SPIRITUAL CITIZENSHIP
Facilitated by: Rev. Mark Fowler
Available by: Watch Online Recordings
Price: General Public: $ 100.00 | One Spirit Graduates and Students: $ 90.00
Elective Credit: 1
Over the course of our lives we are trained to understand what makes a good citizen. There are expectations we have to contribute to the society in which we live. And, religious and spiritual beliefs have a profound impact on what we consider to be the criteria for being a good citizen. We will explore some models of citizenship and the interconnection between politics, religion, and society.
During the session we will:
Explore the definitions and expectations of citizens from a societal and spiritual perspective.
Examine our own level of civic and spiritual participation in the societies and communities in which we live.
Consider what our sacred journeys guide us to understand about spiritual citizenship.
Create personal models for spiritual citizenship for our lives today.
FACULTY:
Rev. Mark Fowler
Rev. Mark E. Fowler is an ordained interfaith/interspiritual minister. He completed the seminary program at the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York in 2012. He is appreciative of the privilege of seeking the Divine in all its manifestations. Rev. Fowler was honored to be the commencement speaker at his seminary graduation.
Rev. Fowler has given the morning message regularly at the New Thought Spiritual Center of Eastern Long Island (New York), the Community Protestant Church (Bronx), Unity of New York (Manhattan), Unity of Montclair (NJ), and at Sacred Fellowship Ministries (Brooklyn). Rev. Fowler continues to work on a series of sermons entitled “The Myth of….”
He is on the faculty of the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, teaching First Year students in diversity and bias and its relationship to ministry today. He also teaches Second Year Students on spiritual leadership, the spirituality of marriage, and on conflict resolution skills for ministry.
Rev. Fowler provides professional development training for clergy, lay clergy, and spiritual coaching for religious and secular leaders. Topics covered include the roots of spiritual service, foundations of prayer, addressing prayer needs and prayer preparation, conflict resolution, self-care for spiritual providers, and building healthy spiritual communities.
Rev. Fowler is a Board member for GRIOT Circle, a community-based, multigenerational organization serving LGBTQ elders of color, serving on the Finance and Fundraising committees.
Rev. Fowler is also the Chief Executive Officer at the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding, a secular, non-sectarian not for profit. He is responsible for the fulfillment of Tanenbaum’s mission to promote justice and build respect for religious difference. Rev. Fowler has presented at conferences globally. He is a sought-after keynote speaker and facilitator on issues of equity in race, gender, sexual orientation and religion. Rev. Fowler earned a B.A. in English and Education at Duke University and was trained as a Mediation and Conflict Resolution Specialist with the NYC Department of Education.