tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8718747925443331822024-02-20T15:08:57.956-08:00Pagans on the Hill - GTUThe Pagan and Heathen Community at the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, CAUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-52258250745116764522016-02-02T15:43:00.003-08:002016-02-02T15:43:18.284-08:00BRITAIN AND IRELAND SCHOOL OF FEMINIST THEOLOGY SUMMER SCHOOL OPPORTUNITYBRITAIN AND IRELAND SCHOOL OF FEMINIST THEOLOGY
SUMMER SCHOOL 2016
Tuesday 26th July to Friday 29th 2016
At University of Winchester, Sparkford Road, Winchester SO22 4NR
Towards Abundant Life in the 21ST Century: Feminist Reflections
Speakers to include: Dr Mary Condren (Eire), Sr Patricia Santos (India), Rabbi Eli Sarah [UK] and Dr Anne-Clare Mulder (Netherland)
Cost : £370 inclusive of B&B, evening meal, teas and coffees throughout the day and conference fee.
Daily Rates: Full days £65 including lunch; Half Days £40
Early Bird Booking before 1st May £350
If you offer a seminar paper there is a £50 fee discount for full board participants and £10 fee discount for daily participants. All papers will be considered for publication in the international journal ‘Feminist Theology’.
For further information contact: Professor Lisa Isherwood mailto:lisa.isherwood@winchester.ac.uk
BISFT will be followed on 29th July-31st July by a University Conference ‘Is Heaven for Real? which examines the significance of near death experiences. The speakers are drawn from science, medicine and theology.
For further information please go to www.winchester.ac.uk/ITPAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-47588742451067166902016-01-12T11:57:00.001-08:002016-01-12T11:57:24.550-08:00Cherry Hill Seminary announces Greening Religions conferenceKeynote: Bron Taylor, Ph.D.<br />
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See: <a href="http://cherryhillseminary.org/blog/announcements/greening-of-religions-hope-in-the-eye-of-the-storm/">http://cherryhillseminary.org/blog/announcements/greening-of-religions-hope-in-the-eye-of-the-storm/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-24627286199305654362016-01-12T11:44:00.000-08:002016-01-12T11:57:45.914-08:00Norse Mythology Blog offers resources for military chaplaincySee: <a href="http://www.norsemyth.org/2016/01/heathens-in-military-heathen-resource.html">http://www.norsemyth.org/2016/01/heathens-in-military-heathen-resource.html</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-75542972598551385272015-07-06T15:10:00.002-07:002015-07-06T15:10:07.366-07:00Call for Papers: 12th Conference on Current Pagan Studies<div style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 0in;">
12th Conference on Current Pagan Studies</div>
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January 23 &24, 2016</div>
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Call For Papers: Social Justice</div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The overall theme for the 2016 Conference is Social Justice.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">We face issues of social justice everywhere we look, from something as overwhelming as #blacklivesmatter to the seeming trivial Wiccanate privilege. Like the innumerable heads of the Lernaean Hydra, it seems that every time we manage to quell an issue involving racism, sexism, or privilege, two more such issues appear. Add to this the poisonous breath of the hate rhetoric that surrounds these issues, and virulent ichor of the rigid beliefs from which such transgressions emerge, the task of those on the side of social justice does appears quite Herculean.</span></div>
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How do we as Pagans, Wiccans, Druids, Witches, Heathens and the many other paths that have arisen incorporate these concerns into our research, our outlook, our activism, etc.? We are using this idea in its broadest terms. We are hoping to encompass issues concerning racism, feminism, womanism, eco-justice, food security, gender justice, classism, neo-colonialism, etc. seen through the eyes of our scholars/activists. </div>
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We are looking for papers from all disciplines. A community needs artists, teachers, scientists, healers, historians, philosophers, educators, thinkers, activists, etc.</div>
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As usual, we are using Pagan in its most inclusive form, covering pagans, wiccans, witches and the numerous hybrids that have sprung up as well as any indigenous groups that feel akin to or want to be in conversation with Pagans.</div>
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Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and are due by <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2020544143" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">September 20, 2015</span></span>. Go to our website <a href="http://www.paganconference.com/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">www.paganconference.com</a> for advice on presenting papers. Please email abstracts to <a href="mailto:pagan_conference@yahoo.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">pagan_conference@yahoo.com</a> .</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-74178015671248469522015-03-14T17:18:00.001-07:002015-03-14T17:18:57.745-07:00GTU Interfaith Student Organizing Meeting<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-66506234217641887872015-03-09T10:49:00.002-07:002015-03-09T10:49:21.503-07:00Funded Ph.D.'s in Norway<div dir="ltr">
<span style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;">Siv Ellen Kraft recently received a research grant that includes support for two PhD fellows. For details on her research project, see:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;">The fellowships come with a full salary and funding for fieldwork. For more information, see:</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/111411/two-phd-positions-in-religious-studies-at-the-university-of-tromsoe-the-arctic-university-of-norway" rel="nofollow" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;">http://www.jobbnorge.no/<wbr></wbr>ledige-stillinger/stilling/<wbr></wbr>111411/two-phd-positions-in-<wbr></wbr>religious-studies-at-the-<wbr></wbr>university-of-tromsoe-the-<wbr></wbr>arctic-university-of-norway</span></a><br /><span style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;">Note: The announcement says three years, but UiT usually offers PhD fellows and additional year of support in exchange for teaching a course every term.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif;">Also note that one does not have to know how the Norwegian Language, though one should be fluent in English.</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-24219565673398973942015-03-06T10:08:00.002-08:002015-03-06T10:08:29.720-08:00Funded study opportunities in Ireland<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">
<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Interested in postgraduate study at Ireland’s leading Study of Religions Department?<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences</span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(CACSSS)</span><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">at University College Cork is offering<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">23 Postgraduate Scholarships<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">(12 MA scholarships and 11 PhD Scholarships)<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Under this scheme you can apply for funding for the following programmes:<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">MA in Contemporary Religions<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.ucc.ie/en/religion/courses/macontemporaryreligions/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://www.ucc.ie/en/religion/<wbr></wbr>courses/<wbr></wbr>macontemporaryreligions/</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 10pt;">"The best aspects of this MA programme are the high level of quality supervision and guidance available to students, and a subtle but nevertheless strong focus on encouraging students to explore their own interests within the field of the Study of Religions." - Magdalena Mikulak, graduate of 2012, PhD scholarship at London School of Economics and Political Science<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Video testimonial: </span><a href="http://youtu.be/gWuiUFPu44w" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/gWuiUFPu44w</a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">PhD in Study of Religions<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.ucc.ie/en/religion/courses/phd/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://www.ucc.ie/en/religion/<wbr></wbr>courses/phd/</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-size: 9.5pt;">The department has a thriving research culture with staff specialisms in South Asian religions, contemporary Islam, Orthodox Christianity, indigenous worldviews and religion and gender. Current postgraduate students’ research topics include indigenous religions in India, contemporary European paganisms, Sufism in Sudan and Irish vernacular religion.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Video testimonial:</span> <a href="http://youtu.be/Rv2QYXn_8zA" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/Rv2QYXn_8zA</a><u></u><u></u></div>
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For further information on postgraduate programmes in the Study of Religions contact: Dr. James Kapalo, Acting Head of Department j.kapalo[at]<a href="http://ucc.ie/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">ucc.ie</a><u></u><u></u></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Masters Excellence Scholarships<u></u><u></u></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The scholarship entitles you to a </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">full EU fee waiver for your</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Masters.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">To be eligible </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">to apply for a scholarship you must:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">• Be starting a taught Masters programme in CACSSS in September 2015<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">• Have at least Second Class Honours (Grade 1) or equivalent in your first or subsequent degree.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">closing date for applications </span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1330380205" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">27th April 2015</span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">For more information and details of how to apply for a scholarship, please visit</span><a href="http://www.ucc.ie/en/cacsss/grads/facilities/funding/excellencetaughtmasters/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.ucc.ie/en/cacsss/grads/<wbr></wbr>facilities/funding/<wbr></wbr>excellencetaughtmasters/</span></a><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The scholarship entitles you to a full EU fee waiver for your PhD. To be eligible to apply for a scholarship you must:<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">• Be starting a PhD (or PhD Track or MPhil as a pathway to a PhD) in CACSSS in September 2015<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">• Have at least Second Class Honours (Grade 1) or equivalent in your first or subsequent degree.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt;">The </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">closing date for applications </span><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">is <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1330380206" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">18th May</span></span> </span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">2015. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">For more information and details of how to apply for a scholarship, please visit</span><a href="http://www.ucc.ie/en/cacsss/grads/facilities/funding/excellencephd/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">www.ucc.ie/en/cacsss/grads/<wbr></wbr>facilities/funding/<wbr></wbr>excellencephd/</span></a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-9468037345975067632014-12-22T11:31:00.002-08:002014-12-22T11:31:45.141-08:00Conference on Current Pagan Studies schedule has been posted!See <a href="http://paganconference.com/presenters/schedule/" target="_blank">Schedule</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-61904977847823145442014-12-17T08:44:00.004-08:002014-12-17T08:44:33.954-08:00Canadian National Pagan Conference Call for Papers<h1 class="null" style="color: rgb(96, 96, 96) !important; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 40px; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 50px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.5px;">Edmonton, Alberta</span></h1>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #606060; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px;">May 15-18, 2015</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 22.5px;">See <a href="http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f20b50473af29ffef932cd341&id=d794bcd5ba&e=3ffc661fe5" target="_blank">Call for Papers here</a>.</span></h1>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-33606606625977830552014-12-16T12:23:00.001-08:002014-12-17T08:04:06.661-08:00Students and alumnae act in support of Black Lives Matter<div>
Many of the GTU's Pagan students, alumnae, and staff have been protesting in support of Black Lives Matter. Here are a few press releases and statements.</div>
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Lizann Bassham announced to BARD (Bay Area Reclaiming Discussion list):<br />
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<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">"Reclaiming is a powerful community and our influence shows up in many places. </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/koumatos" style="color: #3b5998; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Kai Koumatos</a><span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, the author of this blog, was trained by Starhawk in the energy of activism and Kai in turn shared that with pagan and witch students at Pacific School of Religion and the Graduate Theological Union for the recent protests in Berkeley. Read her account here:</span></div>
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A statement from Free Cascadia Witchcamp, worked on by alumna Clare Chuck Bohman: </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-18732678813205866322014-12-10T09:00:00.001-08:002014-12-10T09:00:09.275-08:00A Prayer in the Struggle — Message from SKSM President Rosemary Bray
McNatt #blacklivesmatter<div><main class="content" role="main" itemprop="mainContentOfPage" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Blog" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: left; width: 240px;"><article class="post-6994 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-reflections-from-the-president category-sksm-news entry" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/BlogPosting" itemprop="blogPost" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 4rem; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;"><header class="entry-header" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; font-weight: 400; word-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 17px;">"Dear Ones — In this time of challenge, I offer this prayer of comfort and challenge:</span></h1></header><div class="entry-content" itemprop="text" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Gracious spirit of all our lives, God of many names and many voices</span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">And one abundant love:</span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">At this time of holy unrest, give us the peace that comes</span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When we know why we struggle and what we struggle for.</span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Spirit of life in all its fullness, renew us and remind us that we who have answered your call</span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Were never promised ease, or wealth, or appreciation.</span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Help us to remember that honor and praise are yours, not ours.</span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Remind us that we serve the great cause of justice, not ourselves.</span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Give us, we pray, a true joy in the community we form each time we gather</span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To pray, to march, to interrupt ordinary time to create sacred time, a time to help others awaken to what is so very wrong in our world.</span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Help us to be kind, even to those with whom we struggle. Help us to be, in the raising of our voices and the marching of our feet, agents of a radical love that holds us all.</span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Finally, help us to be grateful, grateful to live in these times when great works of justice await our hands and hearts and minds and spirit. Prepare us so that we might do all that is in our power to change this world, so that the whole creation might see Beloved Community, not tomorrow, but today. We ask these things in the name of all that is holy. Amen .</span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt</span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">San Francisco, CA."</span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></address><address style="text-align: start; box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Originally posted here: </span></address></div><footer class="entry-footer" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both;"></footer></article></main><aside class="sidebar sidebar-primary widget-area" role="complementary" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/WPSideBar" style="box-sizing: border-box; float: right; width: 240px;"><section id="recent-posts-3" class="widget widget_recent_entries" style="box-sizing: border-box; clear: both; margin-bottom: 2rem; border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;"><div class="widget-wrap" style="box-sizing: border-box;"></div></section></aside></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.sksm.edu/2014/12/09/a-prayer-in-the-struggle/">http://www.sksm.edu/2014/12/09/a-prayer-in-the-struggle/</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-71289101299187903202014-12-09T18:41:00.000-08:002014-12-09T18:41:15.977-08:00Canterbury Christ Church solicits applicants for its M.A. in Myth, Cosmology and the Sacred<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-1255507535892490692014-11-18T20:40:00.004-08:002014-11-18T20:40:44.117-08:00Spring 2015 courses addedEarly registration is the current week at the GTU. I added a few Spring 2015 courses to our <a href="http://pagansonthehill.blogspot.com/p/courses.html" target="_blank">Courses</a> page. Do you know any Pagan-related courses at the GTU this spring? <a href="mailto:mmueller@ses.gtu.edu" target="_blank">Email me</a>!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-28550109140350389812014-11-04T14:24:00.002-08:002014-11-04T14:24:20.402-08:00Local Spirituality Courses: Courting the Goddess and Wild Writing<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Inanna of Sumer is the multi-faceted goddess of life, death, and rebirth, and both the starry heavens and the underworld. Her epic love story with the shepherd Tammuzi brings fruits to the fields and abundance, w hile the battle of wits she plays with the trickster god Enki allows her to bring the arts o f civilization to her people – from music and lovemaking to crafts like leatherworking and basketweaving and the holy offices of the priestesshood. This deep dive into her mysteries will take us beyond the traditional stories into her mystical practices and sacred rites. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_615592964" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Monday</span></span> Nights, November 10-24<sup>th</sup>.<u></u><u></u></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: medium;">Like the sea, Her beauty is legendary. For centuries women and men have worshiped Her in the waves and tides of love making. Some say She was the daughter of a Titan—that She rose from the sea’s foam. For others, She is Venus, the brightest star in the night sky. Join us as we explore Her mysteries to reveal our own, and awaken ourselves to Love and Beauty in all of their forms. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_615592966" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Monday</span></span> evenings, January 12-26. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-10750188132063873962014-11-04T07:50:00.001-08:002014-11-04T07:50:51.024-08:00NEW: Jewitch Camp: Celebrating the New Year for Trees For Pagans, Jews,
and People Who Love Them<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Announcing first ever Jewitch Camp, with Starhawk, Lynn Gottlieb, Jane Litman, and Friends. Earlybird $100 discount through this Friday -- hope you can come!<br><br><b class="yiv9239416798"><i class="yiv9239416798"><font>Jewitch Camp: Celebrating the New Year for Trees</font></i></b><span class="yiv9239416798"><br class="yiv9239416798"><b class="yiv9239416798">For Pagans, Jews, and People Who Love Them</b></span><br><span class="yiv9239416798">A Weekend Restorative In the Reclaiming Tradition</span><br class="yiv9239416798"><font class="yiv9239416798"><b class="yiv9239416798"><span class="yiv9239416798"><span class="yiv9239416798">Join Starhawk, Lynn Gottlieb & Friends</span></span></b></font><b class="yiv9239416798"><i class="yiv9239416798"><font class="yiv9239416798"><span class="yiv9239416798"></span></font><br class="yiv9239416798"></i></b><b class="yiv9239416798"><span class="yiv9239416798"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1">February 6-8, 2015</a></span></b><br class="yiv9239416798"><span class="yiv9239416798">Camp Cazadero - 2.5 Hours North of San Francisco</span><br class="yiv9239416798"><br class="yiv9239416798"><font class="yiv9239416798"><b class="yiv9239416798"><i class="yiv9239416798"><span class="yiv9239416798">$150 Early Bird Rate <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4">Until November 6</a><sup class="yiv9239416798"><a href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4">th</a></sup></span></i></b></font><br class="yiv9239416798"><span class="yiv9239416798">Limited Number Available ~ Regular Price $250<b class="yiv9239416798"><br class="yiv9239416798"></b></span><br class="yiv9239416798"><i class="yiv9239416798"><span class="yiv9239416798">Commitment to Diversity & Inclusivity of all Kinds</span></i><br class="yiv9239416798"><i class="yiv9239416798"><span class="yiv9239416798"> Including Physical & Financial Accessibility</span></i><br class="yiv9239416798"><br class="yiv9239416798"><b class="yiv9239416798"><span class="yiv9239416798">Registration & Information at</span></b><b class="yiv9239416798"><i class="yiv9239416798"><span class="yiv9239416798"><br class="yiv9239416798"><font class="yiv9239416798"><i class="yiv9239416798"><a rel="nofollow" class="yiv9239416798" target="_blank" href="http://www.jewitchcamp.org/">www.jewitchcamp.org</a></i></font></span></i></b></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-31486524853951365212014-11-03T08:21:00.001-08:002014-11-03T08:21:18.705-08:00GTU Board Endorses New Initiatives for Expansion, Affirms Commitment to
Robust Degree Programs and Research Library<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><i style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">For Immediate Release</i></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">October 30, 2014, Berkeley, CA — At its meeting on October 29, 2014, the Board of Trustees of the Graduate Theological Union reviewed a series of recommendations from a consulting firm regarding the school’s current and future programming. The board has announced several key decisions that will strengthen the GTU’s status as a premier center for the study of the world’s major religious traditions.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Board strongly endorsed a plan presented by President Riess Potterveld that includes eight different initiatives to expand the academic centers and programs of the GTU. These initiatives include measures to create endowed faculty positions and programs focused on the Hindu, Sikh, and Jain religious traditions, Mormon Studies, and Buddhist traditions outside of Japan. These new directions will complement the hallmark GTU programs and degree offerings in Buddhist, Christian, Islamic, and Jewish Studies. On Monday, October 27, an agreement between the GTU and the Dharma Civilization Foundation was signed that will bring a full-time faculty member in Dharma Studies to the GTU in Spring 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Recognizing the significance and uniqueness of the GTU’s academic programs, the Board unanimously affirmed its enthusiastic ongoing commitment to a robust doctoral program that is ecumenical, interreligious, and interdisciplinary. The GTU will explore the expansion of the existing MA area of concentration in Interreligious Studies for students whose interests focus on study of multiple traditions. The Board also reaffirmed its commitment to maintain a world-class research library for GTU students and faculty.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">In addition, the Board celebrated last year’s stellar performance of the school’s investments, which added $4 million to the endowment, while directing the administration to take steps necessary to narrow the operating deficit for the current year and to propose a balanced budget for next year.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">During the meeting, members of the board viewed for the first time works of sacred art that were given to the GTU by the Lanier Graham family this past summer. The GTU will soon make this art available for viewing by its students and the wider public, beginning with an exhibition of Tibetan Buddhist sculptures in February 2015.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b><u>About the GTU</u></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The Graduate Theological Union, located in Berkeley, CA, is a theological consortium offering education for academic and religious leadership within a unique ecumenical and interreligious context. Founded in 1962, the consortium is the largest and most diverse partnership of seminaries and graduate schools in the United States, dedicated to building bridges within and across different religious traditions by educating students for teaching, research, ministry, and service. The GTU works collaboratively with the University of California, Berkeley, and is the home of the Flora Lamson Hewlett Library, one of the largest theological libraries in the country.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><i>For more information, contact Doug Davidson,<a href="tel:510-649-2423" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4">510-649-2423</a>, <a href="mailto:communications@gtu.edu">communications@gtu.edu</a>.</i></span></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-13912575764754878202014-10-21T08:44:00.002-07:002014-10-21T08:44:51.618-07:00State of Formation Call for Contributors<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;">State of Formation is accepting applications for Contributing Scholars</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;">Nominees should be currently enrolled in a seminary, rabbinical school, graduate program, or another institution for theological or philosophical formation -- or up to three years out of their graduate program in a professional setting. Scholars should be able to commit to post monthly on the forum while showing respect for others from different traditions.<br /><br />Does this describe you or an emerging leader you know? Please take a moment to fill out our <a href="http://stateofformation.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4f376417541ab248a113f3706&id=385b51522a&e=67d268d921" style="color: #606060; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">brief nomination form</a>. Nominations will be accepted on a rolling basis. Please contact Benjamin Barer, Managing Editor, <a href="mailto:ben@irdialogue.org" style="color: #606060; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">ben@irdialogue.org</a>, or Esther Boyd, Communications Director, <a href="http://stateofformation.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4f376417541ab248a113f3706&id=503425b5bd&e=67d268d921" style="color: #606060; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">esther@irdialogue.org</a>, with any questions or concerns.</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" /><em style="background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, verdana, segoe, sans-serif;">View complete nomination and application information <a href="http://stateofformation.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=4f376417541ab248a113f3706&id=26bc4ba9b5&e=67d268d921" style="color: #606060; word-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></em>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-22827134143327789682014-10-05T10:26:00.001-07:002014-10-05T10:28:32.955-07:00New Deadline for Pagan Conference Paper Proposals (Conference on Current Pagan Studies), Claremont, Ca: Oct. 15<a href="http://paganconference.com/" target="_blank">Pagan Conference 2015 CFP</a>, January 24 & 25, 2015 Fecundity and Richness of the Dark
Depth psychologist James Hillman wrote, “that until the culture recognizes the legitimacy of growing down, each person in the culture struggles blindly to make sense of the darkness that the soul requires to deepen into life."
Monotheistic notions over the past two millennia have separated and polarized our manner of being in the world into realms of light and darkness, positive and negative, holy and desacralized, valued and devalued.
Polytheists, Pagans, animists, et al view differently the interplay of light and dark, and seek to revalue, re-sacralize, and retrieve the dark.
How do we interpret the Darkness? How do we imagine and reimagine our relationship with the Dark? Are there treasures hidden in the gloom, or are the shadows themselves treasures? Can monsters be gifts? How do we address the relationship between Darkness and Light?
We are looking for papers from all disciplines. A community needs artists, teachers, scientists, healers, historians, philosophers, educators, thinkers, activists, etc.
As usual, we are using Pagan in its most inclusive form, covering pagans, wiccans, witches and the numerous hybrids that have sprung up as well as any indigenous groups that feel akin to or want to be in conversation with Pagans.
Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and are due by October 15, 2014. Go to our website <a href="http://www.paganconference.com/">www.paganconference.com</a> for advice on presenting papers.
Please email abstracts to <a href="mailto:pagan_conference@yahoo.com">pagan_conference@yahoo.com</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-419694171553062052014-08-21T12:13:00.000-07:002014-08-21T12:13:47.711-07:00SKSM and Chaplaincy Institute Announce Joint ProgramThe purpose of the affiliation is to integrate Starr King’s accredited Master’s Degree (Masters of Divinity or Masters of Arts in Social Change) program and the Chaplaincy Institutes’ Certificate of Interfaith Studies, thereby providing a pathway for students to meet both the educational and ecclesiastical requirements for certification as a professional chaplain.
<a href="http://www.sksm.edu/2014/05/20/sksm-and-chaplaincy-institute-announce-joint-program/">Read more.</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-80374371760929623792014-08-12T10:10:00.000-07:002014-08-12T10:10:13.809-07:00Jason Pitzl-Waters interviews Ivo Dominguez Jr. on The New Alexandrian Library Project on The Wild Hunt!<i>In recent months there have been many discussions and debates about infrastructure in the wider Pagan movement and our collective ability to see Pagan values manifested in the wider culture. In my many years covering our family of faiths I’ve seen many ambitious plans hatched regarding new institutions which have met with varying degrees of success and sustainability. It is easy, especially within a religious movement that often values decentralized grass-roots initiatives, to become skeptical about impressive-sounding plans and announcements.
However, there’s one campaign I’m not skeptical about, that I think is a good idea. That project is the The New Alexandrian Library....
</i><br> --Jason Pitzl-Waters
- See more at: http://wildhunt.org/2014/08/interview-with-ivo-dominguez-jr-on-the-new-alexandrian-library-project.html#sthash.ftoxHU1w.dpuf
http://wildhunt.org/2014/08/interview-with-ivo-dominguez-jr-on-the-new-alexandrian-library-project.htmlAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-3544667169222242872014-08-04T10:08:00.001-07:002014-08-04T10:08:59.493-07:00<a href="https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10202676390532180&id=1270915837">https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10202676390532180&id=1270915837</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-87415786613854888032014-05-16T09:50:00.003-07:002014-05-16T09:50:25.873-07:00Pantheon Foundation announces Diotima Award competition for Pagan M.Div. students!<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;">
Details at: <a href="http://pantheonfoundation.org/announcing-the-diotima-prize/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">http://pantheonfoundation.org/<wbr></wbr>announcing-the-diotima-prize/</a></div>
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<a href="http://wildhunt.org/2014/05/pagan-community-notes-starhawk-new-alexandrian-library-pantheon-foundation-and-more.html" target="_blank">http://wildhunt.org/<wbr></wbr><span style="color: #1155cc;">2014/05/pagan-community-notes-</span><wbr></wbr><span style="color: #1155cc;">starhawk-new-alexandrian-</span><wbr></wbr><span style="color: #1155cc;">library-</span><span class="il" style="background-color: #ffffcc; color: #222222;">pantheon</span><span style="color: #1155cc;">-foundation-</span><wbr></wbr><span style="color: #1155cc;">and-more.html</span></a><span style="color: #222222;"> </span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-49649651500317106682014-03-27T08:30:00.001-07:002014-03-27T08:30:38.725-07:00I mansion Press Call for Papers for Pagan Leadership: An anthology on
Group Dynamics, Healthy Boundaries, and Community Activism<div><h1 style="outline: none;"><a href="http://www.magicalexperiments.com/call-for-papers-for-pagan-leadership-an-anthology-on-group-dynamics-healthy-boundaries-and-community-activism/" rel="bookmark" style="outline: none; text-decoration: none; font-size: 17px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">Call for Papers for Pagan Leadership: An anthology on Group Dynamics, Healthy Boundaries, and Community Activism</font></a></h1><p style="outline: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Posted on March 26, 2014<br style="outline: none;">Filed Under <a href="http://www.magicalexperiments.com/immanion-press/" title="View all posts in Immanion Press" rel="category tag" style="outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Immanion Press</a>, <a href="http://www.magicalexperiments.com/publishing/" title="View all posts in publishing" rel="category tag" style="outline: none; text-decoration: none;">publishing</a>, <a href="http://www.magicalexperiments.com/writing/" title="View all posts in writing" rel="category tag" style="outline: none; text-decoration: none;">writing</a> | <a href="http://www.magicalexperiments.com/call-for-papers-for-pagan-leadership-an-anthology-on-group-dynamics-healthy-boundaries-and-community-activism/#comments" title="Comment on Call for Papers for Pagan Leadership: An anthology on Group Dynamics, Healthy Boundaries, and Community Activism" style="outline: none; text-decoration: none;">1 Comment</a></span></p><p style="outline: none;"><strong style="outline: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">E-mail for inquiries and submissions: </strong></p><p style="outline: none;"><font color="#000000"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="mailto: shaunaaura@gmail.com" style="outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Shauna Aura Knight</a> ; please put “Immanion Press Leadership Anthology Submission” in your subject line.</span></font></p><p style="outline: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Megalithica Books, an imprint of Immanion Press (Stafford, U.K./Portland, OR, U.S.A) is seeking submissions for Pagan Leadership: An anthology on Group Dynamics, Healthy Boundaries, and Community Activism</span></p><p style="outline: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b style="outline: none;">Deadline for submissions:</b> September 1<sup style="outline: none;"> </sup>2014.</span></p><p style="outline: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The words “Pagan Leadership” are often met with scorn and tales of failed groups and so-called Witch Wars. And yet, as our communities grow and mature, we find ourselves in dire need of healthy, ethical leaders. Anyone who has been in a group that said, “Let’s just not have any leaders or power issues,” has seen what doesn’t work. But what does?</span></p><p style="outline: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This anthology will explore leadership for real Pagans and real groups. We’re looking for essays and articles that detail leadership success stories, best practices, and ways you have worked through challenges and obstacles. Our specific focus is on techniques to help Pagans build healthier, stronger, and more sustainable groups and communities. We’d like to see a combination of hands-on how-to, personally-inspired, and academic pieces that will offer readers tools they can use in their own groups.</span></p><p style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What resources do you have now that you wish you’d had when you stepped into leadership? What problems have you faced and overcome? How have you faced the unique difficulties of grassroots Pagan leadership? What are tools and techniques that have worked? Essays and articles should be 1500-4,000 words.</span></p><p style="outline: none;"><span style="outline: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">We’re also looking for brief (<a href="tel:500-1000" style="outline: none; text-decoration: none;">500-1000</a> words) personal stories of what we might call leadership disasters—community blow-ups that you’ve personally witnessed or even mistakes you’ve made as a leader. With few exceptions, these would be published anonymously (not naming names/locations) in order to illustrate, through the personal voice of storytelling, the need for leadership education through the power of storytelling. These stories do not need to be formally written; they should simply tell a story about problems you experienced that caused a group to blow up. Note: We prefer shorter pieces for this, but up to 2,000 words might work.</span></p><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- See full call: </span><a href="http://www.magicalexperiments.com/call-for-papers-for-pagan-leadership-an-anthology-on-group-dynamics-healthy-boundaries-and-community-activism/" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">http://www.magicalexperiments.com/call-for-papers-for-pagan-leadership-an-anthology-on-group-dynamics-healthy-boundaries-and-community-activism/</a></div><div><br></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-36651937990967845562014-03-17T12:03:00.001-07:002014-03-17T12:03:27.320-07:00Cherry Hill Seminary Seeks Chair of Theology and Religious History.<h1 class="post-title entry-title" style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #084b33; font-family: 'Pontano Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 24px; font-weight: normal; margin: -3px 0px 0px; padding: 0px;">
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<b>Position:</b> Chair of the Department of Theology and Religious History</div>
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<b>Effective Date: </b>to begin May, 2014 for one year with possible renewal</div>
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<strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong><strong>: </strong>Ph.D. in Religious Studies, Masters in Divinity or other terminal degree in a relevant field from an accredited institution; support for core values of Cherry Hill Seminary and Pagan-centered ministry; experience working constructively with those in the Pagan community; comfort with web-based classroom and other communications technology needed to deliver high quality courses, such as Moodle and Skype, or willingness to learn via tutorial offered by CHS; access to both computer and telephone; regular access to high speed internet</div>
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<strong>DUTIES</strong><strong>:</strong> Oversees course offerings: including scheduling, faculty hiring, supervision, and evaluation; syllabi review; course development; other tasks as assigned by the administration<strong><br /></strong><strong><br />TIME: </strong>Approximately ten hours a week, flex-time</div>
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<strong>COMPENSATION: </strong>Free tuition each semester in one class offered at Cherry Hill Seminary, the opportunity to teach an occasional course and receive regular faculty fees, and the knowledge that you are helping to build a lasting institution that reflects your goals and values. Unfortunately, this is all that can be offered at the current time.</div>
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<strong>REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION</strong>: Your letter of intent; curriculum vitae; three letters of recommendation; official transcript from institution awarding M. Div. or highest degree.</div>
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Letters of intent should be sent to <a href="mailto:wgriffin@cherryhillseminary.org" style="color: #9a2331; text-decoration: none;">wgriffin@cherryhillseminary.org</a>. Hard copies of all letters and original transcripts should be sent to Cherry Hill Seminary, P.O. Box 5405, Columbia, SC 29250-5405</div>
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Cherry Hill Seminary prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, marital status, national origin, mental or physical disability, political belief or affiliation, veteran status, or sexual orientation and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under state or federal law in any aspect of the access to, admission, or treatment of students in its programs and activities, or in employment and application for employment. Furthermore, Seminary policy includes prohibitions of harassment of students and employees, i.e., racial harassment, sexual harassment, and retaliation for filing complaints of discrimination.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-871874792544333182.post-51056283993133749132014-03-13T14:22:00.000-07:002014-03-13T14:22:02.269-07:00The Ecology Center in Berkeley has jobs!Administrative Assistant<br />
Education & Engagement Program Manager<br />
Development Director and Youth Development Program Manager openings soon!<br />
See: <a href="http://ecologycenter.org/jobs/">http://ecologycenter.org/jobs/</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01634542180963730179noreply@blogger.com0