Annemarie S Kidder, PhD, IHM Associate
Saturday, May 10, 9:30am-12:30pm
Suggested Donation: $25
After his resurrection on Easter and up until his ascension into heaven, Jesus appears to a select group of his followers. All four Gospels record these bodily appearances of Jesus that last for forty days. In these stories, he is both physical and ephemeral. He can be touched and he can eat, but he can also walk through locked doors and appear and disappear at an instant. Jesus is both of the earth and of heaven, human and divine. And he chooses select people to whom he appears.
This presentation will explore the biblical stories of Jesus' appearances based on the context in which they are placed. We will also look at examples of Renaissance art on the subject. And we will seek to identify the support these stories offered their earliest audiences and the aid they might give us in our own Christian walk today.
Annemarie S. Kidder, PhD, is an ordained Presbyterian minister who has served churches in Michigan and Ohio. A former seminary professor, she is the author and editor of ten books on historical theology, spirituality, and biblical studies. Some of her more recent works are Making Confession, Hearing Confession (Liturgical Press), Karl Rahner’s The Mystical Way in Everyday Life (Orbis Books), and Karl Rahner's Ignatius of Loyola Speaks (St. Augustine Press).
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