Dappled Things: Theological and Pastoral Readings of Gerard Manley Hopkins
A Greystone
Microcourse Module
June 26, 28; July 3, 5, 10
Online Only
Hailed as one of the greatest and most challenging of Christian poets, the "metaphysical poet” Gerard Manley Hopkins traversed the breadth and scope of human and Christian experience with a seldom encountered profundity of insight and expression. His poetry provokes both classic and timely questions of theology, as well as provides perspectives on the nature of Christian existence, suffering, and hope that can help—even transform—how ministry and general Christian care are carried out. Join Dr. Mark A. Garcia for this online-only series of theological and pastoral readings of select poems from this master of literary expression who can help us notice the “dappled things” of God’s world and ways.
Fellow in Scripture and Theology
BS, Clearwater Christian College, 1998
MAR, Westminster Theological Seminary, 2000
Postgraduate Study, Westminster Theological Seminary, 2001
PhD, New College, University of Edinburgh, 2004
Greystone's founding President, Dr. Garcia, is also Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary in Glenside, PA, USA, and was the pastor at Immanuel Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Coraopolis (Pittsburgh) from 2007 to 2021. He has also been Visiting Scholar in the Faculty of History at Cambridge University and Senior Member of Wolfson College, Cambridge, and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of East Anglia. Over the years he has taught theology at various international Reformed seminaries and institutions. He teaches and writes across the disciplines, and has taught in recent years on the theological-ritual ordering of reality and Christian theory, Reformed catholicity, theological anthropology, New Testament theology, and the nature of Scripture. He has enjoyed research fellowships and awards in Edinburgh, Geneva, and Grand Rapids, MI, and maintains an active research and mentorship program.