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REL 400-56 - Dialoguing with Jews in St. Cloud
1 credit course (Spring 2004)
St. Cloud State University
This is a community-experience based introduction
to Judaism and to
Jewish-Christian dialogue.
Tuesdays 6-8 pm (2/3, 2/10, 2/17, 2/24, [3/2], 3/9)
at six different
churches in and near St. Cloud, MN.
Speakers, panelists, participation of
diverse area religions,
kosher-style meal, videos on Jewish-Christian
dialogue,
personal contact with local Jews, child-care facilities,
child
education on Judaism, and much, much more.
Requirements:
Attendance and participation during a series of six 120-min.
dialogues
between Jews and others (religionists as well as
no-religionists) in the
community, especially Christians.
(The dialogue session of 3/2 will be
optional for students)
First and only meeting as a class:
Tues 1/27, 6-7.30 pm Brown Hall
After mutual introductions, the
instructor will introduce
the course requirements and process. Registered
students are
currently already on an e-discussion list with the instructor
Students will come to class with a 250-300 word essay stating
what they
believe their level of knowledge of Jews and Judaism
is before the course;
have they ever been personally acquainted
with any Jews (individuals or
communities); do they happen to know
the religious branch of Judaism to which
such Jews belong(ed);
have they read literature, viewed media productions, or
taken
course(s) pertaining to Jews or Judaism; have they ever engaged
in
Jewish-Christian dialogue, how often, and with what effect;
have they read
any official statements (religious, interfaith,
or secular documents) which
provide guidelines on how non-Jews
could relate to Jews; do they have any
thoughts on semitism or
anti-semitism; what do they hope to accomplish by
participating
in the "Jews-Dialogues-Beliefs" series.
Students will commit to a 500-750 word report with critical
reflection on
each dialogue (except for the session of 3/2).
Texts to be followed, street
addresses of the 6 churches,
theme and framework of each dialogue, overall
objectives
and vision statement all can be found at
http://www.uniite.org/dialogue_st_jewish.html
Dr. Malcolm Nazareth, Adjunct Faculty
Community Studies (SH 334: Ph:
306-3947),
Ethnic Studies (CH 230; Ph: 255-4928), Philosophy
http://web.stcloudstate.edu/mjnazareth
St. Cloud State
University
Executive Director, UNIITE
320/230-6669
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