Exploring Identity and (Dis)belonging through the Personal Essay
In mid-June, a group of writers gathered at the Collegeville Institute for a new workshop on identity and the personal essay led by Enuma Okoro.
summer writing workshops
Summer 2017 Writing Workshops: At a Glance
These visualizations share what regions our 2017 summer writing workshop participants came from, their religious denominations, age, ethnicity, and gender.
Apart, and Yet A Part
Advanced writers on spiritual topics, including essayists, historians, poets, and memoirists, met during the first week of August for a writing workshop.
Writing Beyond the Academy
During the last week of July, a group of academics convened at the Collegeville Institute for a one-week workshop with writing coach Michael N. McGregor.
Writing Theology for the General Reader
The Collegeville Institute hosted a new summer writing workshop, Writing Theology for the General Leader: A Week with Thomas G. Long, which ended today.
A Good Place to Write — and Revise
Lauren F. Winner has led summer writing workshops at the Collegeville Institute since 2014. In this interview, she talks about why most of writing is revision.
A Broader Public
A group of writers met at the Collegeville Institute last week for a summer writing workshop facilitated by the editors of Religion Dispatches.
Revision, Christian Spirituality, and the Writing Life
Last week, the Collegeville Institute hosted Revision, Christian Spirituality, and the Writing Life, its first summer onsite writing workshop of 2017.
The Transformative Power of Metaphor
Metaphor is the key to conveying abstract concepts, such as sin or grace, or the ultimate abstraction—God. Last week, a group of pastors, chaplains, and others met at the Collegeville Institute to explore metaphor in a summer writing workshop with Mary Nilsen.
Summer 2016 Writing Workshops: At a Glance
We had 83 participants in writing workshops this summer; these visualizations tell you what regions these participants came from, their religious denominations, age, ethnicity, and gender.
