Continuing Ed: Theology Reprise
Looking for some theological conversation? Needing to walk through the big ideas of theology again so you can remember what’s generative and life-giving about them? This continuing education class will read and discuss Professor Baker’s book, Leaving Emmaus, a book which began as lectures and conversations with many of you.
The book attempts to show the deep connections of theological language to lived experience. That connectivity will be the central theme of each class. So we won’t just talk about eschatology, we’ll talk about how the big hope in Christ’s return takes in and transforms all our small hopes. Similarly, we won’t simply lay out the vocabulary and guard rails of an orthodox Christology, we’ll talk about what it means for our humanity to identify Jesus as the true human who was also “perfect in his divinity.”
The course consists in seven virtual (Zoom) class sessions, beginning September 28 and ending November 16. There will be no class on October 19. Each class will run for one hour, beginning at 1:30PM Central Time.
Course fee is $250 (scholarships available)
To register, email Dr. Baker at [email protected]
Dr. Anthony D. Baker holds theology degrees from Olivet Nazarene University (M.A) and The University of Virginia (Ph.D.). He joined the Seminary of the Southwest faculty in 2004. He is the author of Leaving Emmaus: A New Departure in Christian Theology (Baylor University Press, 2021), Shakespeare, Theology, and the Unstaged God (Routledge, 2020), Diagonal Advance: Perfection in Christian Theology (SCM, 2011), and many other essays and articles. He is currently exploring the intersection of classical accounts of Christian holiness with current issues in ecology.
Professor Baker has lectured or preached at various institutions around the world, from the Sorbonne, to Cambridge University, to various campuses and churches throughout the U.S. At Southwest he offers classes in Constructive Theology, Theology in the Classical Era, Trinity, Christology, and Ecotheology. He also works with other members of the community on green initiatives around campus.
Beyond his role on campus, he is the theologian in residence at Saint Julian of Norwich Episcopal Church in north Austin where he and his family worship.
You can subscribe to his popular blog at Patheos, “The Diagonal Way,” where he offers regular theological insights for general readers.
You can also follow him on Twitter, where he posts thoughts about the Church Fathers, contemporary theological questions, the state of the Russian Church, and many other things.
If you’d like to contact Tony about speaking event or retreat, you can write to him at [email protected].
BA, MA, Olivet Nazarene University
PhD, University of Virginia
