Description

Class Summary

This course will address the nature of divine and human power in the Old and New Testaments, agency in everyday life and Christian witness, and power that hurts vs. power that heals in the church, past and present.

About the Instructor

Manfred Brauch, Ph.D., is professor emeritus of Biblical theology and past president of Palmer Theological Seminary at Eastern University. He is the author of several books (Set Free to Be; Hard Sayings of Paul; and Abusing Scripture: The Consequences of Misreading the Bible).

Sally A. Brown, Ph.D., a retired pastor and seminary professor, is the Elizabeth M. Engle Professor of Preaching and Worship (emerita) at Princeton Theological Seminary. Her most recent book is Sunday’s Sermon for Monday’s World.