Marcus Borg Speaks
More than 500 people gathered on Sunday, November 6, to hear Marcus Borg, international biblical scholar and author, give the third annual The Bible & The World lecture. The afternoon began with Evensong, sung by the combined choirs of St. Luke's, Brockport, and St. Paul's.
Borg's lecture was entitled "A Tale of Two Christianities." Borg challenged the audience with a thought-provoking analysis of the current and prevailing paradigm of the church as a "belief" oriented Christianity, and argued for an emerging paradigm of the church as a "transformational" oriented Christianity, one open to engaging fully the question "What does this mean?"
On Monday, Borg did two presentations for clergy of the diocese focusing on biblical authority and the church in an age of empire, then and now. More than 70 people participated in the three-hour session.
St. Paul's and the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester are co-sponsors in this annual event.