Come out and join us for an honest conversation and some personal stories about the difficulties of the Bible, regardless of your feelings concerning its sacredness, with our first speaker of the Spring, Dr. Dombkowski Hopkins.
Billions of people consider the Bible to be a sacred text. We also know it contradicts itself on many occasions, has been used to support some pretty atrocious things (i.e. slavery, the oppression of women, anti-LGBT policy, lots of bloody warfare, the list goes on), and just gets pretty damn confusing sometimes. Dr. Dombkowski Hopkins is an incredible human who, through decades of examining the passages with a critical eye, knows intimately the confusion and darkness of scriptural texts. Yet, she still has a way of coming to the text openly and honestly, with a profound respect for its construction, as well as its ability to criticize and energize in the present.
About Dr. Dombkowsk:
A native of upstate NY, Dr. Dombkowski Hopkins has studied twice at the Ecumenical Institute for Theological Studies on the West Bank. She has received several grants and awards, among them: a Wabash Center Project Grant, sponsored by the Lilly Endowment (2013), an Association of Theological Schools Research Grant (2007), and a Theological Education Renewal Award from the Yale Center for Faith and Culture (2006), all with her colleague, Michael Koppel. She also received an Exemplary Teaching Award (2011-12) from the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry of the United Methodist Church.Â
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