V. Rev. Kelly Brown Douglas, Darren Walker challenge white privilege with...
Telling the truth can be a courageous act in a country built on lies. Discussing the impacts of white privilege and anti-Black narratives on the structural and systematic functioning of American...
View ArticleRobert P. George discusses causes, cures of campus illiberalism
Historically, universities have insulated freedom of thought and expression, allowing new ideas to flourish. But Robert P. George, Princeton University’s McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and...
View ArticleIn closing week, Sr. Joan Chittister details how to live courageous,...
The world is filled with challenges, obstacles and problems that could lead to the demise of humanity. Yet, instead of rising up against the forces that contribute to the suffering of the Earth and...
View ArticleInterfaith America founder Eboo Patel discusses celebrating, embracing...
In modern society, many people have become fearful that increasing diversity is threatening their own personal identity. Eboo Patel, however, believes that diversity is not a game of musical chairs;...
View ArticleHoward Divinity Dean Yolanda Pierce calls for new religious rhetoric
Yolanda Pierce grew up reading Scripture in the pews of a Pentecostal church. And yet, she believes that faith is more than simply reading text on a page — it’s about taking conscious actions and steps...
View ArticleSociologist Laura Limonic discusses Latinx Jews, stories of immigration
Laura Limonic began her lecture with a simple declaration: “Today,” she said, “I’m going to talk about Jews.” “Specifically, Latino or Latinx Jewish immigrants in the United States,” said Limonic, an...
View ArticleBuddhist minister Lama Rod Owens speaks on showing compassion, love
Traditions are often passed down from generation to generation, but not every tradition is one that should be carried on. Through his work, Buddhist minister Lama Rod Owens helps individuals break...
View ArticleDeciphering the ‘American experiment’
Robert P. Jones delivered the closing presentation of the Week Nine theme of “Faith and the Tapestry of the Future: In Partnership with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival,” and the 2022 Interfaith...
View ArticleAl-Samawi shares story of life-saving interfaith friends
Mohammed Al-Samawi, founder of Abrahamic House, takes a selfie with the crowd after his lecture Wednesday in the Hall of Philosophy. Carrie Legg/Staff Photographer Kaitlyn FinchlerStaff writer...
View ArticleWhite calls for revolution of telling friends: ‘I love you’
The Rev. Victoria Atkinson White, managing director of grants for Leadership Education at Duke Divinity School, delivers her presentation as part of the Interfaith Lecture Series Thursday in the Hall...
View ArticleSandel presents philosophical case for friendship in ‘good life’
Adam Sandel, author of Happiness in Action: A Philosopher’s Guide to the Good Life, taught as a Lecturer at Harvard University, Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn, New York, and former Genesis...
View ArticleDrawing on life experiences, VanDerveer shares what makes for team excellence...
Tara VanDerveer, the Setsuko Ishiyama Director of Women’s Basketball at Stanford University and winningest coach in the history of women’s college basketball, opens a week on “The Spirit of Play” for...
View ArticleWorld-class athlete, coach Lyons shares reverence of Creator’s Game
Rex Lyons speaks with lacrosse stick in hand during the interfaith lecture on July 4, 2023, in the Hall of Philosophy. CARRIE LEGG/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Sara TothEditor Growing up on a reservation just...
View ArticleShire outlines 3 ways Jewish tradition enables discovering depth through play
Rabbi Michael Shire, academic director of Hebrew College’s Master of Jewish Education program, speaks about the spirit of play in Judaism’s faith tradition Wednesday in the Hall of Philosophy, part of...
View ArticleLockhart urges play as way to lean into authentic selves
The Rev. Lakisha R. Lockhart, assistant professor of Christian education at Union Presbyterian Seminary, explores the idea of playfulness in life and theology during her interfaith lecture last...
View ArticleNarayanan traces 3 games that, taken as whole, share story of life
Vasudha Narayanan, distinguished professor of the Department of Religion at the University of Florida, speaks Friday in the Hall of Philosophy. Jess Kszos/Staff Photographer Sara TothEditor Ask a Hindu...
View ArticleCadge highlights chaplains building ‘new spiritual infrastructure’
Carrie Legg / staff photographer Wendy Cadge, the Barbara Mandel Professor of Humanistic Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology at Brandeis University, opens the Week Three Interfaith Lecture...
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