Culture, Community, and the Land” by Barbara Kingsolver and Norman Wirzba, “The Paradise of God: Renewing Religion in an Ecological Age,” and “Transforming Philosophy and Religion: Love’s Wisdom.”

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For anyone who is concerned about…

**the peaks and extractive destruction of energy, arable land, fisheries, and fresh water;

**the strife, inhumanity, and war associated with “resource scarcities”;

**the ever-more-apparent insustainability of our global economic and agricultural systems;

**the effects of anthrogenic climate change;

**the alienation from God and neighbor inhering in consumer-culture;

**the catstrophic dieoff of species;

**the intensification of socio-economic stratification at home and around the world;

**the commodification of our most treasured landscapes and the enclosure of the last of our commons;

**or our dependency on a faceless bureaucratic grid that seems to be failing…

…Norman Wirzba’s thinking about Sabbath is emblematic of a very new — and very old — way of (re)conceiving ourselves and community.

We look forward to seeing you there on Sunday evening, November 9th.

RSVP will be helpful to anticipate numbers. RSVP to office@allsaintsumc.org

Peace to all.

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DIRECTIONS: The All Saints UMC Ministry Center is located at 3109 Globe Road, Morrisville, NC (not far from RDU Airport).

WARNING: The address confuses Mapquest.

At the intersection of Brier Creek Parkway and Aviation Parkway, head west on Globe (left off Aviation, toward Page Road… straight ahead if you are coming down Brier Creek from 70… right off of Page Road onto Globe). The Ministry Center is a beige (?) house north of the road with big oaks in front and bamboo in the back. There is a sign there telling you it is All Saints.

Mapquest WILL show you the intersection of World Trade Boulevard and Globe Road; and if you are there, you can hit the Ministry Center with a pea-shooter.