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D12. "Wise" Elders: Teachers of Hope

  • 03/27/2025
  • 04/24/2025
  • 5 sessions
  • 03/27/2025, 3:00 PM 4:30 PM (EDT)
  • 04/03/2025, 3:00 PM 4:30 PM (EDT)
  • 04/10/2025, 3:00 PM 4:30 PM (EDT)
  • 04/17/2025, 3:00 PM 4:30 PM (EDT)
  • 04/24/2025, 3:00 PM 4:30 PM (EDT)
  • Zoom only

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We live in an “Age of Anxiety,” beset with many fears about the future: Will the planet survive? Is civil peace possible? Will technology overtake humanity? Can we create community in diversity? Borrowing from the “On Being” podcast hosted by Krista Tippett, this course considers how five “wise elders” from different walks of life reflect on such fears and offer hope for our anxious time: Jane Goodall, primatologist and anthropologist; Desmond Tutu, former Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa; Kevin Kelly, co-founder of WIRED Magazine; Marilyn Nelson, poet; and Barbara Brown Taylor, Episcopal priest and writer.

Instructor: Kathleen Fisher has taught in WISE since 2019, offering courses on The Gnostic Gospels, Celtic Spirituality, the poet Mary Oliver, and the mystics Rumi and St. Francis. “Wise Elders” continues the exploration of diverse sources of spiritual wisdom for today’s world. She holds a Ph.D. in Medieval History and Religion from Boston University where she focused on Irish history and medieval monasticism. Recently retired from a long teaching career in Theology at Assumption University, Kathleen now lives in Chapel Hill, NC. 

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