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SUMMARY:Hearing Hebrews: Fresh Thoughts For Critical Times
DESCRIPTION:One of the highlights of Regent Summer Programs is our free Evening Public Lectures. This series always features a wide range of professors and topics\, and this year is no exception. All lectures will be streamed online\, so invite a friend and join us! \nThe New Testament Book of Hebrews\, which deals with perspective and perseverance in difficult times\, stands as one of the most needed ancient writings for the modern church. The book\, an early Christian sermon that unpacks Jesus’s fulfillment of the Old Testament\, can also be hard to follow and understand. Yet\, in the past three decades\, fresh scholarship on Hebrews has helped unlock its message. This lecture presents an examples of recent research to show the relevance of this beautiful book for critical times in the modern world. \nGeorge Guthrie is Professor of New Testament at Regent College. A recognized authority on Hebrews\, George has authored and contributed to a number of commentaries on the book. He is passionate about equipping church leaders and laypeople to read and live the Bible more effectively. \nDr. Guthrie will be teaching the course Seeing Jesus More Clearly: The Christology of Hebrews from July 26-30 as part of Regent’s 2021 Summer Programs. \n\n\nVisit our YouTube channel for more video content from Regent College\, or tune in here to watch this event at Monday\, Jun 21\, 2021 at 7:31PM Pacific Time.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/hearing-hebrews-fresh-thoughts-for-critical-times/
CATEGORIES:Church,Education,Learning From the Past
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SUMMARY:Science\, Religion and Humanity: Who gets to say?
DESCRIPTION:Drawing on his BBC Radio 4 series The Secret History of Science and Religion and forthcoming book on the subject\, Nick Spencer explores how the two have\, do and can relate to one another. \nScience and Religion: everyone seems to have an opinion. \nThey are in direct opposition to one another (and always have been). They are in broad harmony with one another (and always shall be). They actually have nothing to do with one another – NOMA or “Non–Overlapping Magisteria” in Stephen Jay Gould’s phrase – and so are neither in opposition nor in harmony. \nAt this York Festival of Ideas event\, Nick Spencer explores how the two have\, do and can relate to one another drawing on his BBC Radio 4 series The Secret History of Science and Religion and forthcoming book on the subject. \nPointing to centuries of complex and colourful interaction between science and religion\, he proposes a new idea. Rather than being “NOMA”\, perhaps science and religion are actually POMA “Partially–Overlapping Magisteria”\, with the overlap being not about Genesis or geology\, or the Big Bang\, or even evolution but about the nature of human beings\, and in particular – who gets to say. \nThe event will include an in–conversation segment with Vicky Johnson\, Canon Precentor at York Minster\, as well as an opportunity to ask your own questions. \nThis event is hosted live on Zoom Webinar. You’ll receive a link to join a couple of days before the event takes place and a reminder an hour before. During the event\, you can ask questions via a Q&A function but audience cameras and microphones will remain muted throughout. \nThis event is part of the York Festival of Ideas Being Human series which delves into the nature of humanity. You may also enjoy Human Dignity: Without meaning or meaningful? on Monday 14 June and Holiness and Desire: What makes us who we are? on Thursday 17 June.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/science-religion-and-humanity-who-gets-to-say/
CATEGORIES:Church,Learning From the Past,Science,Technology
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SUMMARY:Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how to put them back together
DESCRIPTION:Theos will host a conversation with Jon Yates and Dr Madeleine Pennington. \nJoin us on June 3rd at 12.30pm BST\, when Theos will host a lunchtime conversation with Jon Yates and Dr Madeleine Pennington. \nJon will discuss his new book Fractured: Why our societies are coming apart and how to put them back together again which examines how we have become so divided and what we can do about this. \nTheos’ recent research sought to understand the impact of churches on the cohesiveness of our communities across England\, and another report explored the role of faith and belief in cohesive societies. The event will also consider what the role of faith groups are in the approach Jon takes. \nJon’s book tackles a deceptively simple idea: the more we spend time with people unlike ourselves\, doing things together\, the more understanding\, tolerant\, and even friendly we become. \nCombining fresh analysis with a wealth of fascinating examples\, Jon demonstrates the ways in which our societies have become disconnected\, so that most of us spend less and less time with people who are different — as defined by age\, race\, or class\, earning power or education. It argues that the pandemic has created an unprecedented opportunity for us to come together. So we must forge a new ‘Common Life’ – a set of shared practises and institutions — that can strengthen the glue that bonds our societies\, in all their diversity.  Further information and the book’s reviews can be read here \nJon Yates is the Executive Director of the Youth Endowment Fund and has spent the last two decades of working to bring people together both in government and outside. Dr Madeleine  Pennington is Head of Research at Theos.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/fractured-why-our-societies-are-coming-apart-and-how-to-put-them-back-together/
CATEGORIES:Community,Imagining the Future,Justice,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:What is Life?
DESCRIPTION:One of the highlights of Regent Summer Programs is our free Evening Public Lectures. This series always features a wide range of professors and topics\, and this year is no exception. All lectures will be streamed online\, so invite a friend and join us! \nIn one of his most beautiful lines\, Irenaeus of Lyons (a second century theologian) said that ’the glory of God is the living human being’\, but then adds\, ‘and the life of the human being is to see God’. But\, as no one can see God and live\, the living human being that is the glory of God is the martyr\, the one who takes up the cross to follow Christ. How might the witness of the martyrs challenge our own presuppositions about life\, and especially the relationship between life and death\, and\, indeed\, what it is to be human? By reflecting on these questions\, John Behr will explore what it is that Christ offers when he says ‘I have come that you might have life and have it abundantly’ and what it is that he ‘finishes’\, or brings to perfection\, upon the Cross. \nFr. John Behr is the Regius Chair in Humanity at the University of Aberdeen. His extensive publications include critical editions of a number of patristic writings\, including the fragments of Diodore of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopuestia\, Origen’s On First Principles\, and the works of Irenaeus of Lyons. \nFr. Behr will be teaching the course Pre-Nicene Christianity: The Formation of the Theological Tradition from July 5-9 as part of Regent’s 2021 Summer Programs. \n\n\nVisit our YouTube channel for more video content from Regent College\, or tune in here to watch this event at Monday\, May 31\, 2021 at 7:30PM Pacific Time.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/what-is-life/
CATEGORIES:Church,Learning From the Past
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SUMMARY:Religion and Refugee Resettlement in Canada
DESCRIPTION:QUICK SUMMARY\nA conversation based on Geoff Cameron’s recently published a book on how the US and Canada have led the world in refugee resettlement\, and how faith-based organizations played an essential role in this key aspect of global refugee protection. \nDETAILS\nJoin us May 20 for the first ever Cardus Coffeehouse. We’ll be hosting a conversation based on Geoff Cameron’s recently published a book\, “Send Them Here” on how the US and Canada have led the world in refugee resettlement\, and how faith-based organizations played an essential role in this key aspect of global refugee protection. \nJoining the virtual table for conversation are Michael Casasola of the UNHCR\, Shakeel Hirji of Focus Humanitarian Assistance\, Doreen Katto of Matthew House Ottawa\, and Belle Jarniewski of the Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada. Fr. Dcn. Andrew Bennett will moderate. \nThis virtual book launch and discussion is a live event and will not be recorded\, so we hope you will join us for some rich conversation.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/religion-and-refugee-resettlement-in-canada/
CATEGORIES:Church,Community,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Urban Playground: How Child-Friendly Planning and Design Can Save Cities
DESCRIPTION:What type of cities do we want our children to grow up in? Car-dominated\, noisy\, polluted and devoid of nature? Or walkable\, welcoming and green? As the climate crisis and urbanization escalate\, cities urgently need to become more inclusive and sustainable. We will chat with Tim Gill about his new book Urban Playground\, which reveals how seeing cities through the eyes of children strengthens the case for design\, planning and transportation policies that work for people of all ages and for the planet. It shows how urban designers and city planners can incorporate child friendly insights and ideas into their masterplans\, public spaces and streetscapes.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/urban-playground-how-child-friendly-planning-and-design-can-save-cities/
CATEGORIES:Community,Family,Imagining the Future,Politics,Science,Technology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210514T133000
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SUMMARY:Reimagination & Repair: Creativity for the life of the World
DESCRIPTION:An Online Conversation with Sho Baraka \nOn May 14th we look forward to hosting artist\, activist\, and author Sho Baraka for a conversation around his forthcoming book He Saw That It Was Good: Reimagining Your Creative Life To Repair A Broken World. \nBaraka says\, “The command to love—in all the fullness and justice of that word—is laid on all\, from politician to painter. With every policy pushed\, every stroke of the brush\, we put forth what we believe about God and about good. With what we make\, we affect the world. For better or for worse.” We will be exploring how our creative gifts and good works can contribute to the care and repair of this broken and hurting world. We hope you will join us! \nThis event is made possible by a grant from The Fetzer Institute. \nSpecial thanks to our co-hosts at The Rabbit Room!
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/reimagination-repair-creativity-for-the-life-of-the-world/
CATEGORIES:Art,Imagining the Future
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SUMMARY:Identity: Film Screening & Conversation Around Faith\, Race\, Art & Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:An official selection of the Justice Film Festival\, Identity journeys with Andrew Nemr\, an internationally known tap dance artist\, as he navigates the seminal question\, “Who am I?” The film joins Andrew as he navigates being the only son of immigrants\, a trusted keeper of the oral tradition of tap dance\, and a follower of Jesus Christ. Through many challenges we will see Andrew as he literally dances his way through questions about family\, ethnicity\, race\, art\, community\, and where one’s identity really comes from. Produced by Windrider productions and directed by Jonathan Cipiti. \nAndrew Nemr is an international tap dance artist with a diverse roster of collaborators and performing credits – from Grammy Award winning musicians\, and off-broadway productions\, to TED talks and roots music festivals. Nemr is a TED Fellow\, recipient of grants from the National Endowment of the Arts and the CUNY Dance Initiative\, and the co-founder of the Tap Legacy Foundation\, along with his mentor\, tap dance legend\, Gregory Hines. Having served as the director of the tap dance company Cats Paying Dues\, and Artistic Director of the Vancouver Tap Dance Society\, Nemr now uses his life experiences to create projects at the intersection of love\, community\, identity\, and faith. \nAs part of the continued conversation with Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries\, Dal Schindell Gallery curator Bryana Russell will host a panel discussion following the screening. It will feature: Andrew Nemr\, Gustavo Santos (Program Director of MALTS at Regent College) and Jane Born (Program Development Coordinator with Sanctuary Mental Health Ministries).
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/identity-film-screening-conversation-around-faith-race-art-mental-health/
CATEGORIES:Art,Church,Community,Introspection,Race,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Prophetic Voice for Our Moment
DESCRIPTION:Abraham Joshua Heschel: A Prophetic Voice for Our Moment\nOnline\, via YouTube\nMeet Susannah Heschel\n\nJoin Susannah Heschel\, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s daughter\, Robert Erlewine\, editor of Plough’s new Abraham Joshua Heschel reader Thunder in the Soul\, and filmmaker Martin Doblmeier\, whose documentary Spiritual Audacity: The Abraham Joshua Heschel Story airs on PBS this month\, for a lively discussion about how Rabbi Heschel’s words speak to our search for racial justice\, environmental responsibility\, and spiritual renewal today. Journalist Manya Brachear Pashman will moderate. \nRabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel was one of the most remarkable and inspiring religious figures of the twentieth century. Descended from a long line of Orthodox rabbis\, he fled Europe to escape the Nazis. He became a prominent public intellectual\, a leading critic of the Vietnam War\, a mentor to Martin Luther King Jr\, a champion for Soviet Jews\, and a pioneer in the work of interfaith dialogue. Today he is revered across theological and ideological lines as someone who can help us rediscover wonder and a right relationship with a God who cares.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/abraham-joshua-heschel-a-prophetic-voice-for-our-moment/
CATEGORIES:Church,Learning From the Past,Politics,Race
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210512T150000
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SUMMARY:Visual Communication in a Digital Age
DESCRIPTION:Emily Downe will contribute to this Culham St Gabriel’s Trust event on why innovation matters for today’s teachers of religion and worldviews. \nThis event on May 12th at 7pm GMT features a conversation with Emily Downe and Jason Ramasami on how animation and illustration can be used as powerful tools for classroom learning. They will share examples of their work and some of the principles around engaging today’s pupils with complex ideas\, particularly in religion and worldviews using visual narrative forms. The event will include a showcase of a new animation about the concept of worldview. \nEmily Downe is an animation director. She has an MA in Documentary Animation from the Royal College of Art. Alongside working as Creative Designer at Theos\, she works independently as an animation director\, specialising in documentary short film\, and she is a co–director of Studio Desk. Emily has a passion for visual communication; expanding research through visual metaphor and engaging design. \nJason Ramasami is a teacher with 25 years of experience working in secondary schools teaching RE\, Media and Art. In addition to this\, he has developed as an illustrator and filmmaker with a keen interest in conveying concepts\, stories and experiences that bring other perspectives to life for otherwise uninterested audiences. Most recently he has produced work for Oxford University Press\, the Bible Society and the Department for Culture Media and Sport. \nIf you have any questions please email enquiries@cstg.org.uk \nYou can download our recent report on worldviews in religious education here.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/visual-communication-in-a-digital-age/
CATEGORIES:Art,Education,Imagining the Future
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SUMMARY:The Priority of the Person: A Conversation with David Walsh and John von Heyking
DESCRIPTION:In the first event of the IHE’s new initiative on Catholic Political Thought\, spearheaded by IHE Fellow V. Bradley Lewis\, join Professor John von Heyking and IHE Fellow David Walsh for a lively discussion of Walsh’s latest book\, The Priority of the Person: Political\, Philosophical\, and Historical Discoveries. \n \nIHE Fellow David Walsh\, Ph.D. in Government\, is an Ordinary Professor of Politics at The Catholic University of America. His teaching and research are in the field of political theory broadly conceived. His focus has been on the question that the modern world poses for itself at its deepest level: does our civilization possess the moral and spiritual resources to survive? \n \nJohn von Heyking is Professor of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge\, in Alberta\, Canada\, where he teaches political philosophy and religion and politics. He is author of Augustine and Politics as Longing in the World (2001)\, and coeditor of Friendship and Politics: Essays in Political Thought (2008) and Civil Religion in Political Thought (2010)\, as well as two volumes of The Collected Works of Eric Voegelin. The topics of his scholarly articles include friendship\, cosmopolitanism\, liberal education\, multiculturalism\, empire\, civil religion\, political representation\, citizenship\, republicanism\, just war\, Islamic political thought\, leadership\, America as symbol\, and religious liberty in Canada. He is currently at work on a book-length study on the political significance of friendship. \n \nIHE Fellow V. Bradley Lewis specializes in political and legal philosophy\, especially in classical Greek political thought and in the theory of natural law. He holds a B.A. from the University of Maryland and a Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. He has published scholarly articles in Polity\, History of Political Thought\, the Southern Journal of Philosophy\, Philosophy and Rhetoric\, Communio\, the Josephinum Journal of Theology\, the Pepperdine Law Review\, the Oxford Journal of Law and Religion\, and the Proceedings of the American Catholic Philosophical Association\, as well as chapters in a number of books.  He is currently working on a book project provisionally titled “The Common Good and the Modern State.” He is also a fellow of the Institute for Human Ecology and serves as associate editor of the American Journal of Jurisprudence.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/the-priority-of-the-person-a-conversation-with-david-walsh-and-john-von-heyking/
CATEGORIES:Community,Learning From the Past,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Lincoln in Private: Leadership Behind Closed Doors\, with Dr. Ron White
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, May 7th The Trinity Forum is delighted to partner once again with our friends at Pepperdine School of Public Policy to host author\, historian\, and Trinity Forum Senior Fellow Ron White to discuss the themes in his soon-to-be released work\, ‘Lincoln in Private’. \nLincoln did not have a diary but he developed the habit of writing reflections and ruminations on little slips of paper. These notes\, which Lincoln never intended for anyone to see\, help us understand the depth of Lincoln’s character and thinking and introduce us to the private Lincoln behind the public Lincoln. We now get to look over his shoulder to see his innermost thoughts as he grappled with some of the most challenging moments in our nations history. \nLooking to his example\, Dr. White will help us consider our own internal lives and the importance of being a person of character and integrity. \nSpecial thanks to this event’s sponsors:\nPepperdine School of Public Policy\n&\nPaul Klaassen
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/lincoln-in-private-leadership-behind-closed-doors-with-dr-ron-white/
CATEGORIES:Introspection,Learning From the Past
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SUMMARY:Should I Defend Everyone's Religious Freedom?
DESCRIPTION:Kevin Singer\, Co-Director of Neighborly Faith\, moderates the second of a two-part discussion between Andrew T. Walker of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Asma Uddin\, religious liberty lawyer who identifies as Muslim. This discussion will center on major themes in Walker’s new book\, “Liberty For All: Defending Everyone’s Religious Freedom in a Pluralistic Age\,” released May 4 with Brazos Press.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/should-i-defend-everyones-religious-freedom/
CATEGORIES:Church,Justice,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Immigrants and the American Future
DESCRIPTION:Immigrants and the American Future:\nA Conversation with: \nPresident George W. Bush \nRussell Moore\nPresident\, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission\, Southern Baptist Convention \nYuval Levin\nDirector\, Social\, Cultural\, and Constitutional Studies\, American Enterprise Institute \nAlong with the George W. Bush Institute and the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention\, we are excited to bring you a conversation with President George W. Bush on his upcoming book\, Out of Many\, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants\, a powerful collection of 43 portraits painted by President Bush and accompanying stories that exemplify the promise of America and our proud history as a nation of immigrants.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/immigrants-and-the-american-future/
CATEGORIES:Community,Imagining the Future,Politics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210505T120000
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SUMMARY:Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in an Age of Infinite Browsing
DESCRIPTION:Most of us have had this experience: browsing through countless options on Netflix\, unable to commit to watching any given movie—and losing so much time skimming reviews and considering trailers that it’s too late to watch anything at all. In a book borne of an idea first articulated in a viral commencement address\, Pete Davis argues that this is the defining characteristic of the moment: keeping our options open. We are stuck in “Infinite Browsing Mode”—swiping through endless dating profiles without committing to a single partner\, jumping from place to place searching for the next big thing\, and refusing to make any decision that might close us off from an even better choice we imagine is just around the corner. This culture of restlessness and indecision\, Davis argues\, is causing tension in the lives of young people today: We want to keep our options open\, and yet we yearn for the purpose\, community\, and depth that can only come from making deep commitments. \nIn Dedicated\, Davis examines this quagmire\, as well as the counterculture of committers who have made it to the other side. He shares what we can learn from the “long-haul heroes” who courageously commit themselves to particular places\, professions\, and causes—who relinquish the false freedom of an open future in exchange for the deep fulfillment of true dedication. Weaving together examples from history\, personal stories\, and applied psychology\, Davis’s candid and humble words offer a meaningful answer to our modern frustrations and a practical path to joy. \n\n\n\n\nREGISTER HERE.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/dedicated-the-case-for-commitment-in-an-age-of-infinite-browsing/
CATEGORIES:Imagining the Future,Science,Seeing Clearly and Deeply,Technology
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SUMMARY:Every Moment Holy\, Vol. 2: Death\, Grief and Hope
DESCRIPTION:Please join the Regent College Bookstore for a conversation with Douglas Kaine McKelvey about his recent publication\, Every Moment Holy\, Vol. 2: Death\, Grief and Hope. Douglas will be hosted by Regent’s Associate Dean of Students\, Claire Perini. \nEvery Moment Holy\, Vol. 2: Death\, Grief\, and Hope\, the much-anticipated follow-up to Every Moment Holy Vol. 1\, is a book of liturgies for seasons of dying and grieving. This volume includes prayers such as “A Liturgy for the Scattering of Ashes\,” “A Liturgy for the Loss of a Spouse\,” and “A Liturgy for the Wake of a National Tragedy.” These prayers are ways of reminding us that our lives are shot through with sacred purpose and eternal hope even when\, and especially when\, suffering and pain threaten to overwhelm us. Volume II is releasing April 2021\, and will be available at the Regent College Bookstore. \nDouglas Kaine McKelvey grew up in East Texas and moved to Nashville in 1991 to participate in the early work of Charlie Peacock’s Art House Foundation\, an organization dedicated to a shared exploration of faith and the arts. In the decades since\, he has worked as an author\, song lyricist\, scriptwriter\, and video director. He has penned more than 350 lyrics recorded by a variety of artists including Switchfoot\, Kenny Rogers\, Sanctus Real\, and Jason Gray. He and his wife Lise have three grown daughters and two sons-in-law. Douglas has served for the last four years as the sexton at St. John’s Anglican Church in Franklin\, Tennessee. \n\nDuring the event\, please submit questions to questions@regent-college.edu
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/every-moment-holy-vol-2-death-grief-and-hope/
CATEGORIES:Introspection,Science,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210429T180000
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SUMMARY:Flannery\, ‘Revelation\,’ and Race
DESCRIPTION:The Francis and Ann Curran Center for American Catholic Studies at Fordham University Presents: \nFlannery\, ‘Revelation\,’ and Race: an Audio Drama and a Contextual Conversation\nThursday\, April 29\, 2021\n6 p.m. EST\nModerated by Curran Center associate director Angela Alaimo O’Donnell\, Ph.d. \nPanelists: Professor Mark Chapman\, Ph.d. (Fordham University)\, author William Eric Waters\, director Karin Coonrod (Yale)\, and actor KenYatta Rogers (Montgomery College) \nThis contextual conversation\, which will take place as a webinar\, will begin with an audio stream of theater company Compagnia de’ Colombari’s latest work in development\, a stage production of “Revelation\,” Flannery O’Connor’s powerful story about race in the American South during the Civil Rights era.  Afterwards\, four distinguished panelists will engage in a contextual conversation around O’Connor and race. \nThis event\, the first of a series of contextual conversations\, is part of a project to build support for the future stage production of “Revelation.”  These contextual conversations\, by engaging directly with the issues surrounding the author’s views on race\, are designed to build engagement and support for the fully staged production of the drama. The conversation will be recorded for archival and educational purposes. \nFree and open to the public. Registration is required. A Zoom link will be sent upon registration. For more information\, or to RSVP\, email cacs@fordham.edu
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/flannery-revelation-and-race/
CATEGORIES:Learning From the Past,Politics,Race
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SUMMARY:Beyond Diversity
DESCRIPTION:Guided by the expert research team behind Barna’s Beyond Diversity study\, along with ministry practitioners\, journey toward deeper understanding and greater empathy around racial justice issues and learn how to cultivate a healthier multiethnic team and community.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/beyond-diversity/
CATEGORIES:Church,Justice,Politics,Race,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210428T150000
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SUMMARY:Reading the Gospels While Black: A Conversation with Esau McCaulley & N.T. Wright
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to partner with Seattle Pacific Seminary and Portland Seminary to present Reading the Gospels While Black\, a timely conversation between Dr. Esau McCaulley and Dr. N.T. Wright. The morning will open with a conversation between Dr. McCaulley and Dr. Wright\, followed by two teaching sessions and a Q&A session moderated by Tim Mackie of The Bible Project. We hope you’ll join us for this important and illuminating event. \nThis event is free and open to the public\, but does require advanced registration.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/reading-the-gospels-while-black-a-conversation-with-esau-mccaulley-n-t-wright/
CATEGORIES:Church,Justice,Race,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210427T140000
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SUMMARY:Palliative and Hospice Care From a Catholic Perspective
DESCRIPTION:The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a renewed societal focus on issues related to sickness and death. But how do we best care for the sick and for the dying? How do we appropriately provide palliative care and hospice care? \nIn the first collaboration between the National Catholic Bioethics Center and the Institute for Human Ecology\, listen to a panel discussion\, moderated by IHE Director of the M.A. Program in Human Rights William Saunders\, J.D.\, with ethicists Dr. Jozef Zalot (National Catholic Bioethics Center) and Dr. Myles Sheehan (Pellegrino Center for Clinical Ethics; Georgetown Medical School)\, on the definition and scope of palliative and hospice care from a Catholic perspective.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/palliative-and-hospice-care-from-a-catholic-perspective/
CATEGORIES:Church,Family,Introspection,Science,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Suffering\, Healing & Meaning: An Online Conversation with Philip Yancey & Julia Wattacheril
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to host the next event in our “Discovery and Doxology” series in partnership with BioLogos and Church of the Advent. This series brings together leading scientists and theologians to discuss the relationship between science and faith. \nOn Friday\, April 23rd author and theologian Philip Yancey will be joined by Dr. Julia Wattacheril to discuss suffering and its redemption. Yancey believes that “the redemption of pain is better than the removal of it.” Yancey and Wattacheril will help us think through the meaning of our personal and national pain and how knowing the God who suffers-with us transforms our suffering into something beautiful. We hope you will join us! \nThis event was made possible through the support of a grant from Templeton Religion Trust. The opinions expressed in this program do not necessarily reflect the views of Templeton Religion Trust.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/suffering-healing-meaning-an-online-conversation-with-philip-yancey-julia-wattacheril/
CATEGORIES:Church,Science,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:'The Brown Church' with Rev. Dr. Chao Romero
DESCRIPTION:The Hispanic House of Studies at Duke Divinity School will sponsor a conversation with the Rev. Dr. Chao Romero speaking on his latest book\, Brown Church\, highlighting the history of the Latinx church and its pertinence to the present times. The event\, titled “The Brown Church\,” is part of the 2021 Sumérgete Webinar Series featuring webinars on a variety of topics for laity\, pastors\, and other interested persons on theological topics related to the Latinx community. \nRomero is “Asian-Latino” and has been a professor of Chicana/o Studies and Asian American Studies at UCLA since 2005. He received his Ph.D. from UCLA in Latin American History and his Juris Doctor from U.C. Berkeley\, and is also an attorney. Romero has published 15 academic books and articles on issues of race\, immigration\, history\, education\, and religion\, and received the Latina/o Studies book award from the international Latin American Studies Association. He  is an ordained pastor. Together with his wife Erica\, he is the co-founder of Jesus 4 Revolutionaries\, a Christian ministry to activists\, as well as the co-chair of the Matthew 25 Movement in Southern California.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/the-brown-church-with-rev-dr-chao-romero/
CATEGORIES:Justice,Race,Science,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:The Battle Over American History and Civics: The Traps and Perils of Having a National Plan
DESCRIPTION:A broad consensus has formed for improved instruction in American history and civics.  Multiple studies and assessments indicate that Americans have an appallingly deficient understanding of their history and their governing process.  And\, of course\, the events of political violence over the last year exacerbate those concerns. \nBut what should such an effort look like?  Should it be based within the states? Should Congress adopt a national strategy? If so\, should that be overseen by the federal bureaucracy and implemented by the states? \nFor a Faith and Law Friday Forum\, join IHE Director of the Program on the Constitution and Catholic Social Doctrine Emmett McGroarty for a conversation on U.S. civics and history education with Stanley Kurtz (Ethics and Public Policy Center) and Bill McClay (Liberty University).
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/the-battle-over-american-history-and-civics-the-traps-and-perils-of-having-a-national-plan/
CATEGORIES:Community,Learning From the Past,Politics
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210413T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210413T153000
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SUMMARY:Neighbourliness in a Global Context
DESCRIPTION:What does it mean to be a good neighbour on a global scale? Theos researcher Simon Perfect will chair this talk given by the Bishop of London. \nWhat does it mean to be a good neighbour on a global scale? How might Brexit impact on our ability to live up to that challenge? Has the coronavirus pandemic taught us anything about solidarity with our international neighbours in a time of far–reaching disaster? How might all of this shape our approach to climate change? \nThe Rt Revd Sarah Mullally\, the Bishop of London\, will explore these questions at this event hosted by JustShare on 13th April\, asking how we might engage with our neighbours’ struggles\, allow our lives to be diverted off course for the sake of their wellbeing\, and recognise our resources as theirs. \n13th April\, 6–7.30pm GMT \nRegister for the event here. \nThe Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Bishop Sarah was installed as the 133rd Bishop of London at St Paul’s Cathedral on 12th May 2018. Before ordination she was Chief Nursing Officer in the Department of Health. She served her first curacy at Battersea Fields from 2001 to 2006 and from 2006 to 2012 she was Team Rector at Sutton\, both in the Diocese of Southwark. From 2012 to 2015 she was Canon Residentiary and Canon Treasurer at Salisbury Cathedral before her consecration in 2015 as the Suffragan Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter. She was made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 2005 for her contribution to nursing and midwifery. \nSimon Perfect is a Researcher at Theos\, the religion and society thinktank\, and a Tutor at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS). He is the author of Theos reports exploring religion or belief in universities\, economic inequality in the UK\, and university chaplaincy. He is also co–author of the book Freedom of Speech in Universities: Islam\, Charities and Counter–terrorism (Routledge\, 2021).
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/neighbourliness-in-a-global-context/
CATEGORIES:Church,Community,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Living in the Midst of Death: Theological Reflections on Aging and Technology
DESCRIPTION:Being human in our technological age requires not merely technical skills but—more importantly—intellectual capacity to navigate a rapidly changing philosophical milieu. Join us this winter for our online lecture series\, Human Flourishing in a Technological Age\, to learn from leading scholars about key aspects of what it means to be human in a technological age: personhood\, embodied cognition\, leisure\, transhumanism and more. \nPlease join us on Friday\, April 9 as we welcome Dr. Michael Mawson who will give the lecture “Living in the Midst of Death: Theological Reflections on Aging and Technology.” \n\nDr. Mawson will draw upon the Lutheran theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer and the Austrian born philosopher Jean Améry to reflect upon the phenomenon of human ageing. In particular\, he will explore how Bonhoeffer and Améry might help us to better understand and attend to the ambiguities and complexities of our experiences of ageing. In the first part\, Dr. Mawson will engage Bonhoeffer’s theological account of the human being as situated between life and death. In his 1933 Creation and Fall\, Bonhoeffer presents human beings as existing between the two conflicting promises of the opening chapters of Genesis: God’s promise to Adam in the garden (‘if you eat from this tree you will surely die’) and the Serpent’s promise to Eve (‘you will not die at all’). These two promises together encapsulate and disclose the situation of the humanity: ‘After the fall\, all human beings are suspended between these two conflicting statements—living towards death\, living as those already dead.’ In the second part of this lecture\, Dr. Mawson will turn to Améry’s phenomenological reflections in On Ageing: Revolution and Revolt (1968)\, wherein he provides an account of ageing as ‘death in the midst of life’. In aging\, as Améry reflects\, “we become more alienated from ourselves and more familiar with ourselves…Day and night cancel each other out in twilight.” Améry’s rich descriptions thus draw attention to ambiguities and tensions that are present in all experiences of aging. Dr. Mawson will conclude by demonstrating how Bonhoeffer and Améry can assist with contesting the kinds of utopianism and idealism prevalent in many standard approaches to aging. In particular\, Bonhoeffer and Amery help us to recognise the limitations of medical and technological responses to aging. Such responses fail to address our actual human experience because they promote life as the opposite of death\, and in so doing they fail to attend to the nature of aging as dying.\n\n\n\nDr. Michael Mawson is Senior Lecturer in Systematic Theology & Ethics and Research Fellow in the Public and Contextual Theology Research Centre at Charles Sturt University\, Australia. He holds a doctorate from the University of Notre Dame and teaches theology and ethics at the United Theological College of Charles Sturt University in Sydney Australia. He has particular interests in modern German theology and ethics\, bioethics\, phenomenology\, and the writing of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. He has completed a monograph on Bonhoeffer’s ecclesiology and is at the beginning of a new project on ethics and aging. He has co-edited four books including the Oxford Handbook of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Dr Mawson’s work has also appeared in The Scottish Journal of Theology\, The International Journal of Systematic Theology\, and The Journal of Religion\, Disability and Health.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/living-in-the-midst-of-death-theological-reflections-on-aging-and-technology/
CATEGORIES:Introspection,Science,Seeing Clearly and Deeply,Technology
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SUMMARY:All the Lonely People: Isolation\, Connection & The Common Good
DESCRIPTION:An Online Conversation with Ryan Streeter & Francie Broghammer\nOn April 9\, in partnership with the Pepperdine School of Public Policy we are excited to host author and scholar Ryan Streeter and psychiatrist Francie Broghammer on America’s epidemic of loneliness and the path towards meaningful connection. \nLoneliness in America has been sharply increasing\, even before the onset of the pandemic — despite our virtually unprecedented national prosperity\, technological advance\, and immediate virtual access to information and each other\, there is\, in the words of our guest Francie Broghammer\, a growing “toll of despair.” The thinning of many family and community ties has sharpened our felt sense of isolation\, and led some to seek a sense of solidarity in political involvement. But Streeter’s research has found that “normally\, when people get involved in their communities\, social capital grows and loneliness declines…But we have found that political engagement is a lone exception to this rule.” \nHow then should we think about reinvigorating the relational and community ties that encourage the flourishing of both the individual and the body politic? What are the antidotes to isolation in a time of pandemic — and beyond? Is there hope for connecting lonely people in a divided nation at a polarized time? \nWe hope you’ll join us as we wrestle with these questions and more.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/all-the-lonely-people-isolation-connection-the-common-good/
CATEGORIES:Community,COVID-19,Science,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Does Civility Still Matter?
DESCRIPTION:In an increasingly polarized age\, people are confused about when civility is appropriate\, and what it entails. In a conversation moderated by David Corey (Baylor in Washington)\, join Dr. Cornel West (Union Theological Seminary)\, Dr. Teresa Bejan (Oxford University)\, and Dr. Andrew Sullivan (The Weekly Dish) to explore these questions\, as well as the role of religious faith in the practice of civility. \nThe IHE is pleased to cosponsor this event with Baylor in Washington as a program of the Joint Initiative on Faith and the American Commonwealth.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/does-civility-still-matter/
CATEGORIES:Community,Justice,Learning From the Past,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210406T190000
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SUMMARY:A Conversation About 'Jesus and the Disinherited' with Dean Luke Powery & Dr. Walter Fluker
DESCRIPTION:As part of its Duke Chapel Reads series\, the chapel will host online conversations about the book Jesus and the Disinherited by the theologian and minister Howard Thurman as a way to address contemporary issues of faith\, race\, justice\, and love. Through the reading series\, the chapel aims to curate spaces for reflection and conversation based on a common book reading each semester. \nChapel Dean and Duke Divinity School Professor Luke A. Powery will host a concluding online discussion in the series on April 6 of the book with Dr. Walter Fluker\, a scholar of Thurman’s work. Fluker is the editor of the multi-volume series The Papers of Howard Washington Thurman and is Dean’s Professor of Spirituality\, Ethics\, and Leadership at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. \n“Jesus and the Disinherited stands out as a book that both critiques the injustices suffered by people facing oppression and also offers a spirituality of true resistance and reconciliation centered on the love of Jesus\,” Powery said. “It is a book that helped sustain and guide the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. and his colleagues in the Civil Rights Movement—and I believe it is a book that can provide vision and insight for us in our time and during this upcoming season of Lent.” \nMembers of the Duke community and others who are interested in participating in an online reading group about the book are invited to contact the Rev. Bruce Puckett\, assistant dean of the Chapel. \nIn Jesus and the Disinherited\, first published in 1949\, Thurman frames the book as a response to an inquiry about how he can hold to a Christian faith that has been used to justify the enslavement and mistreatment of Black Americans for centuries. Using the sociological language of his time\, Thurman explores how Jesus\, a rural Jew under Roman occupation\, was among\, and spoke to\, those “with their backs against the wall.” Thurman argues that from this social location Jesus teaches against evils that could corrode the oppressed from within—fear\, deception\, and hate—and for an ethic of love. \nPowery is currently teaching a course through Duke’s Divinity School titled “Deep River: Howard Thurman\, Spirituality\, and the Prophetic Life.” He recently contributed an essay to the book Anchored in the Current: Discovering Howard Thurman as Educator\, Activist\, Guide\, and Prophet\, which offers fresh insights into Thurman as a mystic\, preacher\, educator\, and theologian.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/a-conversation-about-jesus-and-the-disinherited-with-dean-luke-powery-dr-walter-fluker/
CATEGORIES:Church,Education,Learning From the Past
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SUMMARY:Being\, Living & Dying Well: an Online Conversation with Lydia Dugdale
DESCRIPTION:On Good Friday\, April 2nd we invite you to join us for a conversation with professor and physician Lydia Dugdale. In her recent book\, The Lost Art of Dying: Reviving Forgotten Wisdom\, Dugdale revisits ancient wisdom circulated in the wake of the Black Plague about living and dying well. \nOn this Good Friday\, in the wake of our own plague and year of loss\, we invite you to consider what the Passion of Christ means for our living and our dying\, and the hope and beauty that can be found\, even in the valley of the shadow of death. \nSpecial thanks to this event’s sponsors: Goodwin House\nAnd thanks to our co-hosts: Yale Center for Faith and Culture
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/being-living-dying-well-an-online-conversation-with-lydia-dugdale/
CATEGORIES:Church,COVID-19,Introspection,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210401T141500
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SUMMARY:A Conversation with Law Professor & Author John Inazu
DESCRIPTION:Regent College and the Regent College Bookstore are pleased to invite you to a conversation with law professor and author John Inazu. Hosted by Dr. Iwan Russell-Jones\, Mr. Inazu will be discussing his recent books Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference and Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference\, co-edited with Tim Keller. \nIn Confident Pluralism\, Mr. Inazu analyzes the current state of America\, orients the contemporary United States within its broader history\, and explores the ways that Americans can—and must—strive to live together peaceably despite our deeply engrained differences. Pluralism is one of the founding creeds of the United States—yet America’s society and legal system continues to face deep\, unsolved structural problems in dealing with differing cultural anxieties and differing viewpoints. Inazu not only argues that it is possible to cohabitate peacefully\, but also lays out realistic guidelines for our society and legal system to achieve the new American dream through civic practices that value toleration over protest\, humility over defensiveness\, and persuasion over coercion. \nIn Uncommon Ground\, John Inazu and Tim Keller bring together a variety of artists\, thinkers\, and leaders to address the question: How can Christians today interact with those around them in a way that shows respect to those whose beliefs are radically different but that also remains faithful to the gospel? \nJohn Inazu is the Sally D. Danforth Distinguished Professor of Law and Religion at Washington University in St. Louis.  He teaches criminal law\, religion and law\, and various First Amendment courses. He writes and speaks frequently to general audiences on topics of pluralism\, assembly\, free speech\, religious freedom\, and other issues. Inazu is the author of Liberty’s Refuge: The Forgotten Freedom of Assembly (Yale\, 2012) and Confident Pluralism: Surviving and Thriving Through Deep Difference (Chicago\, 2016).  He is co-editor (with Tim Keller) of Uncommon Ground: Living Faithfully in a World of Difference (Thomas Nelson\, 2020). \nDuring the event\, please submit questions to questions@regent-college.edu.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/a-conversation-with-law-professor-author-john-inazu/
CATEGORIES:Church,Community,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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