Regular Seminor in May 2008

34nd Regular Seminar
Sexuality and Marriage

Presentation: Kinukawa, Hisako (Director of the Center for Feminist Theology and Ministry in Japan)
Responder: Hiroishi, Nozomu (Faculty of Ferris University)
Time & Date: May 10, 2008 from 2-4 p.m
Fee: \500 for members (\700 for non-members)

Place: Japan Biblical Theological Seminary

Direction for the Centre for Feminist Theology and Ministry:
Come out of Mejiro JR station. You will be standing on a bridge. Turn left and walk for about 5 to 10 minutes until you reach a Peacock's supermarket followed by a koban. Turn left at the koban and walk for about 20 metres. The Centre is in the Japan Biblical Theological Seminary

Regular Seminar in January 2008

32nd Regular Seminar
The Wife of Job

Presentation: Okada, Iwao (the student of Japan Biblical Theological Seminary)
Time & Date: January 12, 2008 from 2-4 p.m
Fee: \500 for members (\700 for non-members)

Direction for the Centre for Feminist Theology and Ministry:
Come out of Mejiro JR station. You will be standing on a bridge. Turn left and walk for about 5 to 10 minutes until you reach a Peacock's supermarket followed by a koban. Turn left at the koban and walk for about 20 metres. The Centre is in the Japan Biblical Theological Seminary.

2007 LITURGY

The Center will be holding its liturgy on Saturday November 10, pm2-pm5.

<Pt . 1  LITURGY>
The theme will be "Prayers by a harp and songs : Psalms living in the modern world".

Guest's Profile:
Carol Sack, together with her husband James, has been a missionary to Japan of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) since 1982. James and Carol served parishes in Saga and Oomachi, Kyushu, before moving to the campus of the Japan Lutheran College and Theological Seminary, Mitaka City, in 1992, where James serves as Director of the Personal Growth and Counseling Center.

Carol has worked in the areas of children's and youth evangelism and has a special love for social ministry, having developed ministries for the mentally challenged, homeless, and seriously or terminally ill. In 2000 - 2002 she received education and certification in the field of Music Thanatology through an intensive program called the Chalice of Repose Project in Missoula, Montana. Since returning to Japan she has been volunteering at KIBOU NO IE (Hope House) Hospice in Sanya, Taito Ward. In response to an invitation by the Japan Lutheran Evangelical Association, Carol developed an 18-month full-time training course called Lyra Precaria,
INORI NO TATEGOTO, which is dedicated to training persons to offer prayerful presence in voice and harp at the bedside. The first class of seven students will graduate in September of 2007.

Carol has presented this work in lecture and music in many settings- social welfare, medical, musical, theological, academic. She believes strongly in the unique power of music to touch the human soul with the love of God.

<Pt. 2 PARTY>

Fee: 1000 yen (member: 500 yen).

Place: Japan Biblical Theological Seminary

Direction for the Centre for Feminist Theology and Ministry:
Come out of Mejiro JR station. You will be standing on a bridge. Turn left and walk for about 5 to 10 minutes until you reach a Peacock's supermarket followed by a koban. Turn left at the koban and walk for about 20 metres. The Centre is in the Japan Biblical Theological Seminary

2007 Intensive Seminar

2007 Summer Intensive Seminar

The Center will be holding its annual one day intensive on Saturday July 14, am10-pm5.

The title will be "Violence in the Name of Love and Forgiveness", as the fourth intensive seminar on the theme of "Christianity and Sex".

Speakers:
Keiko Fukuhara (Yokohama; working for women under violence),
Akiko Yamashita (Kyoto; feminist theologian working with Asian women),
Yoshihisa Kasahara (Tokyo; principal of Japan Biblical Theological Seminary, CFTM committee member).

Fee: 1000 yen (member: 500 yen).

Place: Japan Biblical Theological Seminary

Direction for the Centre for Feminist Theology and Ministry:
Come out of Mejiro JR station. You will be standing on a bridge. Turn left and walk for about 5 to 10 minutes until you reach a Peacock's supermarket followed by a koban. Turn left at the koban and walk for about 20 metres. The Centre is in the Japan Biblical Theological Seminary

CFTMJ Newsletter

Number	Date	Title	Writers
29	Jun 06	The “Problems” in Contemporary Marriage: What TFR1.29 Tells Us	Yano, Kazue
27	Mar 06	An Invitation to Encounter our Fragile G*d in the Image of Trees and Female G*d as Incarnated in the Whole of Creation	Shimizu, Yasuko
26	Jan 06	A Critical Christian Feminist Theology	Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
24 (2)	Oct 05	Holy Life Or Holy War?  The Consequences of Paradise-Lost and Women’s Inequality	Rita Nakashima Brock
23 & 24(1)	Jul 05	● Involvement in a Circle of Asian Women: Participating in 　CATS IV ● Dancing Liturgy: Searching for a New Approach to Worship	Uesawa, Nobuko Arai, Mari Kikuchi, Emika
21 & 22	Apr 05	● A Model of Feminist Identity Development and Suggestions　for Feminist Therapy with Women ● Status of Women in Ekklesia 1)       In Catholic Churches 2)       In Episcopal Churches 3)       In Mukyokai(Non-church Movement) 4)       In UCC	Mori, Hiroko Iyori, Naoko Kobayashi, Sachiko Tada, Yoshiko Maki, Ritsu
19 & 20	Dec 04	● The Image of Women Missionary in the Second Century —in the Case of the Acts of Thecla ● A Pastor’s Dilemma: How to Be a Minister in the Traditional Church—Shall I Be a Missionary or “the God of Violence”?	Arai, Sasagu Shirai, Masaki
17 &18	Sep 04	● What Given by the Seminar of Feminist Theology in the Central Theological College(CTC): An Attempt to Restore the Lost Voices of Women ● Liturgy: Seeking a New Form for the Service: Giving Thanks for Aging    Responses:        The Weight of Years is Grace of God        From Uneasiness and Fear of Getting Older to Thanks	Yamano, Shigeko Usuki, Midori Komiya, Ikuko Yano, Kazue Arai, Mari
16	July 04	Women Clergy: in the past, present and future ●  Analysis on Current Situation of Women’s Ministry in the United Church of Christ in Japan ● The Deep-Rooted Consciousness of Sexism in Churches of Japan ●  From the Scene of Training for Ministry ●  Meeting Martha for the First Time—the Johannine Gospel 11:1-12:11 ●  A Long Way to Become Clergy: A Case Study in Mark	Masuda, Koto Hamada, Miyako Kasahara, Yoshihisa Yamaguchi, Satoko Kinukawa, Hisako
14 &15	May 04	●  Re-reading Ruth through Marriage and the Family ●  Theology of Voluntarism	Yano, Kazue Isshiki, Yoshiko
11 &12	Mar 04	●  The Corinthian Women Prophets: Learning from A. C. Wire ● Liturgy: God Calls, I Rise and Walk	Kasahara, Yoshihisa Usuki, Midori Komiya, Ikuko
9 & 10	Jan 03	●  Dreaming for Equal and Sharing Community: From the Experience of the Women Church Ministry in Korea ●  Recovering Miriam	Chung, Sook Ja Phyllis Trible
7 & 8	Jun 02	●  Questioning ‘Word of God’s Judgment and Sexual Violence: Reconsidering the Sexual Expression of the Prophets from a Gender Perspective’ ● Initial Question: Galilee in Jesus’ Time: Women and Men in the Farm Village	Arai, Eiko Yamaguchi, Masahiro
5 & 6	Apr 02	● “Womb” Metaphor of Compassion --- Thinking about God’s Motherhood— ● Liturgy: Let us Celebrate Together---In Search of a New Liturgy	Takayanagi, Tomio Yano, Kazue Fushii, Maki Tsuchiya, Akiko, Komiya, Ikuko
4	July 01	Questioning “God the Father” ●  Rich Images and Metaphors for God: as Found in the Hebrew Scripture ●  Divine Metaphors in the Biblical Context: The Christian Testament ●  Arai Osui’s Father-Mother God: Some Feminist Reflection ● Some Thoughts on the Metaphor “Chichi-Haha” (Father-Mother) in the Inclusive Bible(Japanese Version)	Kinukawa, Hisako Yamaguchi, Satoko Daniel Corl Arai, Sasagu
2 & 3	Sep 02	Reading the Creation Stories from a Feminist Perspective What Kind of Woman was Mary of Magdalene?	Yamaguchi, Satoko Kinukawa, Hisako
Inaugural	Jun 00	Inaugural Celebration ● Opening Words ● The Center’s Progress and Purpose ● The First Soup ● Three Wishes ● Rising to a Tough Challenge ● A New Encounter with the Historical Jesus	Kinukawa, Hisako Yamaguchi, Satoko Fushii, Maki Arai, Sasagu Yano, Kazue Takayanagi, Tomio