{"id":13169,"date":"2012-06-25T09:27:23","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T13:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=13169"},"modified":"2012-07-20T14:46:43","modified_gmt":"2012-07-20T18:46:43","slug":"emu-uva-and-george-mason-co-host-scriptural-reasoning-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/emu-uva-and-george-mason-co-host-scriptural-reasoning-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU, UVA and George Mason Co-Host Scriptural Reasoning Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scriptural scholars from the University of Virginia joined peers from others parts of North America at Eastern Mennonite University during the third week of June (2012) to experience \u201cMennonite influence, faithfulness and peacebuilding,\u201d said Peter Ochs, co-founder of the annual Scriptural Reasoning Training Tour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Mennonite community&#8217;s dedication to peace is a significant contributor to the practice of \u2018scriptural reasoning,\u2019&#8221; said Ochs, a religious studies professor at the University of Virginia (UVa). \u00a0&#8220;Some of our central leaders and participants are from EMU.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two dozen people attended the two-day event at EMU. UVa hosted the first three days of the seven-day training tour while George Mason University hosted the final stop.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1995 by Ochs and David Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University, scriptural-reasoning groups are scattered throughout the world, including universities in Canada, South Africa, and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Sessions involve Jews, Christians and Muslims reading passages from the Torah, Bible and Quran that are addressing a single theme, such as fire and forgiveness. This week&#8217;s theme, music, saw participants looking at the symbolic nature of music and how passages portray a musical quality, especially when they move us to action.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13228\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13228\" style=\"width: 270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/06\/emu-uva-and-george-mason-co-host-scriptural-reasoning-tour\/photo_peter_ochs_revised-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13228\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13228 \" src=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/06\/photo_peter_ochs_revised1-300x181.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/06\/photo_peter_ochs_revised1-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/06\/photo_peter_ochs_revised1-1024x621.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/06\/photo_peter_ochs_revised1-610x370.jpg 610w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2012\/06\/photo_peter_ochs_revised1.jpg 1525w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13228\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peter Ochs discussed spiritual reasoning during the first day of the training session. Photo by Mike Zucconi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;It can become more than a theme,&#8221; said Ed Martin, director of EMU\u2019s Center for Interfaith Engagement. &#8220;It can become a communal experience, sharing the whole creation of music.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ochs agreed, adding, &#8220;You hear and study the passages and discover an inspirational significance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There is no &#8220;how-to&#8221; manual for scriptural reasoning, said Ochs, rather experiences by the participants are discussed in connection with passages read aloud. In addition, grammatical constructions, tone and narrative structure are used to deepen the conversation. Sessions can also dive into controversial and sensitive topics addressed by scripture, such as Jews as \u201cchosen people\u201d and the resurrection of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe where the practice of scriptural reasoning takes place is part of the experience, and sharing this environment of Mennonite influence and ways of faithful peace and patience celebrates that,&#8221; Ochs said, a Judaic scholar who began doing scriptural reasoning with EMU scholars about six years ago. &#8220;The significance of training here completes the circle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>More information on scriptural reasoning<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The UVa Library hosts the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/etext.lib.virginia.edu\/journals\/ssr\/\">Journal of Scriptural Reasoning<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/etext.lib.virginia.edu\/journals\/jsrforum\/index.html\">related forums<\/a><\/strong> that provide guidance on scriptural reasoning. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/personnel\/people\/show\/pd767\">Peter Dula<\/a>, chair of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/bible\/\">Bible and religion<\/a> at EMU, is on the editorial board for the journal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scriptural scholars from the University of Virginia joined peers from others parts of North America at Eastern Mennonite University during the third week of June (2012) to experience \u201cMennonite influence, <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2012\/emu-uva-and-george-mason-co-host-scriptural-reasoning-tour\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about EMU, UVA and George Mason Co-Host Scriptural Reasoning Tour<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":13226,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5583,14184,13679,5642,5623],"tags":[13680,5668,10191],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-13169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","category-campus-guests","category-center-for-interfaith-engagement","category-faculty-and-staff","category-special-programs","tag-ed-martin","tag-interfaith","tag-peter-ochs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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