{"id":4107,"date":"2015-01-03T23:42:28","date_gmt":"2015-01-04T05:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/?p=4107"},"modified":"2016-09-29T23:56:57","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T04:56:57","slug":"4-january-2015-adult-religious-education-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/2015\/01\/03\/4-january-2015-adult-religious-education-class\/","title":{"rendered":"4 January 2015 Adult Religious Education Class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/allsoulsuushreveport.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/NaturesGodBook.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3980\" src=\"http:\/\/allsoulsuushreveport.org\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/NaturesGodBook.jpg\" alt=\"NaturesGodBook\" width=\"180\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/NaturesGodBook.jpg 212w, https:\/\/allsoulsshreveport.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/NaturesGodBook-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 85vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>Please join us on Sunday (4 January 2015) at 9:30 AM for our Adult Religious Education Class. \u00a0We will be continuing our discussion of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/s\/ref=as_sl_pd_tf_sb_27?tag=allsoulsunita-20&amp;link_code=wsw&amp;_encoding=UTF-8&amp;search-alias=aps&amp;field-keywords=Nature%27s+God%3A++The+Heretical+Origins+of+the+American+Republic&amp;Submit.x=7&amp;Submit.y=10&amp;Submit=Go\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Nature&#8217;s God: \u00a0The Heretical Origins of the American Republic<\/em><\/a>\u00a0by Matthew Stewart.<\/p>\n<p>A very persuasive response to the idea that our country was founded as a &#8220;Christian nation,&#8221; Stewart&#8217;s work takes a close, fresh look at what the founders meant by the words in the Declaration of Independence (&#8220;the laws of nature and nature&#8217;s God&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>We have 1\u00a0more books available if you don&#8217;t have one yet. \u00a0We will continue\u00a0discussing Chapter 3 (&#8220;Epicurus&#8217;s Dangerous Idea&#8221;) which will also touch on the life of the 16th century monk Giordano Bruno (that name may sound familiar if you have seen the television series <em>Cosmos<\/em> with Neil Degrasse Tyson).<\/p>\n<p>Find out what Epicurus, Bruno, and Thomas Jefferson could have possibly had in common.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The book is also available on both NOOK and Kindle e-readers.<\/p>\n<p>If ordering through Amazon, remember to go through the All Souls website so that the church gets a portion of the proceeds. \u00a0From the homepage, scroll down to find the Amazon window on the right.<\/p>\n<p>Nursery Care is provided for the Adult Religious Education Classes\u00a0and during the worship hours.<\/p>\n<p>Activities for children and youth will be provided during the Adult Religious Education\u00a0hour at 9:30 AM. \u00a0If you have an activity or project you would like to share with a small, multi-age group, or if\u00a0you are simply willing to hang out with them for supervised play, indoors or out, weather permitting, please <a href=\"mailto:dre@allsoulsshreveport.org\" target=\"_blank\">email Susan Caldwell<\/a> or call her at 318-465-3427.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please join us on Sunday (4 January 2015) at 9:30 AM for our Adult Religious Education Class. \u00a0We will be continuing our discussion of\u00a0Nature&#8217;s God: \u00a0The Heretical Origins of the American Republic\u00a0by Matthew Stewart. 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