BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Iliff School of Theology - ECPv6.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.iliff.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Iliff School of Theology REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20230312T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20231105T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20240310T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20241103T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20250309T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20251102T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240610 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240903 DTSTAMP:20240617T180632Z CREATED:20240617T175407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240617T180632Z UID:48346-1717977600-1725321599@www.iliff.edu SUMMARY:TIER Summer Courses DESCRIPTION:Graduate Theological Education for Everyday People\nIliff School of Theology has offered graduate level education for more than 125 years through a range of degree programs. Now\, through TIER\, Iliff is bringing its unique approach to theological education to the public with a series of summer courses that offer our world-class teaching outside of a traditional degree program. \nTIER is designed for people considering a graduate degree\, people in ministry and community leadership who want to dive deeper into study\, or anyone who is ready to transform their understanding of religion and spirituality. TIER allows you to innovate your approach to your life’s biggest challenges and to realize the truths that matter most to you. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The TIER Learning Experience\n \n \n \n \n \n Fully online\, 3-week intensives\nBuild your study into your weekly schedule\n  \nSummer 2024 Course Dates\nJune 10th – September 2nd\n Register for Courses\n \n \n \n \n \n Value Incentives\nAll students who successfully complete a TIER course receive a microcredential badge through Credly which can be placed on your LinkedIn or other social profiles. \nClergy who complete a TIER course receive 3 CEU’s. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What to Expect:\n\nWeekly engagement from the instructor\n\n\nGraduate-level readings\n\n\nVideo and/or other media\n\n\nWeekly discussions with classmates in an online discussion board\n\n\n1 culminating assignment to demonstrate what you have learned\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Time Requirement:\nEach course is designed to be a 30-hour course. \nStudents should set aside 10-hours per week for study\, reflection\, and engagement in discussion. The deeper you engage\, the more you will get out of TIER classes. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cost\nEach TIER course costs $200. URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/tier-summer-courses/ LOCATION:CO ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://iliff-edu.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/26091847/TIER-Featured-Image-FB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240909 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240910 DTSTAMP:20240812T183311Z CREATED:20240812T183311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240812T183311Z UID:48449-1725840000-1725926399@www.iliff.edu SUMMARY:Fall Quarter Begins DESCRIPTION: URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/fall-quarter-begins/ LOCATION:CO END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240912T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20240912T200000 DTSTAMP:20240906T144314Z CREATED:20240618T201005Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240906T144314Z UID:48352-1726164000-1726171200@www.iliff.edu SUMMARY:"We Advocate Freedom!" Teach-In Series // Session 2 DESCRIPTION:Session 2: Why does this feel so complicated?: Protests\, Cease-fire\, and Two-States\n \n \n \n \n \n During the Spring of 2024\, numerous college and university campuses became hubs of protest\, with various calls for freedom and justice for Palestine. Demonstrators urged for economic pressure on Israel and a statement calling for a ceasefire. Today\, we are also witnessing large Israeli protests calling for agreements to release the remaining hostages. This session aims to foster discussion that considers the complex dynamics of Israel-Palestine by exploring the diverse histories\, theologies\, and experiences that influence positions that create impasse. As a community of learners\, we will engage with experts in political and biblical history and social strategy to examine a spectrum of dynamics associated with protests\, ceasefire\, and the two-states proposal. \n\nSeptember 12\, 2024\n6:00 pm MST – Refreshments & Registration at Iliff / Zoom room opens\n6:30-8:00 pm MST – Teach-in\nIn-person at Iliff and on Zoom\nFormat: Roundtable\n\nRegister in person HERE.In addition to the in-person event at Iliff\, attendees can participate via Zoom by registering at this link \nFacilitator: Rev. Dr. Amanda Henderson \nSpeakersDr. Karim Mattar Scott Wasserman Dr. Mark George \nSeries Overview \nIn these times of significant division and conflict\, we bear the responsibility to find meaningful ways to engage in conversations about challenging and complex issues. Iliff is responding to the current moment with the “We Advocate Freedom!” Teach-in Series\, a five-session series starting on Thursday\, June 27th. This series aims to create a space where we can come together in-person and remotely to discuss and navigate these important topics together. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n Speaker Bios\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Karim MattarAssociate Professor of EnglishUniversity of Colorado at Boulder \nKarim Mattar is an Associate Professor of English at the University of Colorado at Boulder.  A descendant of survivors of the Palestinian Nakba of 1948\, he works at the intersection of Palestine studies\, the humanities\, and higher education.  He is currently at work on two book projects\, titled The Ethics of Affiliation and Reflections on Palestine: Exile\, Privilege\, Responsibility.  Also a dedicated community organizer\, Karim works at the local\, state\, and national levels to enhance public awareness and understanding of Palestinian literature\, history\, and politics and to advocate for free speech and academic freedom in the Palestinian case.  Karim received his D.Phil. in English at the University of Oxford in 2013\, and writes and teaches more broadly on comparative Middle Eastern literatures and cultures\, the history of the novel\, media and technology\, and critical theory. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Scott Wasserman Political Strategist \nOver 10 years of experience in policy craft and public affairs\, managing complex campaigns focused on strategic positioning and real world outcomes for the people I represent. Focused on new ideas and solutions that transcend the stubborn barriers of the past. \nStrategy: Immediate understanding of climate\, context\, and sensitivities inside and outside the organization. A valuable and experienced grasp of the multiple disciplines that make a successful campaign. \nCommunication: Excellent spokesperson and writer. Experienced at jumpstarting and facilitating dialogue\, both within the media and behind the scenes. A knack for creative\, tasteful\, and effective communication over any medium. \nManagement: Proven ability to manage multi-million dollar budgets and comfortable with the responsibility that comes with raising and spending resources. Experienced manager of people\, resources\, vendors\, and organizational structures. \nRelationships: An earned reputation for trust\, integrity\, and accountability. \nSpecialties: strategic leadership\, communication\, public affairs\, government relations\, political campaign \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Mark George Professor of Bible and Ancient Systems of Thought \nMark K. George is Professor of Bible and Ancient Systems of Thought and Director of the University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology Joint PhD Program in the Study of Religion. He works primarily with the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and\, within that corpus\, the Pentateuch and narrative texts. The focus of his work is ancient systems of thought operating within this literature and the societies that produced it\, whether they be social systems and structures expressed through the practices and conceptions of space\, or how they make possible specific ways for individuals and communities to conduct their lives. \nGeorge teaches courses on the Bible. These include critical studies of specific books\, such as Deuteronomy\, and examinations of larger issues\, such as The Bible and Contemporary Issues or The Bible in the Digital Age. Fundamental to his teaching is the conviction that each generation must find new ways to make the Bible relevant for themselves. This is especially important as we live through the current digital revolution. His publications include books\, encyclopedia entries\, scholarly articles\, and occasional pieces in publications including The Conversation. His current book project\, Conduct Becoming Israel: Deuteronomy’s Subject and the Creation of “Israel\,” is an analysis of how Deuteronomy presents an idealized system for becoming Israel. \nA member of both the Society of Biblical Literature and American Academy of Religion\, George regularly presents his work in the US and internationally. He frequently speaks and makes presentations to local organizations and religious communities\, including at Denver’s Brew Theology gatherings. URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/we-advocate-freedom-teach-in-series-session-2/ LOCATION:Iliff School of Theology\, 2323 East Iliff Avenue\, Denver\, CO\, 80210\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://iliff-edu.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/04161307/Session-2-We-Advocate-Freedom-Promo-Graphics-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240918T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20240918T133000 DTSTAMP:20240829T192723Z CREATED:20240829T192423Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240829T192723Z UID:48518-1726660800-1726666200@www.iliff.edu SUMMARY:Renewal History and Memory // The Future of AI DESCRIPTION:Session Description \nArtificial intelligence has already changed our lives in innumerable ways. From detecting wildfires to providing language translation to making classroom learning more effective\, AI has become integral to many processes and systems. But AI has also brought many new anxieties. What effect will AI have on the job market\, on law enforcement\, on our children and our future? For our first Renewal session of the 2024-25 academic year\, Dr. Ted Vial will talk about the possible future of AI and how we can be part of the efforts to make sure AI is used ethically and responsibly. \nSeries Description \nThis year\, our Renewal sessions will focus on History and Memory. How can we remember well in a time when it seems history is repeating itself\, when we are fighting the same fights for justice over and over again? How can we learn from history and avoid making the same mistakes? How do we remember as a community\, and how do we prepare a legacy that is worth remembering? During this year’s Renewal series\, we will delve into topics ranging from national memory and how we hold onto history in good and bad ways\, to how we remember one another and how we want to be remembered. \nRegister HERE.  \nSpeaker Bio\nDr. Ted Vial\nPotthoff Professor of Theology & Modern Western Religious Thought\, Iliff School of Theology\nVice President of Innovation\, Learning\, and Institutional Research \nTed Vial is the Potthoff Professor of Theology and Modern Western Religious Thought at the Iliff School of Theology\, and Vice President of Innovation\, Learning\, and Institutional Research. His current research is in two areas: The interaction of Artificial Intelligence and humans\, and the construction of Judaism and gender in the modern world. His B.A. is from Brown University and both M.A. and Ph. D. from The University of Chicago. Vial has served as the Chair of the Publications Committee\, American Academy of Religion\, Chair of the AAR task force on the future of publishing\, and Chair of the task force on evaluation digital scholarship. He is currently on the steering committee of the Artificial Intelligence and Religion Seminar. \nThe Renewal Conference is Iliff’s annual community gathering to share our work\, hear timely messages from a variety of experts\, and spend time in fellowship.\nThis year\, our Renewal sessions focus on Looking to the Future.\nWe are always considering the future. As individuals\, as members of groups\, as citizens\, we are often asking\, What will tomorrow bring? How will our world\, our country\, our institutions look in the coming years? And how can we shape that future to make it better? \nIn the midst of so many uncertainties\, this Renewal season will focus on the question of what is coming next and how we can work for a better future. We will discuss topics ranging from artificial intelligence to religious institutions to politics and government. What can we expect as we watch these spaces change over the weeks\, months and years\, and what can we do? Join us for the 2024-2025 Renewal season as we learn about what tomorrow may hold and what we can do to enact justice today. URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/renewal-history-and-memory-the-future-of-ai/ LOCATION:CO ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://iliff-edu.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/29130057/Sep-Renewal-2024-03.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240923T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20240923T203000 DTSTAMP:20240920T164705Z CREATED:20231212T193343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T164705Z UID:47814-1727118000-1727123400@www.iliff.edu SUMMARY:Everding Lecture: Reclaiming the Jewishness of Jesus DESCRIPTION:Reclaiming the Jewishness of Jesus: Implications for Jewish-Christian Relations\nJoin Iliff School of Theology and St. John’s Cathedral Denver for the 2024 Everding Lectureship featuring Adam Gregerman\, Ph.D.\, Professor of Jewish Studies\, Dept. of Theology and Religious Studies & Associate Director\, Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations\, Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. \nLivestream Link: https://www.youtube.com/live/t5Y5B3u6HSY\nDr. Gregerman teaches Jewish Studies at Saint Joseph’s University\, a Jesuit school\, and is a scholar of Jewish-Christian relations. He focuses on Christian theologies of Judaism in diverse settings\, from antiquity to the present\, and has a commitment to continuing the slow process of rapprochement between these long-estranged traditions that began only half a century ago. Like Iliff’s respected Professor Pamela Eisenbaum\, Dr. Gregerman studies the New Testament (he is a contributor to The Jewish Annotated New Testament) and later Christian writings on Jews and Judaism\, covering topics such as mission and conversion\, theologies of the land of Israel\, and covenant. His many papers can be accessed here: https://sju.academia.edu/AdamGregerman. \nThe Everding Lectureship has been generously sponsored each year by the late Lee Everding in honor of Iliff’s first Dean of the Faculty\, Dr. Ed Everding.  It is our pleasure to continue her legacy so that the public may hear from scholars who explore the many dimensions of interfaith relationships between major traditions\, particularly those that trace their roots to the patriarch Abraham URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/everding-lecture/ LOCATION:Iliff School of Theology\, 2323 East Iliff Avenue\, Denver\, CO\, 80210\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://iliff-edu.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/10211552/adam-gregerman-01-_1_.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240926 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240927 DTSTAMP:20240924T193458Z CREATED:20240618T202659Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240924T193458Z UID:48356-1727308800-1727395199@www.iliff.edu SUMMARY:"We Advocate Freedom!" Teach-In Series // Session 3 DESCRIPTION:Session 3: Spirited and Spiritual Resistance: Community Chaplaincy and Religious Leadership\n \n \n \n \n \n Series DescriptionIn these times of significant division and conflict\, we bear the responsibility to find meaningful ways to engage in conversations about challenging and complex issues. Iliff is responding to the current moment with the “We Advocate Freedom!” Teach-in Series\, a five-session series starting on Thursday\, June 27th. This series aims to create a space where we can come together in-person and remotely to discuss and navigate these important topics together. \nSession DescriptionChaplains are interfaith/interreligious leaders who work to support human dignity and advocate spiritual integrity within institutional and community settings. This session will bring together spiritual leaders and chaplains to discuss the challenges of navigating entrenched\, complicated issues that provoke individual and collective disintegration. The conversation will invite reflections on topics like the spirituality of violence and the spirituality of resistance. With commitments to ending isolation while being sensitive to the dynamics of moral injury\, chaplains mediate across religious differences and advocate commonality. \nIn addition to the in-person event at Iliff\, attendees can participate via Zoom by registering at the link below: \nZOOM WEBINAR LINK \n \nSeptember 26\, 2024\n6:00 pm MST – Refreshments at Iliff / Zoom room opens6:30-8:00 pm MST – Teach-in Roundtable Discussion \nFacilitated ByDr. Lee H. Butler\, Jr. \nSpeakers\nChaplain Leenah SafiAssistant Muslim Chaplain\, Yale University \nRabbi Stephen Booth-NadavChaplain \nRev. Dr. Zachary MoonProfessor of Theology & Psychology\, Chicago Theological Seminary \n\nSpeaker Information\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Chaplain Leenah Safi\nAssistant Muslim Chaplain\, Yale University \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Chaplain Leenah Safi is an Assistant Muslim Chaplain at Yale University.  She joined the Yale Chaplain’s Office after previously serving as a chaplain at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University with a non-profit organization serving the Muslim community.  Chaplain Safi is a Muslima with a passion for interreligious and interfaith theological reflection.  Chaplain Safi has both hospital and university chaplaincy experience.  Her guild work involves her in the Society for Pastoral Theology\, the Association of Muslim Chaplains\, and the Moral Injury and Recovery unit of the American Academy of Religion. \nShe is a graduate of Zaytuna College with a B.A. in Islamic Law and Theology.  She earned a MDiv with an emphasis in Interreligious Engagement and Chaplaincy from Chicago Theological Seminary.  She is now a PhD/ABD in Practical Theology at Chicago Theological Seminary.  Within her doctoral studies\, she is focused on developing a Muslim practical theology to inform the work of chaplaincy for Muslims and interfaith spiritual care providers.   When writing Chaplain Safi is inspired by the angelic voice of Ella Fitzgerald and listens carefully when Toni Morrison (and when mothers more generally) speak and educate. She is renewed by conversations about the meaning(s) of life\, having the opportunity to hear people talk about those they love\, and the consumption of coffee prepared every which way.  Her dissertation project is entitled “Sh?r?: A Practice of Relational Care in the Formation of Muslim Selves.” \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rev. Dr. Zachary Moon\nProfessor of Theology & Psychology\,Chicago Theological Seminary \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Professor Moon is Professor of Theology and Psychology at Chicago Theological Seminary.  A leading voice in the study of moral injury and moral distress\, he publishes and consults widely on the topic\, especially with the military. His broader research interests include pastoral and practical theologies\, psychology\, and trauma studies. He is the author of four books\, Coming Home: Ministries That Matter with Veterans and Military Families (Chalice Press\, 2015)\, Warriors between Worlds: Moral Injury and Identities in Crisis (Lexington Books\, 2019)\, Goatwalking: A Quaker Pastoral Theology (Brill\, 2021)\, and Doing Theology in Pandemics: Facing Viruses\, Violence\, and Vitriol (Pickwick\, 2022). His articles have been published in the Journal for Pastoral Theology\, Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling\, Journal of Religious Education\, Journal of Pastoral Psychology\, International Journal of Narrative Therapy and Community Work\, Christian Century\, Christianity Today\, Huffington Post\, Religion Dispatches\, among others. He has served as a chaplain in multiple contexts\, including having served as a chaplain in the US Navy assigned to the Marines.  He specializes in working with military veterans and their families\, training faith communities in post-deployment reentry and reintegration\, and building sustainable social movements for justice through holistic compassionate care.  Moon is a graduate of the Iliff-DU Joint PhD program.  He was raised in the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and is currently ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rabbi Stephen Booth-Nadav\nChaplain \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rabbi Steve served as a congregational rabbi for 14yrs\, where he especially enjoyed facilitating hundreds of life cycle events from birth to death.  He was trained as a Jewish Mindfulness Teacher by a Mindfulness Leadership Training program for Rabbis\, and by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality.  He is a trained Jewish Wilderness Spirituality Guide and a “Death Educator” for The Jewish Association for Death Education.  He directs The Multifaith Leadership Forum of Metro Denver.  He has been the chaplain at Kavod Senior Life for twelve years.  Kavod is a “Jewishly Hosted Multifaith Affordable Housing Community for Seniors.”  It is an amazingly rich and diverse community of over 400 people with many stories and wisdom to share. \nRabbi Steve is a 1992 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Philadelphia.  He is a former board member of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Assn. and is also a founding member of Ohalah: The Alliance of Rabbis for Jewish Renewal.  As a seminary student living in Jerusalem during the first intifada (1987-88)\, Rabbi Steve embraced two “adopted families.”  One Jewish family who immigrated from South Africa in the 1950’s\, and there raised three children; the other a family from the lower Galilee\, Palestinian Citizens of Israel.  Their two oldest daughters are his “God-daughters.”  One works for Al Jazeera.  The other\, Nura\, is married with two lovely children and teaches English in the village of Tarshiha\, six miles from the Lebanon border. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session 4 • October 10\, 2024 \n \n \n \n \n \n UMC Social Principles and the Impact of Socially Responsible Investments \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Session 5 • November 7\, 2024 \n \n \n \n \n \n  Book Discussion: Angela Davis\, Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson\, Palestine\, and the Foundations of a Movement URL:https://www.iliff.edu/event-calendar/we-advocate-freedom-teach-in-series-session-3/ LOCATION:Iliff School of Theology\, 2323 East Iliff Avenue\, Denver\, CO\, 80210\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://iliff-edu.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/18142621/We-Advocate-Freedom-Promo-Graphics-05-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20240930T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20240930T190000 DTSTAMP:20240916T212008Z CREATED:20240904T212912Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240916T212008Z UID:48521-1727715600-1727722800@www.iliff.edu SUMMARY:Pulpit+ Exchange: Introducing Africana Pastoral Theology DESCRIPTION:September 2024 // “Introducing Africana Pastoral Theology” with Rev. Dr. Lee H. Butler\, Jr.\nAbout the Evening’s Lecture \nThis lecture will introduce a new field approach called Africana pastoral theology.  Pastoral theology frames the ministries that guide the care and cure of souls.  It is grounded in the belief that God desires human beings to live in loving relationships.  Typically divided into the three distinctive practices of pastoral care\, pastoral counseling\, and pastoral psychotherapy\, pastoral theology guides the reflections that inform the practices.  The reflection will overview Africana pastoral theology as a liberation theology framed by a resistance culture.  Africana pastoral theology will be presented as a care and counseling approach to Black faith and life issues. \nRegister for event HERE.\nAbout Pulpit+ Exchange \nIliff’s Pulpit+ Exchange Series (supported by the Pathways for Tomorrow Initiative from Lilly Endowment Inc.) provides space for a diverse array of ordained clergy and lay leaders to gather for a meal and grapple with challenging issues. One of the main goals of the Pulpit+ Exchange is to build congregations of people who will authentically study\, worship\, walk\, and act together across differences to create a just and equitable world. \nAbout the Evening’s Agenda \nJoin other clergy and lay leaders for a light meal from 5:00 pm to 5:30 pm (MST). The lecture will begin at 5:30 pm. An opportunity to ask Dr. Lee questions and engage in discussions with colleagues will follow. \nAbout the Evening’s Lecturer – Rev. Dr. Lee Butler\, Jr. \nBorn in Central Pennsylvania\, the Rev. Dr. Lee H. Butler\, Jr. is a lifelong Baptist and a first-generation beneficiary of the Post-Civil and Human Rights struggle in the United States. \nDr. Butler comes to Iliff School of Theology from Phillips Theological Seminary where he served as the Vice-President of Academic Affairs and Academic Dean\, and the William Tabbernee Professor of the History of Religions and Africana Pastoral Theology since July 1\, 2020. He is the first African American tenured full professor and the first person of color to hold the office of VPAA and Academic Dean and serve as Acting President at Phillips. As VPAA\, his responsibilities included oversight and supervision of the Associate Dean\, Registrar\, Recruitment\, Admissions and Financial Aid\, Director of Theological Field Education\, Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program\, Director of Black Church Traditions Program\, Dean of the Chapel\, Faculty\, and Dean of the Library. \nDuring the shelter-in-place phase of the pandemic\, he launched a COVID-19 task force\, “The Living Together Task Force\,” to establish protocols for reopening the seminary for on-campus classes and welcoming the larger community. He designed 2021 virtual annual ministry conference to focus on terror and violence against Native Americans and African Americans. Whereas 2021 was the centennial anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre\, he developed programming to commemorate the event. He organized book talks\, lectures\, a Tulsa Race Massacre course taught by a visiting scholar\, facilitated acclaimed artists performances\, including Emmy Award winning actor\, Mr. Keith David\, who on two occasions performed selections from God’s Trombones\, invited the President and Executive Director of the Children’s Defense Fund to give an address\, and facilitated Mr. John W. Franklin\, son of renowned historian\, the late Dr. John Hope Franklin\, to receive an honorary doctorate at the May 2021 Commencement. To invite an intercultural community to the work of critical race conversations\, he inaugurated the Tulsa Race Massacre Lectureship creating a public forum on the dynamic history of the massacre and the lessons to be learned. In November 2022\, he organized a Native American Heritage Month event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the book God Is Red\, by the late Vine Deloria\, Jr. The evening included a greeting and brief reflection from Dr. Philip Deloria\, son of Vine. Dr. Tink Tinker was present as the elder at the roundtable. He was also instrumental in bringing art exhibitions by acclaimed artists\, Benjamin Harjo\, Jr. (Absentee Shawnee-Seminole)\, Harvey Johnson (visual poet)\, John Biggers\, Delita Martin (visual storyteller)\, and Kermit Oliver. \nBefore Phillips\, he was the Distinguished Service Professor of Theology and Psychology at Chicago Theological Seminary (CTS). He joined the CTS faculty as assistant professor of theology and psychology in 1996. In 2006\, he was promoted to the rank of full professor and became the first African American to achieve this rank at CTS. In 2017\, he was installed in his endowed academic chair. He was a former director of the CTS Master of Divinity program\, a former Acting Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean\, and the founder of the Center for the Study of Black Faith and Life at CTS. Through the work of the Center\, he established the C. Shelby Rooks Lectureship as a tribute to the first African American to become president of a predominantly European American seminary and hosted the “Sisters with Sons in the Wilderness Roundtable\,” a first of its kind major conference that gathered womanists and womanist collaborators to discuss the escalation of unarmed Black people killed in America. A LGBTQIA+ ally\, he has served a mentor\, advisor\, colleague\, and collaborator related to theological education and gender justice. He has facilitated and led study tours to Bahia\, Brazil; to Ghana\, West Africa; and to South Africa. In 2018\, he gave a series of pastoral theology lectures in Seoul\, South Korea at a professional counseling conference and four theological universities (Presbyterian Theological University\, Methodist Theological University\, Hanshin University\, and Seoul Theological University). \nPrior to his joining the faculty of Chicago Seminary\, he was assistant professor of pastoral theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary from 1992-1996. An ordained minister of the American Baptist Churches in the USA since 1988\, his professional development includes experience in pastoral ministry\, chaplaincy\, pastoral counseling\, denominational and seminary administration. \nDr. Butler is a past president of the Society for the Study of Black Religion\, a member of the American Academy of Religion\, the Society for Pastoral Theology\, the Institute for Signifying Scriptures\, Society for Process Consulting\, the Association of Black Psychologists\, and a Board Member of the John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation. \nHe is an active publishing scholar. He is the co-editor of The Edward Wimberly Reader: A Black Pastoral Theology (Baylor University Press\, 2020); author of Listen\, My Son: Wisdom to Help African American Fathers (Abingdon Press\, 2010)\, Liberating Our Dignity\, Saving Our Souls (Chalice Press\, 2006)\, A Loving Home: Caring for African American Marriage and Families (Pilgrim Press\, 2000)\, and numerous articles published in many books and professional journals on the subject of pastoral care and pastoral psychology. \nDr. Butler received his PhD and Master of Philosophy in Psychology and Religion from Drew University. He holds a Master of Theology in Pastoral Theology from Princeton Theological Seminary\, a Master of Divinity with a concentration in Pastoral Care and Counseling from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary (now Palmer Theological Seminary)\, and a BA in Religion from Bucknell University. 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