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May 28, 2008
ROBERT E. WEBBER INSTITUTE FOR WORSHIP STUDIES HOSTS SEMINAR WITH DR. DON SALIERS
Renowned theologian/musician to speak at two-day seminar open to the public
ORANGE PARK, Fla– The Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship
Studies (IWS) will host a two-day worship seminar with Dr. Don Saliers,
June 16-17, titled, “Humanity at Full Stretch: Worship and Spirituality
Today.”
Dr. Saliers is the William R. Cannon Distinguished Professor
of Theology and Worship, Emeritus, at Emory University’s Candler School
of Theology. For the past 33 years he has been organist/choirmaster
at Emory University’s Cannon Chapel, and has contributed to the United
Methodist Hymnal, The Book of Worship, and to the recent UpperRoom
Worshipbook. He lectures, preaches and leads retreats widely across
North America, and has taught regularly at Notre Dame, St. John’s,
Vancouver School of Theology and Boston College. He has served as president
of the North American Academy of Liturgy and the Society for the Study
of Christian Spirituality.
Dr. Saliers is the author and co-author of fifteen books
and over a hundred essays and book chapters. Among his recent publications
are Worship As Theology: Foretaste of Glory Divine, Worship and Spirituality,
Worship Come To Its Senses, and Music and Theology. In 2005 he wrote
A Song to Sing, A Life to Live, with his daughter Emily who is one-half
of the Grammy-Award winning Indigo Girls.
The seminar will be held at Grace Episcopal Church, 151
Kingsley Ave., Orange Park, and is open to the public. The registration
fee is $120.00. For more information visit the seminar Web page at
http://www.iwsfla.org/alumni/seminar.html, or call the IWS office at
800-282-2977.
The Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies is
the only institute in North America to focus exclusively on worship
education. It offers the Doctor of Worship Studies and the Masters
of Worship Studies degree programs, using a unique mix of in-class
instruction on its Florida campus and distance learning. Since its
founding in 1998, over 200 students from over 35 denominations in the
U.S., Canada and eight other countries have graduated from the Institute
for Worship Studies. Previous alumni seminar speakers have included
noted authors Brian McLaren and Dr. Harold Best, and well-known theologians
Dr. Stanley Grenz and Dr. Robert E. Webber.
