This workshop contains brief probing spins on five traits of the architecture of patriarchy, followed by\u00a0 innovative exercises that help each person explore in their personal lives these external and internally habituated oppressions.\u00a0 This program was created by Joyce Marshall and Pat Webb over many months of planning meetings, and was enthusiastically acclaimed by its first participants.<\/p>\n
The organized information about Patriarchy was helpful in understanding the behaviors to be challenged and changed.\u00a0 The techniques used to teach this complex social organization were excellent, even extraordinary.\u00a0 The body exercises, the art activities, the imagery, the music\u2014all outstanding.\u00a0 The entire course was masterful, harmonious, and balanced\u2014an invaluable experience.<\/p>\n
A well-planned and sensitively led course that made me aware of the complicated web of patriarchy as it has manifest in my life.\u00a0 It provided a safe environment for us to open up to how much we feel burdened.<\/p>\n
Experiencing the practices in this course in the context of the \u201carchitecture of patriarchy\u201d helped me become more aware of which aspects have been most operative in my socialization as a child and lie behind habits of thought and behavior that still \u201chook\u201d me.<\/p>\n
This course helped me to discover how I have been oppressed and how I have oppressed others, and I learned antidotes for those oppressions.<\/p>\n
I found the unhurried pace truly restful and the sharing with small groups or partners was intimate without being forced.<\/p>\n
For further information on Beyond Patriarchy\u201d email Joyce Marshall: joycemarshal623@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n or Pat Webb\u00a0webbpat1@cox.net<\/a><\/p>\n Joyce Marshall has spent decades becoming \u201cuntrained\u201d by Vipassana meditation, Sufi dance meditation, Inquiry, Interplay, Qi Gong, and the Christian spiritual exercises from Ignatian and Benedictine traditions.\u00a0 She has passed along what she doesn\u2019t know in spirit groups, classes, and house church meetings, as well as through the creation of numerous spirit manuals for solitary use.<\/p>\n Pat Webb is a poet and lifelong contemplative.\u00a0 She is an Oklahoma Artist-in-Residence and in that role has made poets of students of all ages.\u00a0 Following the Zen tradition of her teacher, Thich Nhat Hahn, she co-founded and directs the Silence Foundation which has offered mindfulness retreats and ongoing sanghas for the past decade.\u00a0 Pat also creates and leads Journaling, Play Shops, and Mind of Love Retreats.<\/p>\n If you are new to the basics of this movement or want to review them, consider the following programs that you may attend and\/or conduct:<\/p>\n Here is the core pattern of these six courses:<\/p>\n Good for both secular open-spirited persons and committed religious practitioners who are seeking a deeper experience.<\/p>\n Good for both solitary contemplatives and social activists.<\/p>\n Good for both people who are new to these topics and old religious warriors who seek further tools and clarifications.<\/p>\n Following are the titles and a paragraph on each of these six courses.\u00a0 For more information on the titles of each essay and the essays themselves, simply go to:\u00a0RealisticLiving.org\/UR1\/\u00a0<\/a>or change the ending to: UR2\/ UR3\/ UR4\/ UR5\/ UR6\/<\/p>\n This is an accessible and updated rendition of what we used to call \u201cRS-1\u201d or \u201cThe Twentieth Century Theological Revolution.\u201d\u00a0 Session one is about the experience of God.\u00a0 Session two is about using the myths of \u201cGod.\u201d\u00a0 Sessions 3, 4, and 5 are about the Jesus Christ\u00a0 revelation of that Eternal Reality that meets us in every event or our lives.\u00a0 Session 6 is about unfaith or sin.\u00a0 Sessions 7 & 8 are about Holy Spirit.\u00a0 And session 9 & 10 are about the Church as a dynamic of response in history.<\/p>\n The secular ethics of a responsible Christian<\/em>. This is a course about religious ethics\u2014a contextual ethics that applies not only to Christians, but to any realistic religious practitioner and to secular activists as well.\u00a0 Some of these essays mention Christian topics, but they do so in a general way that makes clear that Christian ethics is simply ethics for anyone who wants to be realistic in an unreduced realism manner.<\/p>\n This course is about solitary and communal nurture.\u00a0 The first three sessions deal with the solitary journey using the beatitudes from Matthew 5.\u00a0 The next four sessions deal with the polarity of solitary and communal in Christian practice, and with the stages of Spirit journey of a Christian community.\u00a0 The last three sessions deal with sociological models for a post-Christendom formation of Christian life together.\u00a0 Session nine deals with leadership in these freshly conceived sociological dynamics: Guild, Temple, and Circle.\u00a0 Session ten is about liturgy.<\/p>\n This course is advanced Christian theologizing.\u00a0 It cleans up some subtle misunderstandings and spells out in terms of everyday experience the three faces of the Christian Trinity.\u00a0 Each time “Eternity” happens to anyone or any historical group, all three Faces of the Trinity are part of that experience.\u00a0 The course winds up with a session on the meaning of revelation and a session on the ethics of radical monotheism and how radical monotheism differs as an ethical foundation from two other common modes of ethics.\u00a0 This course is a deep dive into the sort of Christian theologizing that we began to clarify in courses 1, 2, and 3.<\/p>\n Ethics and our essential temporal processes<\/em>. This is a course on ethics\u2014illuminating the many places where ethics takes place: social life, solitary life, and life within this unavoidable natural cosmos. Step-by-step this course develops a sense of wholeness: the essential processes of human society, the essential processes of solitary personhood, and the essential processes of the natural world.\u00a0 The course ends with a session on a theology of cosmology, and a final session on Eternal Reality as a the land of wonder that undergirds all the temporal processes of our living.<\/p>\n Tools for Dialogue and Cooperation<\/em>. The course is about the Interreligious Journey and tools for dialogue and cooperation among all the great religious explorations of human history.\u00a0 Through interreligious dialogue and cooperation, each religious community can be inspired by the others to better practice their own chosen religion. A core curriculum today would not be complete without a course on interreligoius relationships.\u00a0 Much of this material is found in my recent book\u00a0The Enigma of Consciousness; this course provides selections and simplifications of that thoroughgoing philosophical book.<\/p>\n 3578 N. State Highway 78 Here are persons available to teach the above six-course curriculum. Gene Marshall <gwesleymarshall@gmail.com<\/a>> Joyce Marshall <joycemarshal623@gmail.com<\/a>> Alan Richard <alanjayrichard@gmail.com<\/a>> The following persons are Realistic Living faculty for this curriculum.\u00a0 Please feel free to call any of us about teaching one of these courses or about making recommendations for holding one of courses in your location.<\/p>\n Ben Ball\u00a0 <firstcolony8@gmail.com<\/a>> Richard Corl <rscorl@gmail.com<\/a>> Ellen Gentry <ellenhouston03@msn.com<\/a>> Terry Hoops <THoops@austincollege.edu<\/a>> Joshua Lawrence <joshua.a.lawrence@gmail.com<\/a>> Houston Markley <ellenhouston03@msn.com<\/a>> Leila McKay <leilamckay@yahoo.com<\/a>> Elvagene Philbrook <elvagene@gmail.com<\/a>> Leroy Philbrook <lephilbrook@gmail.com<\/a>> Jeffrey Robbins <jwrobbins11@gmail.com<\/a>> Harold Slater <Hslatotrailwulf@aol.com<\/a>> The following two courses are comprised of accessible papers that can be taught by you in your local setting.\u00a0 Each course implies a series of 10 sessions.<\/p>\n simple discourses on profound topics Table of Contents<\/big><\/big><\/p>\n These ten discourses comprise a ten-session course on topics like:\u00a0 What do we point to with the word \u201cGod\u201d when we live on this side of the demise of\u00a0 both literal and metaphorical talk about gods and goddesses, One God and angels, Satan and demons \u2013 who live in an upper deck (or lower deck) beyond the natural cosmos?\u00a0 Also how do we honor the writers of the Bible who quite naturally used this double-deck metaphor and other images of transcendence to talk about the most profound matters of their lives?<\/p>\n Indeed, how do we translate the messages they wrote into language that we can use to speak about the most important matters of our lives today?\u00a0 Such a recovery of the Bible is important not only for Christians and Jews and Muslims who use these scriptures devotionally, but for all interested investigators of Western religions, whatever be their religious practice or philosophical leanings.<\/p>\n By \u201cmathematics\u201d I do not mean something complicated.\u00a0 The \u201cmathematics\u201d in these discourses is a sort of gimmick algebra used for solving Scripture passages for their most likely human meanings, as well as some triangular geometry for noting the relationships between aspects of \u201cDivine\u201d experience held with words like \u201cAlmighty,\u201d \u201cChrist,\u201d\u00a0 and \u201cHoly Spirit,\u201d \u2013 and subtopics of these basic aspects held by words like: \u201csin\u201d \u201cgrace,\u201d \u201ctrust,\u201d \u201clove,\u201d \u201cfreedom,\u201d \u201cpeace,\u201d \u201crest,\u201d \u201cjoy\u201d and more.\u00a0 I am intrigued with Christianity\u2019s emphasis on the number three and how the three aspects or faces of Divinity are related to each other and protect each other from perversion.<\/p>\n In a word, these ten discourses are attempts to point to the profound matters of Christian heritage in an elementary way.\u00a0 Nevertheless, this will entail a paradigm shift for most people.\u00a0 We consider this a core piece of curriculum for the Next Christianity.<\/p>\n The ten essays for this course have been freshly rewritten by 1.\u00a0Infinite Awe & Finite Religion<\/a><\/p>\n 2.\u00a0From Jesus and Paul to You and Me<\/a><\/p>\n 3.\u00a0The Last Days of Christendom<\/a><\/p>\n 4.\u00a0The Communal Quality of Christian Practice<\/a><\/p>\n 5.\u00a0Nurture, Mission, and Discipline<\/a><\/p>\n 6.\u00a0The Re-form-ation of Christian Worship<\/a><\/p>\n 7.\u00a0The Why, How, and What of Study<\/a><\/p>\n 8.\u00a0Witnessing Love<\/a><\/p>\n 9.\u00a0Contributing to Social and Ecological Justice<\/a><\/p>\n 10.\u00a0An Adventure in Discipline<\/a><\/p>\n Extra Essay on CRC Membership<\/a><\/p>\n This course owes a huge debt of gratitude to the creativity of Joseph Wesley Mathews whom I count as my mentor from 1953 until his death in 1977.\u00a0 I also owe much thanks to the Order: Ecumenical, a family order in whose practices I participated from 1962 to 1976.\u00a0 These methods and contexts for Christian communal life were further refined in the last 35 years through the explorations into Christian communal experiences with my marriage partner Joyce and our colleagues in the work of\u00a0 Realistic Living, The Symposium on Christian Resurgence, and the Bonham Christian Resurgence Circle. – Gene Marshall<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n Plan an opening remark that places the study in context for the group.\u00a0\u00a0 If appropriate, ask each person to say what struck them about this study document.<\/p>\n Have a chart of the paper already on the white board (or other visible device). Point out the places you want to ground with experiences from the lives of the group. Use these grounding steps: Plan how to allocate the time spent on each section to fit within a 50 minute session.<\/p>\n Plan a way of ending the teaching session.\u00a0 Do one of the following: The selection of appropriate points for grounding (as well as the quality of the grounding process) is greatly enhanced by some clear thinking about aims. There are two types of aims that guide the teacher.<\/p>\n Rational Aims\u00a0are summaries of the content that the teacher wants to communicate and clarify with this study.\u00a0\u00a0 For example, in session one a rational aim might be: to make plain that religion is a finite social process and Spirit is an Eternal Reality that religion may, in the best case scenario, call to our attention.<\/p>\n Existential Aims\u00a0are insights into the inner changes within the lives of the participants that might be assisted by this study.\u00a0 For example, in session one an existential aim might be: to loosen the hold of \u201cold-time\u201d religion and create space for the awesome challenge of creating religion anew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Beyond Patriarchy This workshop contains brief probing spins on five traits of the architecture of patriarchy, followed by\u00a0 innovative exercises that help each person explore in their personal lives these external and internally habituated oppressions.\u00a0 This program was created by Joyce Marshall and Pat Webb over many months of planning meetings, and was enthusiastically acclaimed … Continue reading Realistic Living Courses<\/span> Biographical information:<\/h3>\n
A Six-Course\u00a0Curriculum In Unreduced Realism<\/h2>\n
– insights for a next Christianity<\/h3>\n
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These courses are:<\/big><\/h4>\n
1. Christians: Who are We? a deep look into misunderstood symbols<\/strong><\/h4>\n
2. Religious Action in Century 21<\/h4>\n
3. Steps Toward a Next Christianity transfiguring a religious tradition<\/h4>\n
4. The Magic of Three\u2014Infinite Faces an adventure in triune Christian theologizing<\/h4>\n
5. The Magic of Three\u2014Finite Processes<\/h4>\n
6. The Interreligious Journey<\/h4>\n
Contact us for more information on any of these programs:<\/h3>\n
\nBonham, Texas 75418
\nPhone: 903.583.8252<\/p>\n
\nIn addition to the home faculty of Realistic Living:<\/p>\n
\n3578 N. State Highway 78
\nBonham, TX 75418<\/p>\n
\n3578 N. State Highway 78
\nBonham, TX 75418<\/p>\n
\n702 CR 2521
\nBonham, TX 75418<\/p>\n
\nTen Rainford Court
\nSugar Land, TX 77479<\/p>\n
\n8413 Hidden Trail Lane
\nSpring, TX 77379<\/p>\n
\n4629 SW Carson St.
\nPortland, OR 97219<\/p>\n
\n402 N. Grand Ave.
\nSherman, TX 75090<\/p>\n
\n2214 MacGregor Way #2
\nHouston, TX 77004<\/p>\n
\n4629 SW Carson St.
\nPortland, OR 97219<\/p>\n
\n5407 Mt. Bonnell Rd.
\nAustin, TX 78731<\/p>\n
\n305 Hollywood Drive
\nEdinburg, TX 78539<\/p>\n
\n305 Hollywood Drive
\nEdinburg, TX 78539<\/p>\n
\n112 Farmstead Circle
\nLebanon, PA 17004<\/p>\n
\n3927 Lincoln Woods Drive
\nMidland, MI 48642<\/p>\nThe Mathematics of Divinity<\/h3>\n
\n<\/em>essays by Gene Marshall 2010<\/em><\/p>\n\n
The Next Christianity<\/big><\/big><\/h3>\n
\n(The October 2010 edition)<\/em><\/div>\n
\nGene Marshall with much editing, critique, and rewriting assistance from
\nJoyce Marshall and Alan Richard.\u00a0 Also contributing significant help were
\nMarsha Buck, John Howell, Paula Brennecke, Nate Custer, and others.<\/p>\nEssay Titles<\/h3>\n
Acknowledgments<\/h2>\n
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A Useful Teaching Process for Teaching These Courses:<\/big><\/h3>\n
\nExplain what the chart means and how you came to decide upon the divisions.
\n(A full explanation of the charting method is available from Realistic Living.)<\/p>\n
\nAsk for other points that it would be good to ground.<\/p>\n
\n1. Clarify the point to be grounded either by
\na. asking for someone to clarify what it is
\nb. giving your own clarification
\nc. reading or having someone read a portion from the paper.
\n2. Plan a grounding question that gets at this point and is useful
\nto enable people to mix their life experience with that point.
\n3. Invent additional \u201cpush\u201d questions as needed on each occasion.<\/p>\n
\n1. Ask a concluding go-round question.\u00a0 (Time has to be planned for this.)
\n2. Read a bit of the paper that is poetic in nature and summarizes the study.
\n3. Give a brief closing remark on the topic.<\/p>\nRational and Existential Aims<\/h3>\n