| Date | Seminar
Topic |
Leadership
Team |
1/31
Tues
|
Forms of Extraction: Estates
Exodus 1:8–2:10; 2:23–3:22; 12–14; 19–21; Deuteronomy 15:1-18 (sabbatical and jubilee year legislation); comparison of covenants |
- Kathryn Burke
- Ciaran Freeman
-
- Respondents
- Karen Mac
- Mackenzie Throne
-
|
|
2/2
Thurs |
Forms of Extraction: Tribute-Exchange
Amos and the prophetic tradition |
- Nathan Metzger
- Kevin Ryan
-
- Respondents
- Harry Kunz
- Kaitlin Weideman
|
|
|
2/7
Tues |
Debates among the Sages
Wealth and poverty in the Wisdom Tradition |
- Mackenzie Throne
- Kaitlin Weideman
-
- Respondents
- Kat Meyer
- Kevin Ryan
|
|
|
2/9
Thurs |
Developing an Appropriate Model of the Galilean Economy in Jesus' Time
Secondary readings from archaeologists and social scientists
|
- Joshua Jacobsen
- Harry Kunz
-
- Respondents
- Paul Becker
- Francesco Merola
|
|
|
2/14
Tues |
Rendered unto Caesar: The Earliest Traditions about Jesus
Gospel of Mark, Q passages |
- Karen Mac
- Francesco Merola
-
- Respondents
- Ciaran Freeman
- Joshua Jacobsen
|
|
|
2/16
Thurs |
Conflicts over the Poor in Jerusalem: Paul & James
Galatians 2; passages in Acts of the Apostles, Epistle of James
|
- Paul Becker
- Kat Meyer
-
- Respondents
- Kathryn Burke
- Nathan Metzger
|
|
|
2/21
Tues
|
Concern for the Poor in a Rich Person's Gospel: Luke-Acts
Selection of texts from Luke-Acts, some in comparison to similar stories in Mark and Q |
- Karen Mac
- Kat Meyer
-
- Respondents
- Harry Kunz
- Nathan Metzger
|
|
|
2/23
Thurs |
Critiquing Rome in Text and Practice
Revelation 18 |
- Kathryn Burke
- Francesco Merola
-
- Respondents
- Kevin Ryan
- Katilin Weideman
|
|
|
2/28
Tues |
Monastic, Franciscan & Protestant Reformations
Secondary reading in Finn summarizing some of the interpretations of scripture |
- Ciaran Freeman
- Joshua Jacobsen
-
- Respondents
- Paul Becker
- Kat Meyer
|
|
|
3/2
Thurs |
Capitalism: Its Rise, Its Assumptions
Economist Ha-Joon Chang's account |
- Paul Becker
- Harry Kunz
-
- Respondents
- Joshua Jacobsen
- Mackenzie Throne
|
|
|
3/9
Thurs |
The Objectivist/Libertarian Critique of Marx: Ayn Rand & Others
Short readings from Rand and her student, Nathaniel Branden, with a secondary reading by Finn |
- Kevin Ryan
- Kaitlin Weideman
-
- Respondents
- Kathryn Burke
- Francesco Merola
|
|
|
3/14
Tues |
Principles for an Economic Ethic Today
Finn |
- Nathan Metzger
- Mackenzie Throne
-
- Respondents
- Ciaran Freeman
- Karen Mac
|
|
|
3/16
Thurs |
Research Colloquium
|
- Each of you will give a 10-minute presentation of your paper
|
