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Hunger Truth Podcast|Ethicist Kent Sensenig - Truth Talk #7 Episode
In this episode, I have a Truth Talk with Ethicist Kent Sensenig. Kent was born in Saigon, Vietnam when his parents served as Mennonite missionaries for 10 years. He went to Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, VA. where he received aB.A. in Liberal Arts with minors in both Spanish and Peace and Justice. He did a cross-cultural semester in Chile and lived a year in Washington DC as part of an urban studies program called Washington Study Service Year which included an internship with a Central American refugee advocacy organization. He spent another off-campus semester in the mountains of Oregon in a "great books" program called the "Oregon Extension."Kent continued his education at Associated Mennonite BiblicalSeminary in Elkhart Massachusetts where he received an MA in Theology in Ethics. He is now a 4th year PhD student in Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA. He possesses a special interest in "historical Jesus" studies, peacemaking, political ethics, ecological ethics, and Islam. He spent 3 years as a research associate with Fuller's Muslim-Christian Conflict Transformation grant and published an article in 2006 called "An Abrahamic Paradigm for Just Peacemaking Practices.ÃïïOutside of his formal education, he spent 6 months as a volunteer with Mennonite Central Committee in Bangkok, Thailand working for a human rights organizations advocating for Burmese exiles and persecuted minorities. He took a 2-week Ãïïsolitary visitÃïï to the Occupied Territories of Palestine with the Palestinian Christian liberation theological organization ÃïïSabeel.ÃïïKent also spent 10 growing seasons working on "community-supported agriculture" on organic vegetable farms in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Iowa where he headed his own CSA for three years.His wife of 10 years, Jennifer, is an ordained Mennonite pastor. Finally, he plans on teaching at a theological graduate school in Ethiopia this summer.Listen in as we here his story, discuss animals rights, sustainable agriculture, the patenting of seeds, the ethics of Jesus, the morality of his God, and lots in between. Download "Peace And Justice" (mp3) from "Original Sounds Of The Zion Remixed"by Zion TrainUniversal Egg Records Buy at iTunes Music Store Buy at RealNetworks / Rhapsody Stream from RealNetworks / Rhapsody Buy at GroupieTunes More On This Album
[ Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:00:00 GMT ]
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