Makarantar tauhidi ta Bethany a Richmond, Ind., ta karbi bakuncin Taron Shugaban Kasa na shekara na uku 8-10 ga Afrilu.
 Martin Marty yana gaisawa da ɗalibai a Dandalin Shugabancin Tauhidin Tiyoloji na Bethany (hoton da aka samu na Seminary na Bethany) |
Taken wannan shekara, “Lokacin da Baƙi Mala’iku ne: Ƙungiyoyin Ruhaniya da Zamantakewa na ’Yan’uwa, Abokai, da Mennoniyawa a ƙarni na 21,” an yi bikin ta hanyar laccoci, tattaunawa, wasan kwaikwayo, da kuma bauta. Labarin Yakubu ya yi kokawa da baƙo daga Farawa sura 32 an kira shi ta hanyoyi da dama.
Martin Marty, fitaccen farfesa na hidima a Jami'ar Chicago kuma mawallafin "Karni na Kirista," shi ne fitaccen malami.
Taro Pre-Forum Gathering for alumni/Ae and friends featured laccoci da membobin Bethany suka gabatar. Shugaban ilimi Steve Schweitzer ya ba da haske kan “Dimensions of the Stranger in the Old Testament.” Dan Ulrich, farfesa na nazarin Sabon Alkawari ya gabatar da “Emmanuel ya yi mamakin: Ofishin Jakadancin tare da Yesu a cikin Matta. Ta hanyar labari da waƙa, Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm, mataimakin farfesa na wa'azi da bauta, ya ba da gabatarwa game da annabci da fastoci na wa'azin Anabaptist-Pietist. Tara Hornbacker, mataimakin farfesa na samar da hidima, da Russell Haitch, mataimakin farfesa na ilimin Kirista kuma darekta na Cibiyar Hidima tare da Matasa da Matasa, sun gayyaci mahalarta don su shiga cikin ƙaramin rukuni a kan batun, “Yaya Cocin Yau Ke Rayuwa Darajojin ’Yan’uwanmu?”
Taron shugaban kasa ya fara ne da ibada da zaman taro kan “Bukatun Baqi” wanda Marty ya jagoranta. Ya kalubalanci taron da su yi la'akari da bangarori uku na baƙo: baƙo a cikin kanmu da namu bangaskiya, baƙo fiye da al'ummomin bangaskiyarmu (inda ya lura da musamman al'adar Anabaptist da aka kafa akan nisa daga Kiristanci na al'ada), kuma a ƙarshe. duniya baki.
An rufe wasan kwaikwayo da yamma, "Mutumin Magdalena" wanda dalibin Makarantar Addinin Earlham Patty Willis ya rubuta. Wasan ya ba da tarihin tafiyar Manuel Jesus Cordova Soberanes, ɗan gudun hijira na Mexico, wanda ya ceci wani yaro ɗan shekara tara da mahaifiyarsa ta rasu a wani hatsarin mota da ya yi a kudancin hamadar Arizona.
An fara da safiyar Asabar da taron tattaunawa, inda wakilai daga kowace cocin zaman lafiya mai tarihi (Church of the Brothers, Friends, and Mennonites) suka amsa tambayoyin nan “Me ke bayyana wani baƙo a cikin al’ummar bangaskiyarku?” da kuma "Yaya mu baki da juna?"
Wannan ya haifar da tattaunawa mai ɗorewa game da ƙayyadaddun abubuwa da zurfafan abubuwan alaƙa tsakanin hadisai uku. A matsayinta na koyarwar Mennonite a Bethany, Malinda Berry, mai koyarwa a karatun tauhidi kuma darekta na shirin Jagora na Arts, ta yi magana game da kwarewarta a harabar cocin 'yan'uwa a matsayin "zuwa don ciyar da lokaci tare da 'yan uwan da kuma sanin dangin dangi. .” Jay Marshall, shugaban makarantar Earlham na Addini, ya lura cewa a yau Quakers na iya samun 'yan alamun gano waje kamar sutturar musamman, amma "yawan al'amuran har yanzu suna da mahimmanci, gami da hasken ciki, horo na ruhaniya, da sadaukar da kai ga daidaito."
Bayan taron tattaunawa, masu halarta sun sami damar ci gaba da tattaunawa tare da mambobi biyu na kwamitin ko tattauna batun batun tare da ƙwararrun yanki game da talauci, ƙaura, haɗin gwiwar duniya da soja, jima'i, da wariyar launin fata.
Scott Holland, farfesa na tiyoloji da al'adu kuma darektan nazarin zaman lafiya da nazarin al'adu, ya jagoranci fassarar tsaka-tsakin ranar Asabar game da jigon baƙo, mai ba da labarun gogewar Anabaptists daga ko'ina cikin duniya. Tattaunawa da lokacin tambaya sun ta'allaka ne akan sarkar abokantaka da baƙo. Holland ya amsa tambayar da wani mutum ya yi masa a Kenya: “Me kake yi sa’ad da baƙon yake so ya kashe ka?” Ya kammala da cewa irin waɗannan tambayoyin ba za su taɓa samun cikakkiyar amsa ba, amma cewa amsoshin guda biyu masu sauƙi da muka sani - yaƙi ko mutu - ba su ne kawai zaɓi biyu ba kuma akwai hanyoyi da yawa don ƙirƙirar al'adun zaman lafiya.
A lokacin taron karshe, Marty yayi magana game da kyaututtukan baki. Ya gabatar da hanyoyi da yawa waɗanda Ikklisiyoyi na Zaman Lafiya na Tarihi ke ba da hangen nesa na musamman. An bayyana ka'idojin al'umma da karbar baki a cikin jawabinsa.
Taron ya ƙare a cikin hidimar rufewa mai kuzari. An gayyaci mahalarta don karya biredi tare da makwabcin da ba a san su ba. An yi musayar albarka, an buɗe zukata, an dasa sabbin tunani.
- Lindsey Frye ɗalibi ne a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Bethany.