Eighth Day Seminar on Holiness

Eighth Day Seminar

Holiness in the Bible, the Fathers, the Liturgy, & Literature

February 28-29, Anno Domini 2020 - Wichita, KS

Eighth Day Seminar
Holiness in the Bible, the Fathers, the Liturgy & Literature

This four-session Seminar will be conducted in a Shared Inquiry format, the method of approaching texts used in the classrooms of St. John's College, Thomas Aquinas College, and other "great books" curriculum schools.


A good friend once said, "shared-inquiry is a way to read a book with more than one brain." This is an apt description, because one often discovers that a passage which proves difficult is illumined by someone else, and vice versa. Shared-inquiry facilitates a communal engagement with a given text so that we are informed and transformed together.


Seating is limited to first 12 registrants. 


See Schedule below.


Click here to see the table of contents for the notebook distributed to registrants.

The Tutor


Joshua Sturgill

Joshua Alan Sturgill is a former Vice-President of Eighth Day Institute and a graduate of Sangre de Cristo Seminary. His eighteen-year association with Eighth Day Books provided frequent opportunities for lectures on literature, iconography, and Orthodox theology at universities, conferences, and churches. He recently earned his B.A. and M.A. from St. John's College. He is the author of two poetry collections from Darkly Bright Press: As Far As I Can Tell (2018) and Precession (2020). He spends as much time as possible reading and hiking. 

The Schedule


Friday 2.28.20
4:00 p.m.     Seminar at The Ladder
                              The Bible: Song of Songs
6:00 p.m.     Dinner   
7:15 p.m.     Seminar continues until 9:15 p.m.
           The Fathers: St. Maximus the Confessor

Saturday 2.29.20
10:00 a.m.     Seminar at The Ladder
           The Liturgy: Feast of the Transfiguration
12:00 p.m.   Lunch
1:30 p.m.     Seminar continues until 3:30 p.m.
           Literature: "Revelation" by O'Connor

Lodging


Hotel at Old Town
830 E. First St.
Wichita, KS 67202
316.267.4800
Hilton Garden Inn
2041 N. Bradley Fair Pkwy
Wichita, KS 67206
316.219.4444
Wesley Inn
3343 Central Ave.
Wichita, KS 67208
316.858.3343
Spiritual Life Center
7100 E. 45th Street N.
Bel Aire, KS 67226
316.744.0167

Location and Contact

Eighth Day Institute at The Ladder: 2836 E. Douglas 67214

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