Healing America’s Narratives: Freedom, Truth, & Shadow
in the 21st Century
Overview
This yearlong course considers the United States of America today and who we think we are as citizens (or allies) through the integration of history, culture, developmental worldview, politics, shadow, & spirituality, among other lenses. The course content emerges through Reggie Marra’s 2022 book, Healing America’s Narratives: The Feminine, the Masculine, & Our Collective National Shadow, and integrates what has occurred since the book’s publication and what is happening as you read this.
“I don’t believe there is any problem of American politics and American public life which
is more significant today than the pervasive civic ignorance of the Constitution of the
United States and the structure of government….an ignorant people can never
remain a free people. Democracy cannot survive too much ignorance.”
– David Souter, Retired U. S. Supreme Court Justice,
University of New Hampshire Law School, September 14, 2012
If we are to understand and respond effectively to current conditions, it is necessary that we understand history and that we become increasingly aware of our individual and collective worldviews, biases, and blind spots—our dignities and our disasters—as we interpret historical fact. It’s important that we acknowledge and remove the sequoia that’s in our eyes before attempting to point out the seedling in the eyes of others (and vice versa).
Modules include History & Current Events; Development & Practice; Doing More Good than Harm in Conversation; Poetry of Witness; and Integration & Personal Statements.
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Some relevant reading…above and below…
Healing America's Narratives 