SABBATH – CL Plus
Instructor: Rev. Emily Blue
Phone: (563) 589-3630
Email: eblue@dbq.edu
COURSE DESCRIPTION: An introduction to the Sabbath as a Christian. This course will focus on four different aspects of Sabbath: Sabbath rest, Sabbath play, Sabbath time and Sabbath community.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- To offer an introduction to the Sabbath
- To articulate biblical history of the Sabbath
- To encourage the development of healthy, faithful, personal Sabbath time
- To experience a new and personal fullness of the Sabbath
- To learn different celebrations of Sabbath
- To be able to actively teach models of the Sabbath to others
ENGAGEMENT AND EVALUATION
For each week you will have a short reflection paper and questions for discussion. Discussion questions must be answered by Thursday: please reflect on other classmates’ answers. Input from each class participant is needed for the mutual enrichment of all class members. Credit is awarded for a minimum of 70% timely and thoughtful completing of weekly posts and weekly introspection papers.
TEXTS USED:
Please purchase:
1- Sabbath as resistance by Walter Brueggemann
- Brueggemann, Walter. Sabbath as resistance: Saying NO to the CULTURE OF NOW. (Louisville: John Knox, 2014). Selections.
(Chapters for all other readings be provided online)
- Baab, Lynne. Sabbath Keeping: Finding Freedom in the Rhythms of Life. Downer’s Grove, InterVarsity Press, 2005). Selections.
- Bass, Dorothy. Receiving the Day (San Francisco: Josie-Bass, 2000). Selections.
- Dawn, Marva. Keeping the Sabbath Wholly: ceasing, resting, embracing, feasting (Grand Rapids: Erdmanns, 1989). Selections.
- Heschel, Abraham Joshua. The Sabbath. (New York: FSG, 1951). Selections.
- Muller, Wayne. Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in our Busy Lives (New York: Bantam Books, 1999). Selections.
- Trent, J. Dana. For Sabbath’s Sake. (Nashville: Upper Room Books, 2017. Selections.
- Teacher: Emily Blue