Diana Butler Bass:Spiritual Practices for Today’s Christians
Friday, October 2 and Saturday morning, October 3 sponsored by St. Mark and The Presbytery of Los Ranchos.
Click on this link for Costs and Registration Form
Friday Schedule
8:30-9:00 Gathering/Registration
9:00-9:15 Welcome/Opening Prayer
9:15-11:00 Presentation # 1 by Dr. Bass
11-11:15 BREAK
11:15-noon Questions and Conversation with Dr. Bass
noon-12:45 Lunch
12:45-2 Presentation # 2 by Dr. Bass
2-2:15 BREAK
2:15-3 Questions and Conversation with Dr. Bass
3-3:30 Book sales and signing
Saturday Schedule
8:30-9:00 Gathering/Registration
9:00-9:15 Opening Prayer
9:15-11:00 Presentation # 3 by Dr. Bass
11-11:15 BREAK
11:15-noon Questions and Conversations with Dr. Bass
noon -2:30 Book sales/signing
Cost
$35 for both days ($15 student rate)
$25 for Friday only (includes lunch)
$15 for Saturday only.
Diana Butler Bass is an author, speaker, and independent scholar specializing in American religion and culture. She holds a Ph.D. in religious studies from Duke University and is the author of seven books including A People’s History of Christianity: the Other Side of the Story (HarperOne, 2009). Her best-selling Christianity for the Rest of Us (2006) was named as one of the best religion books of the year by Publishers Weekly and Christian Century, won the Book of the Year Award from the Academy of Parish Clergy, and was featured in a cover story in USA TODAY.
Diana regularly consults with religious organizations, leads conferences for religious leaders, and teaches and preaches in a variety of venues. She regularly comments on religion, politics, and culture in the media including USA TODAY, Time, Newsweek, The Washington Post, CNN, FOX, PBS, and NPR. From 1995-2000, she wrote a weekly column on American religion for the New York Times Syndicate. She is a contributing editor for Sojourners Magazine has written widely in the religious press, including Christian Century, Clergy Journal, and Congregations.
From 2002 to 2006, she was the Project Director of a national Lilly Endowment funded study of mainline Protestant vitality—a project featured in Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. Diana has taught at Westmont College, the University of California at Santa Barbara, Macalester College, Rhodes College, and the Virginia Theological Seminary. She has taught church history, American religious history, history of Christian thought, religion and politics, and congregational studies.
She lives in Alexandria, Virginia. She is a member of the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany in downtown Washington, D.C.
Ken Davis is one of the most sought after communicators in America. He has appeared on stage and television around the world bringing laughter and life changing truth to audiences of every description.
