The Night School for Deeper Learning: Series 2 (Fall 2017)

The Night School for Deeper Learning with Karl Rahner

December 12, 2017 • Rick Ganz

This Night School class features special guest Karl Rahner, SJ and the question, “Is it responsible to love what I am unable to see?” Rahner has to be counted not only among the most influential, but also among the most intriguing thinkers in modern theology. He is a figure in whom opposites, or apparent opposites, meet in an unusual way.

The Night School for Deeper Learning with St. Anselm of Canterbury

November 14, 2017 • Rick Ganz

The Night School is an adventurous exercise of greater depth and reflectivity than is normal for most people. For each of these gatherings, we welcome a profound thinker, explorer, philosopher, painter, poet, theologian or mystic from the ancient or nearer past. For example, we may invite Aristotle (4th century BCE) to attend, and through some short and penetrating texts from his writings to give us his best thoughts on friendship. This monthly habit offered by the Faber Institute is meant to be enjoyable, startling at times (surprised by the wisdom we have available to us if we know how to read such authors), and to be an experience of deep thought skillfully invited and engagingly presented.

The Night School for Deeper Learning with St Ignatius of Antioch

October 17, 2017 • Rick Ganz

The Night School is an adventurous exercise of greater depth and reflectivity than is normal for most people. For each of these gatherings, we welcome a profound thinker, explorer, philosopher, painter, poet, theologian or mystic from the ancient or nearer past. For example, we may invite Aristotle (4th century BCE) to attend, and through some short and penetrating texts from his writings to give us his best thoughts on friendship. This monthly habit offered by the Faber Institute is meant to be enjoyable, startling at times (surprised by the wisdom we have available to us if we know how to read such authors), and to be an experience of deep thought skillfully invited and engagingly presented.

The Night School for Deeper Learning with the Book of Ecclesiastes

September 19, 2017 • Rick Ganz

The Night School is an adventurous exercise of greater depth and reflectivity than is normal for most people. For each of these gatherings, we welcome a profound thinker, explorer, philosopher, painter, poet, theologian or mystic from the ancient or nearer past. For example, we may invite Aristotle (4th century BCE) to attend, and through some short and penetrating texts from his writings to give us his best thoughts on friendship. This monthly habit offered by the Faber Institute is meant to be enjoyable, startling at times (surprised by the wisdom we have available to us if we know how to read such authors), and to be an experience of deep thought skillfully invited and engagingly presented.