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While the papers and lectures given at conferences, workgroup meetings, the Spring Institute on Lived Theology, and the Capps Lecture are available on the webpages dedicated to each event, the purpose of this page is provide a centralized and exhaustive list of all papers given under the auspices of the Project on Lived Theology. Unless otherwise noted, all links are to papers in Adobe Acrobat (pdf) format and lectures are archived as MP3 files.

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Spring Institute for Lived Theology 2010

  • SILT 2010 Session I and Q&A (April 26): Setting the Theological Stage - Orlando Espín
  • SILT 2010 Session II and Q&A (April 26): Shaping Perspectives on Immigration: Can the Bible help Us? - M. Daniel Carroll R. (Rodas)
  • SILT 2010 Session III and Q&A (April 26): Chasing the Coyote Christ: Border Crossing as Spiritual Discipline - John Fanestil
  • SILT 2010 Session IV and Q&A (April 26): Borderlife and the Religious Imagination - Daisy Machado
  • SILT 2010 Session V and Q&A (April 27): Immigration and Ecclesiology: Embodying gospel citizenship in the ‘Sanctuary City’ of San Francisco - Craig Wong
  • SILT 2010 Session VI and Q&A: Vicissitudes of the Margins: An HIV/AIDS Theological Journey - Angel Mendez Montoya
  • SILT 2010 Session VII and Q&A (April 27): A Hybrid God in Motion: Theological Implication of Migration, a Latin@́ Perspective - Carmen Nanko-Fernández
  • SILT 2010 Session IX (April 28): Migrant Outreach in San Diego’s Canyons - panel discussion, chaired by Maria Pilar Aquino, with Elaine Elliott and Rev. William Radatz

Spring Institute for Lived Theology 2009

  • SILT 2009 Session I and Q&A (April 22): A Quiet Revolution: A Group Discussion on the Lived Theology of John M. Perkins - led by Charles Marsh
  • SILT 2009 Session II and Q&A (April 22): Hospitality and Justice in the Life of John M. Perkins - Mark Gornik
  • SILT 2009 Session III (April 22): Let Justice Roll Down - John M. Perkins in conversation with Charles Marsh
  • SILT 2009 Session IV Part I and Part II (April 23): Morning Seminar with John Perkins: American Evangelicalism and the Practices of Peace
  • SILT 2009 Session V and Q&A (April 23): John M. Perkins and the Social Witness of the African American Church - Cheryl Sanders
  • SILT 2009 Session VI (April 23): Richmond Community Development - Don Coleman and Corey Widmer
  • SILT 2009 Session VII (April 23): Whatever Happened to Racial Reconciliation? The Future of a White Evangelical Obsession
    -     Soong-Chan Rah
  • SILT 2009 Session VIII (April 23) : Open discussion of Session VI and Session VII - Don Coleman, Corey Widmer and Soong-Chan Rah
  • SILT 2009 Session IX and Q&A (April 24): Open Friendship in a Closed Society: Mission Mississppi and the Theology of Friendship - Peter Slade
  • SILT 2009 Session X and Q&A (April 24): Community Organizing as a Spiritual Discipline - Susan Glisson, Joe Szakos, and Rydell Payne

Spring Institute for Lived Theology 2008

  • SILT 2008 Session I (May 28): Are We Still of Any Use? Lived Theology and the Language of Peace - Charles Marsh
  • SILT 2008 Session II (May 28): The Practices of Peace - Craig Wong and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
  • SILT 2008 Session III (May 28): Theology, Peace and Economic Life - Eugene McCarraher
  • SILT 2008 Session IV (May 29): Theology, Public Life and the Pursuit of Peace - Chuck Mathewes
  • SILT 2008 Session V (May 29): Theology and Conflict Resolution - Victoria Barnett
  • SILT 2008 Session VI (May 29): The Practices of Peace - Rhonda Miska, Tim Clayton, Josh Kaufman-Horner
  • SILT 2008 Session VII (May 29): The Peace of Desmond Tutu and Martin Luther King, Jr. - Johnny Hill
  • SILT 2008 Session VIII (May 29): Religion and the Politics of Encounter - Manuel Vásquez
  • SILT 2008 Session IX (May 29): Just Policing, Not War: An Alternative Response to World Violence - Gerald Schlabach
  • SILT 2008 Session XI (May 30): Moving Beyond Divisions: Evangelicals and Racial Reconciliation in the 21st Century - Valerie Cooper
  • SILT 2008 Session XII (May 30): The American Organizing Tradition - Susan Glisson, with respondent Rydell Payne


Spring Institute for Lived Theology 2006

  • SILT 2006 Session I: Town Planning: A Theological Imperative? - Timothy Gorringe
  • Silt 2006 Session II: Thinking about Houses - Timothy Gorringe
  • SILT 2006 Session III Part 1: Breathing Space - Heidi Neumark
  • SILT 2006 Session III Part 2: Breathing Space - Heidi Neumark
  • SILT 2006 Session IV: Panel on Building Beloved Communities, with LaVerne Stokes and Allan Tibbels, Sandtown Habitat for Humanity, Baltimore, MD; and Russell Jeung, Oakpark Community, Oakland, CA; moderated by Mark Gornik, City Seminary, New York
  • SILT 2006 Session V: Sidewalks in the Kingdom presentation - Eric Jacobsen, Fuller Theological Seminary
  • SILT 2006 Session VI Part 1: Revisiting Town and Country - Timothy Gorringe
  • SILT 2006 Session VI Part 2: Revisiting Town and Country - Timothy Gorringe
  • Debrief of Site Visit to Sunrise Park, a housing initative of Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville; Presentation by Kelly Eplee, Development Director of Charlottesville Habitat for Humanity and Overton McGehee, Executive Director
  • SILT 2006 Session VII: Concrete Implications for Public Policy and Church Activism - Timothy Gorringe and Heidi Neumark, with discussion among Institute participants



Sixth Annual Capps Lecture 2009

Fifth Annual Capps Lecture 2008

Lectures Given by Project Participants

Papers

Papers from the Conference on Lived Theology and Civil Courage


Papers delivered at public events


Papers published in journals


Papers presented in Theology in Action Features

Spring Institute for Lived Theology 2008

  • SILT 2008 Session X (May 30): The Chicago Declaration and the Problem of “Evangelical” Identity - Christian Collins Winn
    Read a copy of the paper.

  • SILT 2008 Final Thoughts, in Memory of Victoria Gray Adams, and Eucharist: Read Victoria Gray Adams's speech: "Learning the Language of Peace: The Spiritual Vision of the Civil Rights Movement and its Promise for the Present Age," delivered October 13, 2005.


Spring Institute for Lived Theology 2006

  • SILT 2006 Closing Eucharist Service: Read the sermon given by Rev. Heidi Neumark.
  • SILT 2006 Participants’ Reflections: Spring Institute participants were asked, in preparation for the Institute, to reflect on the following question: How do you understand the construction of space—“the built environment”—as participation in God's work of reconciliation and redemption? Click here to view participants' reflections on this question.


Spring Institute for Lived Theology 2005

  • SILT 2005 Session 1: Reborn to a Living Hope: Personal Experience and Political Consciousness - Jürgen Moltmann. Read full transcript.
  • SILT 2005 Session 2: There is Enough for Everyone: The Spirit of Life and Social Consciousness - Jürgen Moltmann. Read the full transcript.
  • SILT 2005 Session 3: Signs of the Spirit in the City - Mark Gornik
    Read the full transcript.
  • SILT 2005 Capps Lecture: In God We Trust, In Us God Trusts: On Freedom and Security in a Free World - Jürgen Moltman. Read full transcript.
  • SILT 2005 Session 4: The New Earth in which Justice Dwells: The Creative Spirit and Ecological Consciousness - Jürgen Moltmann, with Willis Jenkins responding. Read the full transcript.
  • SILT 2005 Participants' Reflections: Spring Institute participants were asked, in preparation for the Institute, to reflect on the relationship between the Holy Spirit and hope in their work and lives. View or download the reflection booklet. (94k)


Workgroup Meeting: City and Congregation

Workgroup Meeting: Community Building


Workgroup Meeting: Power


Workgroup Meeting: Race

Photography

Presentations

Powerpoint Presentations: Spring Institute for Lived Theology 2006

  • SILT 2006 Session I: Town Planning: A Theological Imperative? - Timothy Gorringe
    Download and view     the powerpoint presentation used during the session.
  • SILT 2006 Session I: Thinking about Houses - Timothy Gorringe
    Download and view     the powerpoint presentation used during the session.
  • SILT 2006 Session IV: Panel on Building Beloved Communities, with LaVerne Stokes and Allan Tibbels, Sandtown Habitat for Humanity, Baltimore, MD; and Russell Jeung, Oakpark Community, Oakland, CA; moderated by Mark Gornik, City Seminary, New York.
    Download and view     the powerpoint presentation used during Russell Jeung's portion of the panel.
  • SILT 2006 Session V: Sidewalks in the Kingdom presentation - Eric Jacobsen, Fuller Theological Seminary
    Download and view the powerpoint presentation used during the session.
  • SILT 2006 Session VI: Revisiting Town and Country - Timothy Gorringe
    Download and view the powerpoint images used during the session.
  • SILT 2006 Habitat for Humanity Presentation: - Kelly Eplee, Development Director of Charlottesville Habitat for Humanity and Overton McGehee, Executive Director
    Download and view the powerpoint presentation used during the session.

Interviews

  • Read the interview with Susan Holman, author of God Knows There's Need (html)
  • Read the interview with Richard Wills, author of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Image of God (html)
  • Read the interview with Peter Slade, author of Open Friendship in a Closed Society: Mission Mississippi and a Theology of Friendship (html)
  • Read the interview with Jonathan Malesic, author of Secret Faith in the Public Square: An Argument for the Concealment of Christian Identity (html)
  • Read the interview with Tonya Howard, Tutoring Coordinator at Charlottesville Abundant Life Ministries (html)
  • Read the interview with Rhonda Miska, Social Justice Minister and Hispanic Minister at Church of the Incarnation Roman Catholic Church in Charlottesville, Virginia (html)
  • Read the interview with Christa Pierpont Lightburn, Founder of the Restorative Community Foundation (html)