Nassau Presbyterian Church

Adult Education Forum Archive

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Date	Title	Presenter
Food for Body and Soul
11/20/2011	Diet, Obesity and Cancer Weight, weight gain, and obesity account for approximately 20% of all cancer cases. It is estimated that the U.S. incidence of breast cancer would be 20% lower if no woman was obese, drank alcohol, or used hormone replacement therapy. With an increase in the incidence of several types of cancer, it is critical that we begin to take an active role in modifying the risk factors we can control. This starts with honoring our bodies, which includes making good food choices and integrating exercise into our routines. Examine the data linking obesity to cancer and discuss strategies that may impact cancer risk. Download a PowerPoint here. Audio	Deborah Toppmeyer, M.D., is a Medical Oncologist and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Medicine and Dentistry at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ.
11/13/2011	Amazing Grace and Other Answers to Spiritual Hunger Americans are getting heavier at an alarming rate, and at a huge cost in dollars and poor health. Those who face their own struggles with weight lose heart, seeing the “cure” only as self-deprivation, guilt, and punishment. Examine the premise that the first step to reaching a healthy weight is living a joyful, faithful life. Explore eating in the absence of hunger – what’s eating you? Audio	Stephanie Carey has been the Health Officer for Montgomery Township since 2004. Stephanie has over 25 years experience in protecting public health and promoting healthy behaviors.
Mission Challenges for Today
10/30/2011	Missional Theology and the Mission Challenges in the Middle East Today Examine missional theology, a new way of understanding the missionary calling of the church for the 21st century. Missional theologians challenge Christians to live according to this calling at all times and places. Gain one perspective on the challenges and opportunities for mission in the Middle East, which has been an important location for Presbyterian missionary engagement. Audio	Deanna Womack is a Ph.D. candidate at Princeton Theological Seminary in the field of mission, ecumenics, and the history of religions, where she previously completed her M.Div. and Th.M. Deanna has served as a Presbyterian Volunteer in Mission, teaching at the Secondary Evangelical School administered by the National Evangelical (Presbyterian) Synod in Zahle, Lebanon.
Religion and Revolution: Updates on the Arab Spring and Summer
9/25/2011	Religion and Revolution in Syria Who are the Syrian revolutionaries? What inspired them to take to the streets? What chance do they have to topple the 48-year-old rule of the Baath party? And where do the Christians of Syria stand regarding the revolution and its possible victory? Explore Syria’s ‘slow’ Revolution – the present moment, its historical origins and future prospects. Audio	Karam Nachar is a graduate student in the History Department at Princeton University. He has a Masters of Arts in Middle Eastern Studies from Oxford University, St. Antony’s College, and a B.A. in Political Science from the American University of Beirut. He has also worked as a junior researcher at the Arab Unity Studies Center in Beirut.
9/18/2011	*Revolution and Religion in Iraq* Trace the historical and cultural roots of today’s Iraq to understand the current political situation in one of the most important and misunderstood countries in the Middle East. Audio	Eric Davis is Professor of Political Science at Rutgers University and past director of the University’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies.
9/11/2011	Reflections on 10 years since 9/11/2001 from a person of faith in public life. Audio	Congressman Rush Holt
Summer 2011: Surprising Christian Themes in the Arts, and more...
8/14/2011	Lessons from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Triumphs, Paradoxes and Ultimate Truths Audio	Freeman Dyson, Professor of Physics Emeritus at the Institue for Advanced Study and Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion winner.
6/12/2011	Who Was There at Pentecost? The Surprising Answer of Christian Art Audio	Karlfried Froehlich, retired, Professor at Drew University and Princeton Theological Seminary
The Conflict of Science and Christianity from the past to the present, 4 lectures
5/22/2011	Reformed Theology and Evolutionary Biology Audio download a hand-out	Gijsbert van den Brink, Leiden Institute of Religious Studies
5/15/2011	Natural Theology and Paley's Watchmaker	Angela N. H. Creager, Princeton University History Department
5/8/2011	Lawful Nature from the Scientific Revolution to Scientific Naturalism Audio	Angela N. H. Creager, Princeton University History Department
5/1/2011	The Galileo Affair Reconsidered (due to technical problems, this lecture was not recorded, sorry)	Angela N. H. Creager, Princeton University History Department
Lent 2011Series: The Great Ends of the Church as experienced at Nassau
4/3/2011	The shelter, nurture, and spiritual fellowship of the children of God audio	Matthew Schultz, Associate Pastor; Joyce MacKichan Walker, Minister of Education, Nassau Presbyterian Church
3/27/2011	The maintenance of divine worship audio	David A. Davis, Pastor & Head of Staff; Noel Werner, Director of Music, Nassau Presbyterian Church
3/20/2011	The exhibition of the Kingdom of Heaven to the world audio	Darrell Guder (Professor of Missional and Ecumenical Theology, Princeton Theological Seminary)
3/13/2011	The proclamation of the gospel for the salvation of humankind audio or PowerPoint with audio file	Tom Hastings (Associate Director, Center of Theological Inquiry)
Ethics: God, our Lives and our World – Explore ethics as our response to God, to other people and to the world in which we live. Charles West is Emeritus Professor of Christian Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary.
11/21/2010	Ethics: God, Our Lives and the World	Charles West
11/14/2010	Ethics:How can we live together, as believers, in this world?	Charles West
11/7/2010	Ethics: Examine what truth has to do with ethics	Charles West
Tens of thousands of people from every part of the globe, and including U.S. citizens, are living in slavery in the Land of the Free – controlled by violence, paid little or nothing, and forced to work until they die, escape, or are rescued. Lured here by the lies of traffickers, who have promised them opportunity – an education, a better job, many enter through our airports daily, with papers provided by crime families or syndicates. Once inside the country, the dream disappears, and a life of slavery begins. Ron Soodalter is the author of Hanging Captain Gordon: The Life and Trial of an American Slave Trader (Atria), the non-fiction account of the only man in U.S. history to be executed for the crime of slave trading, and the co-author, with Free the Slaves president Kevin Bales, of The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today (UC Press, 2009).
10/24/2010	The Slave Next Door	Ron Soodalter