News & Announcements
Written by Herb Ziegler Over a long weekend in February, a crew of Swedenborgians assumed the task of sorting through files and various collected items that convention had stored in the basement of Swedenborg Chapel in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The collection of papers and other items has been piling up for many years and only occasionally […]
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Written by Jane Siebert The Board of Trustees of the Center for Swedenborgian Studies, (CSS) the Corporation of the New Church Theological School, is delighted and honored to announce the selection of our new dean, Dr. Rebecca Esterson, starting July 1, 2022.Rev. Dr. James Lawrence is retiring after twenty-one years as dean and will become
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From the Social Justice Committee Written by Robert McCluskey I first learned of Christian nationalism in 1984, when I joined the Religious Liberty Committee of the National Council of Churches. The specific issue was “Christian Identity,” a new militia movement at the time. Its strange, underlying tenet was that White people, not Jews, are the
The Southern California Swedenborgian ChurchesWelcome You to Long Beach! Saturday, June 25th – Wednesday, June 29th 2022 This summer’s 198th annual convention will convene in Southern California at California State University, Long Beach. This annual convention is co-hosted by Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes, The Garden Church in San Pedro, and Agapao Church in
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Invitation from Swedenborgians in Actions Against Racism (SAAR) Swedenborgians in Action Against Racism (SAAR) is hosting an evening discussion of Raul Peck’s documentary, “I am Not Your Negro” on Monday, February 21st (Presidents’ Day) at 7pm EST on Zoom. Please come with the film fresh in your mind and having familiarized yourself with the Influence
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Written by Junchol Lee Translating Swedenborg’s True Christian Religion into Korean has been a personal, but important, journey for me—twenty-seven years in the making. Though I didn’t set pen to proverbial paper until 2019, the project actually began in 1994 when I took my very first Latin class at Bryn Athyn College. At the time,
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It’s Black History Month! Check out the Swedenborgians in Action Against Racism newsletter on the topic of Black History Month. Learn some of the history around how Black History Month came to be, and what still needs to be improved in Black History Month education, as well as book, podcast and documentary recommendations, resources for kids
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