Turkey, 2004

Along with a group of about 40 people, we traveled to Turkey on a tour entitled "Paul and Early Christianity, A Spiritual and Educational Pilgrimage to Turkey, the Second Holy Land." The tour was lead by the Rev. Canonon Marianne Borg, Dr. Marcus Borg, and Dr. Dominic Crossan under the auspices of the Center for Spiritual Development, where Ms. Borg is Director.

Amazon's book infomation about Marcus Borg is here. About Dom Crossan, here. Use Google to find more. Note in particular Dom's new book (with Jonathan Reed) "In Search of Paul: How Jesus' Apostle Opposed Rome's Empire with God's Kingdom," which closely relates to our pilgrimage.

The dates for the trip were September 13 -- October 1, 2004. We flew first to Ankara, then toured by bus ending at Istanbul. See the full itinerary.

Here are just a few photos illustrating our trip. See our Flickr gallery for more, and higher resolution versions.

St. Peter	St. Paul
mosaics at Koriye (Chora) Museum, Istanbul

Ephesus gate and crucial inscription - Caesar Son of God

The Group qua Council of Nicea	Our leaders!

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