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The Bay Weekend 2023 Registration
​November 11-12

Welcomes The Rev. Dr. Deborah Krause
Professor of New Testament and President, Eden Theological Seminary

Presentation:  The Bible in The Public Square:
Lifting Voices of Lament, Prophecy, and Praise in a Time
of Christian Nationalism and Religious Extremism


Saturday, November 11       
Welcome Reception - 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Members are invited to a welcome reception at the home of Drs. Todd and Judy Knox
hosted by the Adult Education Committee.
Sunday, November 12
Worship Service         10:00 a.m.  Dr. Krause will preach.
Education Forum       11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.  Presentation

All Church Lunch       12:30 p.m. The Westminster family will share in a community meal.
Description:  While many imagine that faith is a matter of private belief, Christian faith and Biblical interpretation have long been at the center of North American public square debates about race, social diversity, struggles for human liberation, and other moral discourse. In these days of ascendant Christian nationalism and religious extremism, the Bible (and its authority) are often claimed as a tool for asserting dominance and control. This seminar explores how people of faith might engage the Bible not as a weapon, but as a resource for hearing and sharing voices of lament, prophecy, and praise that speak to God’s presence and purpose in the public square. We will consider how to share a Biblical faith that resists domination and strengthens our capacity for joining God’s redemptive work of justice, mercy, and love in the world.

Biography:.  Dr. Krause joined Eden’s teaching staff in 1992, served as Academic Dean from 2005-2018, and began as Eden Seminary’s president in July 2020. She teaches courses in the gospels, early Jewish exegesis, the Deutero-Pauline and pastoral epistles, feminist-womanist, post-colonial, and postmodern biblical interpretation. An ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church (USA), Rev. Dr. Krause serves the church through social justice advocacy work, teaching, preaching and scholarship.  Her academic resume includes Amherst College, B.A., 1984, Eden Theological Seminary, M.Div., 1988, Emory University, Ph.D., 1996. 

Please RSVP at wpcspi.org by Thursday, November 9
for the Saturday Welcome Reception and/or the Sunday All Church Lunch.


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