Eighth Day Seminar
Holiness in the Bible, the Fathers, the Liturgy, & Literature
February 28-29, Anno Domini 2020 - Wichita, KS
Eighth Day SeminarHoliness in the Bible, the Fathers, the Liturgy & Literature
This four-session Seminar will be conducted in a Shared Inquiry format, the method of approaching texts used in the classrooms of St. John's College, Thomas Aquinas College, and other "great books" curriculum schools.
A good friend once said, "shared-inquiry is a way to read a book with more than one brain." This is an apt description, because one often discovers that a passage which proves difficult is illumined by someone else, and vice versa. Shared-inquiry facilitates a communal engagement with a given text so that we are informed and transformed together.
Seating is limited to first 12 registrants.
See Schedule below.
Click here to see the table of contents for the notebook distributed to registrants.
The Tutor
Joshua Sturgill
Joshua Alan Sturgill is a former Vice-President of Eighth Day Institute and a graduate of Sangre de Cristo Seminary. His eighteen-year association with Eighth Day Books provided frequent opportunities for lectures on literature, iconography, and Orthodox theology at universities, conferences, and churches. He recently earned his B.A. and M.A. from St. John's College. He is the author of two poetry collections from Darkly Bright Press: As Far As I Can Tell
(2018) and Precession
(2020). He spends as much time as possible reading and hiking.
The Schedule
Friday 2.28.20
4:00 p.m. Seminar at The Ladder
The Bible: Song of Songs
6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:15 p.m. Seminar continues until 9:15 p.m.
The Fathers: St. Maximus the Confessor
Saturday 2.29.20
10:00 a.m. Seminar at The Ladder
The Liturgy: Feast of the Transfiguration
12:00 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. Seminar continues until 3:30 p.m.
Literature: "Revelation" by O'Connor
Lodging
Location and Contact
Eighth Day Institute at The Ladder: 2836 E. Douglas 67214
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