Theological Imagination
Building Community
Adapted from Auburn Theological Seminary’s Emerging Leaders program, grounding participants in a deeper understanding of community and a practice for building it in their own context.
- Format
- Self-paced, five video lessons
- Time
- Five lessons, about 30 minutes each plus a 180-minute practice session
- Teaching partner
- Auburn Theological Seminary
Auburn Theological Seminary leaders, including Dr. Patrick B. Reyes and Dr. Shannon Daley-Harris, walk through what community means and how story-sharing builds it, then introduce the "From Lens to Mirrors and Windows" practice with guidelines for active listening and open, honest questions that participants can use in their own congregation, classroom, or community.
What the course covers
- Course Overview
- Introduction to Building Community
- Community Building Through Story Sharing
- Framing a Community Practice: From Lens to Mirrors and Windows
- Engaging a Community Practice
- Reflections and Connections on Building Community
What you’ll learn and practice
- Develop a definition of community that resonates with your own tradition and experience
- Understand how story sharing builds community
- Discover and apply a practice to build community in your own context
- Reflect and connect with peers across religious and cultural difference through forum conversations