John Cobb & Friends Gathering: Rolla Lewis and Mary Elizabeth Moore
November 19, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm PST
November 19, 2024 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm PST
Topic: Cultivating Beloved Communities in Divided Times
Presenters: Rolla Lewis and Mary Elizabeth Moore
The Cobb & Friends session will invite participants to reflect on their own lives and those of others in small groups and all together. We will especially focus on the presence of cosmic Life and its potential for cultivating beloved communities and the thriving of life in individuals, local communities, and the universe, even in the hardest of times.
The two leaders of this session have long experience in leading reflective processes in groups seeking to know themselves and the world in a deeper way, and to contribute to creative transformation.
Rolla Lewis is the primary leader. He is the 2024 Dean of the Cobb Institute Certificate Program and Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology at California State University East Bay. He is author of Lifescaping Practices in School Communities and co-author of What Is the Color of Your Heart: A Humanist Approach to Diversity. Rolla identifies himself as an advocate in public education, a builder of eco-relational understandings, and a researcher seeking to enhance schools, student learning, and wellness.
Mary Elizabeth Moore is co-leader. She is Chair of the Cobb Institute and Dean Emerita and Professor Emerita of the Boston University School of Theology. Among her books are Teaching from the Heart, Teaching as a Sacramental Act, and a recent book of poetry, So Much to Love, So Much to Lose. Her passion is to work with others toward tikkun olam, repair of the world.
* John B. Cobb, Jr., “Cosmic life,” in D. Bartosch, A. Grandpierre, and B. Peng (Eds.), Towards a philosophy of cosmic life: New discussions and interdisciplinary views (Singapore: Springer Nature 2023), 9-16.
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