Event Title
Kinesics: The Beat of the Body in the Rhythm of the Church Year
Location
Ballrooms B & C, Harre Union, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Start Date
10-4-2013 10:00 AM
End Date
10-4-2013 10:50 AM
Description
We all agree that communication goes far beyond words; the question is how far? How much does movement, tempo, self-control, dance, posture, stance, and gesture figure in worship. This talk will explore kinesic contributions from global cultures within the body of Christ to Lutheran cultus.
Kinesics: The Beat of the Body in the Rhythm of the Church Year
Ballrooms B & C, Harre Union, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
We all agree that communication goes far beyond words; the question is how far? How much does movement, tempo, self-control, dance, posture, stance, and gesture figure in worship. This talk will explore kinesic contributions from global cultures within the body of Christ to Lutheran cultus.
About the Presenter
Dr. Nunes serves as president and CEO of Lutheran World Relief (LWR), a $42 million global organization. With a passion for service and deep commitment to LWR's core values, John leads staff in 17 countries in working to end poverty, injustice and human suffering worldwide.
Prior to joining LWR, John served on the faculty of Concordia University Chicago as a professor of theology. He has also served as a management consultant, and as an urban parish pastor and community organizer in Dallas, Texas and Detroit, Michigan. A gifted public speaker, John is also a frquent keynote presenter.
"I believe deeply that God created everyone to live in justice, dignity and peace," John says. "When people's most basic needs, like food, water and shelter, remain unmet, they are unable to live out their true calling. By working alongside families and communities struggling to lift themselves out of poverty, LWR helps people around the world live into their full promise."
John holds a Bachelor of Arts from Concordia College, Ann Arbor, Michigan; a Master of Divinity from Concordia Seminary in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada; and from the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago he hold both a Master of Theology and a Doctor of Philosophy with an emphasis in postcolonial identity. John has also received honorary doctorates from Concordia University, Ann Arbor and Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin. He currently sits on the board of directors of InterAction, the largest alliance of U.S.-based international nongovernmental organizations. John is the author of Voices from the City: Issues and Images of Urban Preaching and, with his wife Monique, the children's book Little Things Make Big Differences: A Story about Malaria.
Born in Montego Bay, Jamaica, John grew up in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and has lived in the U.S. since 1981. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland with Monique, who is an administrator for Baltimore Lutheran School, and John, Jr., the youngest of their five children.