Huston Smith
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Huston Smith and Brandon WilliamsCraig host two community conversations.
Epworth United Methodist Church and Association Building Community
present
Tales of Wonder
Sunday July 5th, 2009
11:30 - 1:00
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Huston Smith In celebration of Dr. Smith's 90th Birthday a conversation in community
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Please download the Huston Smith event PREPARATORY READING by clicking here.
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Sunday July 12th, 2009
11:30 - 1:30
(please bring a potluck dish)
Please click here for the dialogue page to help formulate questions for the July 12th session.
Huston Smith
with a panel of local scholars
will participate in a community conversation facilitated by Brandon WilliamsCraig
responding to themes of the previous week in order to open spontaneous space
for shared discovery of the Process Arts as peace practices
in the
Epworth UMC Beloved Community Circle
1953 Hopkins St, Berkeley, CA 94707
click for directions or cut and paste http://tinyurl.com/epworthumc
FREE OF CHARGE ~ EVERYONE WELCOME
Come for a little bit or from beginning to end.
Please RSVP to brandon @ abcglobal dot net or call toll free (866) 236-0346
with your Name, email and mobile# or Skype ID, and list which event(s) you will attend
in order to receive a PDF copy of the materials and an invitation to collaborate online.
Related materials:
http://www.hustonsmith.net
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/<wbr/>Huston_Smith
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/05/21/DD1G17MMIH.DTL&type=printable
http://www.newsweek.com/id/<wbr/>195695?from=rss
http://processarts.net
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Brandon
WilliamsCraig is a member of Epworth and a frequently visible presence
in this community, but there are a few things you may not know about
him. He began a twenty year career in the professional theater in
Dallas, Texas at the age of six, and transplanted himself to California
in 1995 for a two year residential apprenticeship in a martial art of
peace called aikido, which he now teaches. He is President of local,
Bay Area non-profit, Association Building Community, and travels
nationally building community among those practicing the process arts,
and is a professional conflict facilitator. He will be completing his
Ph.D. this Fall in Mythological Studies and Depth Psychology and has
had the pleasure of working with Dr. Smith for several years, as well
as the honor of his friendship through many lunches and teas and
fruitful conversations, as well as an invitation to membership in the
Pacific Coast Theological Society at the Graduate Theological Union.
Huston
Smith is Thomas J. Watson Professor of Religion and Distinguished
Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, Syracuse University. For
fifteen years he was Professor of Philosophy at M.I.T. and for a decade
before that he taught at Washington University in St. Louis. Most
recently he has served as Visiting Professor of Religious Studies,
University of California, Berkeley. Holder of twelve honorary degrees,
Smith’s fourteen books include The World’s Religions which has sold
over 2 ½ million copies, and Why Religion Matters which won the Wilbur
Award for the best book on religion published in 2001. In 1996 Bill
Moyers devoted a 5-part PBS Special, The Wisdom of Faith with Huston
Smith, to his life and work. His film documentaries on Hinduism,
Tibetan Buddhism, and Sufism have all won international awards. Dr.
Smith has been a particular friend of the Epworth Community for many
years and we are always happy to welcome him back.
