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Doctor of Ministry in Biblical Storytelling in Digital Culture led by Dr. Tom Boomershine and Dr. Tim Coombs
This program will provide education and training in the understanding and implementation of a new paradigm for communicating and understanding the Bible in post-literate, digital culture. The paradigm recognizes that the Bible was originally performed for audiences by heart. Participants will demonstrate a mastery of the basic theory and practice of biblical storytelling and performance criticism in ministry, including the performance of the Bible in worship and education, the enabling of others in biblical performance, and the study of biblical compositions as performance literature. Participants will explore and develop biblical tellings that are responsive to the current digital media culture. The projects will explore original action research in the implementation of this new framework in the practice of ministry.
To learn more about this program contact Dr. Tim Coombs at tcoombs@earthlink.net
To learn more about the Doctor of Ministry program at United Theological Seminary click here: UTS D. Min.
NBS Storytellers teamed up with The Seed Co. to tell Bible stories. Click on the Blank Bible Challenge logo to watch a sample story!
Read about our members work in this article from the Episcopal News Service.
Long before the narratives of the Bible became "scripture" ("writing") they existed in oral form as stories shared in the faith community and passed down from generation to generation. Even the early written records were regarded as notation for the performance of the stories as oral/aural events. Members of the Network of Biblical Storytellers, Int’l. internalize and present biblical stories for audiences of all ages. Making use of the scholarship of performance criticism of biblical texts, our biblical storytellers present authentic, lively experiences of the scriptures for worship, conferences, retreats, festivals and other programs. We also train storytellers with the Academy for Biblical Storytelling. Click the logo here to learn more.
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