As faculty members of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, we endorse Dr. Anderson’s Statement on Charlottesville, and confirm our commitment, despite our limitations and failures, to discourse. We (re)commit to dialogue and discourse in the face of the fear, loneliness, fragmentation, and disconnection that has birthed the racism, bigotry, hatred, and violence seen […]
Image: George Kraychyk/Hulu Why do we fear the power of empire? Why do we hope for resistance? Here, Brittany Deininger, a recent graduate of The Seattle School, shares how dystopian literature like The Handmaid’s Tale calls us to examine these questions while speaking to our current cultural moment. Margaret Atwood’s book, The Handmaid’s Tale, has […]
What if we reimagined businesses as living systems within the greater living system of the planet? What if the Church re-examined the words of Christ within the framework of a creation given and a desire for shalom? In episode 7 of text.soul.culture, Pamela Wilhelms joins Dr. J. Derek McNeil to discuss the intersection of systems […]
We are a school that values discourse. We honor informed, impassioned, and even divergent debate. We seek to find ways to engage ideas and thought with energy and respect. What occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia this weekend, however, was what has been called “a blatant and vile display of racism and anti-Semitism.” Hate speech is not […]
Today on episode 7 of the Listening in Place Project, Cassie Carroll (Master of Divinity, ‘16) talks with Gideon Tsang of Vox Veniae and Space 12 in east Austin about beginnings, listening, rest, and self-awareness. Gideon on starting a church: I always felt like they were holding us back. But, in hindsight, I think I […]
Dr. J. Derek McNeil, Academic Dean and host of text.soul.culture, is joined by Dr. Forrest Inslee, Professor at Northwest University and Adjunct Faculty at The Seattle School. Derek and Forrest explore his work as an ethnographer, what is means to truly listen to and read culture, meaning making, and where the church is headed. […]
The Seattle School fosters an ongoing relationship with St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Ballard, as a reflection of our desire to dream up new visions of what it means to be the Church, and as part of our larger mission: people to be competent in the study of text, soul, and culture in order to […]
For the last five years, Richard Kim (Master of Divinity ‘11) has worked to wrestle with the intersections of identity and race as it pertains to our work at The Seattle School, and to engage the broader desire to see a more just and equitable future for everyone. In this video from Symposia 2016, Richard, […]
Transformative education deepens our capacity to discern truth, beauty, and goodness in the stories and texts around us—even those that seem like unlikely texts. Here, Brittany Deininger, who will graduate from The Seattle School with her MA in Theology & Culture this month, writes about her experience viewing the latest X-Men movie, Logan, and about […]
On March 17, The Seattle School hosted Dr. Cornel West for the fourth annual Alumni Lecture Series. For the evening conversation, “Art as Resistance,” Dr. West was interviewed by Tom Ryan (Master of Divinity, ‘07) about the music that roots and ignites his work as an activist and his resistance to the forces of hatred […]
It is perhaps no secret that the church—particularly the American evangelical church—is not always successful at viewing individuals as embodied, holistic beings, nor at considering the impact of its programs and structures on the families of those who serve. In this video, Alexander Michael Zarecki (MA in Theology & Culture, ‘16) presents on his Integrative […]
As the Pacific Northwest continues to shake off the cold and gray of a long, hard winter, Heather Casimere, first-year MA in Theology & Culture student, writes about a recent season of refreshment and rejuvenation. Heather reflects on the experience of remembering that she is beloved, so much so that it becomes an imperative: Be […]