On Sunday, 14 December 2014, I will be giving a lecture at a St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church in Chicago. My topic will be:

From the Ashes of the Second Temple: The Co-Evolution of Rabbinic Judaism and Early Christianity

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Along with other faculty members of Great Discourses℠, I will be teaching Great Book Socratic Method courses online at GreatDiscourses.com during the term that begins November 2014. Great Discourses℠ is a new venture of mine to make high quality adult liberal education available to as many people as possible. We use innovative web-conferencing software to facilitate live, interactive discussion courses online that operate on the same principles as the traditional, in person discussion courses that I have long taught.

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On Sunday, 2 November 2014, I will be giving a lecture at a St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church in Chicago. My topic will be:

Universal Monotheism and Its Others in the Late Second Temple Period

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Along with other faculty members of Great Discourses℠, I will be teaching Great Book Socratic Method courses online at GreatDiscourses.com during the term that begins September 2014. Great Discourses℠ is a new venture of mine to make high quality adult liberal education available to as many people as possible. We use innovative web-conferencing software to facilitate live, interactive discussion courses online that operate on the same principles as the traditional, in person discussion courses that I have long taught.

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On Friday, 5 November 2014 12:15–1:15 pm, I will be giving the Basic Program First Friday Lecture at the Chicago Cultural Center (Michigan Avenue between Randolph and Washington Streets). My topic will be:

“It Can’t Happen Here”?
A (Frightening) Look at American Dystopias

The lecture is free and open to the public.
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On Sunday, 11 May 2014, I will be giving a lecture at a St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church in Chicago. My topic will be:

The Gospel According to Muhammad:
The Qur’an’s Account of Jesus as a Non-Canonical Gospel

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On Sunday, 4 May 2014, I will be giving a lecture at a St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church in Chicago. My topic will be:

Online Socratic Method Seminars in Adult Congregation Education:
A Look at Today’s Realities and Possibilities

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On Sunday, 30 March 2014, I will be giving a lecture at a St. Chrysostom’s Episcopal Church in Chicago. My topic will be:

“For He Shall Save His People from Their Sins”:
The Gospel According to Matthew as Jewish Literature

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I will be a guest instructor online at LibertasU.com during its March-April 2014 and May-June 2014 semesters. LibertasU is a new “independent and nonsectarian private institution, devoted to making high quality, liberal arts courses available to as many people as possible” through a unique, virtual-reality educational environment that supports highly-interactive, real-time Socratic Method seminars — for participants situated anywhere in the world.

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On Friday, 1 November 2013 12:15–1:15 pm, I will be giving the Basic Program First Friday Lecture at the Chicago Cultural Center (Michigan Avenue between Randolph and Washington Streets). My topic will be:

“A Rich Man Who Dies Rich Dies in Disgrace”:  Andrew Carnegie and “The Gospel of Wealth”

The lecture is free and open to the public.
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