SPIRITUALITY AND POLITICS : Ensouling Your Citizenship

Ensouling Your Citizenship

Brian Fraser will dig deep into his past as an historian of the Social Gospel in Canada to develop three theses about Spirituality and Politics. You will have to come to lunch to find out what those theses are. In general, they will deal with the possibilities and challenges of being determined to embody our soul convictions in our public life together. Brian’s ideal for politics (from the Greek polis for city) comes from the prophet Jeremiah’s letter to the exiles in Babylon in the Hebrew Scriptures – “... seek the welfare (SHALOM) of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare.”

Come and join in this conversation about ‘ensouling’ our politics.

About our Speaker

Brian Fraser is minister with Brentwood Presbyterian Church, a Christian community in Burnaby, BC, that nourishes souls to flourish in the grace of Jesus Christ, and lead provocateur of Jazzthink, a coaching and consulting firm that provokes COOL conversations for SMARTer leadership. He taught Canadian church history, with a focus on leadership and organizational cultures, at Vancouver School of Theology from 1985 – 2001. Most of his academic publishing has been in the area of the Social Gospel in Canada. His doctoral work was published as the award-winning The Social Uplifters: Presbyterian Progressives and the Social Gospel in Canada, 1875 – 1915 (Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier University Press, 1988). His work at Jazzthink and Brentwood has focused on convening conversations that generate companionship.

Venue

Adler School of Professional Psychology

Suite 700 -1090 W Georgia St, Vancouver, BC V6E 4V2