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SUMMARY:Town Halls on "Traditioned Innovation"
DESCRIPTION:Author Richard Beck will be in conversation with Cornelius Williams as we explore how we can renew traditions and practices from the past in order to improve on the present and make progress towards the future. \nDr. Richard Beck is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at Abilene Christian University. He is the author of Unclean and The Authenticity of Faith. He also writes about the intersections of psychology and theology at his popular and award-winning blog Experimental Theology. \nWe will also be joined by Courtney Dugstad\, Executive Director of Next Chapter Ministries\, the Leadership Foundation in Rochester\, MN to share the incredible work they are doing in their city to eradicate crime through holistic ministry including mentoring\, re-entry programs\, and housing.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/town-halls-on-traditioned-innovation/
CATEGORIES:Church,Education,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:What Is Unity?
DESCRIPTION:Join us tomorrow for a conversation about unity: How realistic is it? Exactly what is it? How we might strive toward it in ways top-down and bottom-up\, and what precisely is the good inherent within it\, if any? \nIt’s a back-to-basics era\, and we want to revisit some fundamental definitions. Helping us in this journey are Shadi Hamid\, Christine Emba\, and Samuel Kimbriel. We look forward to seeing you there! \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChristine Emba\nOp-Ed Columnist\,\nWashington Post\nShadi Hamid\nSenior Fellow\,\nBrookings Institution\nSamuel Kimbriel\nAuthor &\nPolitical Philosopher
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/unity/
CATEGORIES:Community,Imagining the Future,Justice,Politics,Race,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Dependence: An Online Conversation
DESCRIPTION:No man or woman is an island\, and no one should aspire to be one\, either. \nIn the new issue of Plough Quarterly “What Are Families For?”  Leah Libresco Sargeant argues that we are never truly completely autonomous and that we need a re-appreciation of weakness. In this online launch event\, join Leah as she discusses her article “Dependence: Towards an Illiberalism of the Weak” with Noah van Niel\, Atar Hadari and Peter Mommsen. \nSign up here to join them as they discuss these topics on Tuesday\, 26 January at 7:00 PM GMT.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/dependence-an-online-conversation/
CATEGORIES:Community,Family,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T133000
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SUMMARY:Division\, Decadence & Renewal: An Online Conversation with Ross Douthat
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, January 22nd in partnership with The Institute for Human Ecology\, the Harvard Christian Alumni Society\, and the Catholic Information Center\, we are delighted to welcome author and New York Times columnist Ross Douthat. \nIn Douthat’s book\, The Decadent Society\, he provides an enlightening diagnosis of our modern condition which\, he says\, has been characterized by decadence. Douthat argues that many of today’s discontents and derangements reflect a sense of futility and disappointment—a feeling that the future is not what was promised. \nAlmost a year after its original publication\, we are keen to hear from Ross on what the events of the past year have revealed about our condition and how we might serve as agents of renewal in a divisive and decadent time. \nSpecial thanks to our sponsors for this event:\nThe Institute for Human Ecology at Catholic University of America\nThe Harvard Christian Alumni Society
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/division-decadence-renewal-an-online-conversation-with-ross-douthat/
CATEGORIES:Community,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210121T211500
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SUMMARY:The Case for One More Child
DESCRIPTION:Our society’s future would be radically different if people just had as many kids as they desired. What’s stopping them? \nIn the new issue of Plough Quarterly\, “What are Families For?\,” Ross Douthat tackles the issue of falling birthrates across the Western world\, and makes the case that large families will save humanity. In this online launch event for our new issue\, join Ross as he discusses his article “The Case For One More Child” with Leah Libresco Sargeant\, Anna Louie Sussman\, Sarah Williams\, and Plough editor Peter Mommsen. \nSign up here to view this online event on YouTube on Thursday\, January 21 at 8:00 PM Eastern time.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/the-case-for-one-more-child/
CATEGORIES:Community,Family,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Facing the Anthropocene Webinar with Timothy Ingold and Norman Wirzba
DESCRIPTION:In the Facing the Anthropocene webinar series\, Duke Divinity School Professor Norman Wirzba interviews leading scholars in political economy\, history\, anthropology\, theology\, philosophy\, environmental humanities\, and law\, in order to examine the conditions under which a hopeful future might be imagined. \nTo kick off the new series on Jan. 21\, 2021\, Wirzba interviews Tim Ingold\, professor emeritus of social anthropology at the University of Aberdeen. Ingold has carried out fieldwork among Saami and Finnish people in Lapland\, and has written on environment\, technology and social organisation in the circumpolar North\, on animals in human society\, and on human ecology and evolutionary theory. Wirzba is the Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian Theology at Duke Divinity and a senior fellow at Duke University’s Kenan Institute for Ethics\, which is sponsoring the webinar series. \nRegistration information to be announced.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/facing-the-anthropocene-webinar-with-timothy-ingold-and-norman-wirzba/
CATEGORIES:Community,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Reading the Bible Right Now
DESCRIPTION:Ideas That Matter is an online lecture series hosted by Regent College this academic year with the purpose of cultivating theological engagement with contemporary issues that are particularly relevant at this cultural moment. \nFor our Reading the Bible Right Now events\, we will be welcoming theologians from inside as well as outside the Regent community to reflect on how they are reading the Bible during this season of uncertainty. They will be reflecting personally on questions such as: Where in scripture do you find hope\, encouragement\, rebuke\, or a prophetic word in light of all that is happening in the world right now? How does your rootedness in scripture prepare you to engage with the issues of our day? How does our reading of scripture help us to read our cultural moment and vice versa? \nWe invite you to join us as we welcome Dr. Carmen Joy Imes\, who will share about her own personal engagement with scripture in this season\, followed by a time of Q&A. \nDr. Carmen Joy Imes is professor of Old Testament at Prairie College in Three Hills\, Alberta. Her books include Bearing YHWH’s Name at Sinai: A Reexamination of the Name Command of the Decalogue\, Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters\, and Reading the Psalms with Augustine and Friends. She is currently working on a commentary on Exodus for Baker Academic and a book on what it means to be the image of God for IVP.  Carmen is an active member of the Canadian Society of Biblical Studies\, the Institute for Biblical Research\, the Society of Biblical Literature\, and the Evangelical Theological Society. She blogs at carmenjoyimes.blogspot.com\, Christianity Today\, and The Well\, and releases weekly Torah Tuesday videos on her YouTube channel. Regent’s very own Dr. Matthew Lynch interviewed her for the OnScript podcast\, and she’ll be teaching a course on Exodus for Regent’s 2021 Summer Programs. \nA livestream link will be posted in this space closer to the date of the event.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/reading-the-bible-right-now/
CATEGORIES:Church,Education,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210118T130000
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SUMMARY:Economic Inequality and Church Responses in the UK
DESCRIPTION:Theos’ Simon Perfect will discuss his new report\, which calls for churches to become vocal champions of greater economic equality. \nThe UK\, along with the rest of the world\, faces an unprecedented economic crisis due to the COVID–19 pandemic. The spread of the coronavirus is exacerbating deep inequalities\, hitting the poorest the hardest. The UK already has one of the highest levels of income inequality in Europe\, with the top 20% of households receiving nearly half of all disposable household income; and this is likely to get worse in the coming years.[1] As we look to rebuild the economy\, it is vital that we seize the opportunity to reduce inequalities of income and wealth. \nChurches\, and Christians more widely\, have unique contributions to make here\, going beyond their traditional focus on poverty. Economic inequality is a spiritual\, as much as a social\, problem: as Archbishop Justin Welby has said\, it is “the most destabilizing and unjust feature of our own society”.[2] \nOn 18th January at 6pm\, Theos researcher Simon Perfect will discuss these issues in an online event hosted by Justshare. Simon is the author of a new report for Theos\, Bridging the Gap: Economic Inequality and Church Responses in the UK (2020). The report argues that after the pandemic\, churches need to use their resources\, both practical and theological\, to become vocal champions of greater economic equality\, leading the national conversation about building a fairer economy. \nSimon will discuss the scale of economic inequality in the UK; the burgeoning body of social scientific research showing why high levels of inequality are bad for society; how Christian theology can help us think about the problem of economic inequality; how UK churches have already been responding to the issue\, and what more they should be doing to help bridge the gap. \nBook your free ticket here.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/economic-inequality-and-church-responses-in-the-uk/
CATEGORIES:Church,Community,Education,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:An Online Dialogue on Killing In Our Name Federal Executions and Pro-life Witness
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe day of the discussion\, all who have RSVP’d will receive an email with a link and step-by-step instructions on how to join the livestream. \n\n\n\nAs the end of his administration approaches\, President Trump has restarted the use of the federal death penalty. Since July there have been 10 executions with another three before he leaves office. These federal executions are the first in 17 years and raise critical moral\, human\, and policy choices for the nation and a new presidential administration. \nIn the United States\, executions and death sentences have declined dramatically\, and public support for capital punishment is at historic lows. Catholic teaching against capital punishment is rooted in our recognition of the inherent dignity of each person and in the sanctity of human life. Pope John Paul II appealed for an end to the death penalty during a visit to the United States\, and Pope Benedict XVI spoke even more strongly\, calling on world leaders to “make every effort to eliminate the death penalty.” In line with his predecessors\, Pope Francis called for the abolition of the death penalty in his U.S. visit to Congress in 2015\, and in 2018 he revised the Catechism of the Catholic Church to state that “the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person\,” a teaching he underscored in his recent encyclical letter Fratelli Tutti. \nThis Public Dialogue\, co-sponsored by the Catholic Mobilizing Network and Georgetown’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life\, will bring together a U.S. bishop\, a Christian pastor\, and two national advocates for ending capital punishment to explore how the principles of Catholic social thought can offer direction and urgency in ending the death penalty\, both in the United States and worldwide. \nParticipants: \n\nBishop Daniel Flores is the bishop of Brownsville\, Texas\, and the chair-elect of the Committee on Doctrine of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). He recently wrote an article in America on King Herod and America’s sinful acceptance of the death penalty.\nKrisanne Vaillancourt Murphy is the executive director of the Catholic Mobilizing Network\, which seeks to end the use of the death penalty in the United States and promotes restorative justice. She has over 25 years of experience working in national level\, faith-based policy advocacy and is co-author of Advocating for Justice: An Evangelical Vision for Transforming Systems and Structures (2016).\nSr. Helen Prejean\, CSJ\, is a leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty and has been instrumental in sparking national dialogue on capital punishment and in shaping the Catholic Church’s vigorous opposition to all executions. She is the author of Dead Man Walking (1994)\, The Death of Innocents (2004)\, and River of Fire (2019).\nRev. Dr. Jack Sullivan\, Jr. is the executive director of the Ohio Council of Churches and is an ordained minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Rev. Sullivan’s sister was murdered in 1997\, yet his family rejects the use of the death penalty for the person responsible. He is a nationally known speaker\, social justice advocate\, and death penalty opponent.\n\nJohn Carr\, director of the Initiative\, will moderate the dialogue. \nThis dialogue will have closed captions. For all other accommodation requests\, please email cathsocialthought@georgetown.edu by January 7. A good faith effort will be made to fulfill requests. \nThis online Public Dialogue is co-sponsored by the Catholic Mobilizing Network and the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/an-online-dialogue-on-killing-in-our-name-federal-executions-and-pro-life-witness/
CATEGORIES:Community,Learning From the Past,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Waiting on the Word with Malcom Guite
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, December 18th in partnership with The Rabbit Room\, The C.S. Lewis Foundation\, and Regent College we are delighted to host the renowned poet\, singer-songwriter\, and Anglican priest Malcom Guite\, whose poetic works have been described by former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams as offering “deep resources for prayer and meditation to the reader.” \nThrough his poetry\, Malcolm aims to restore a quietness\, inner peace\, and willingness to wait unfulfilled in the dark for light to come. Practicing Advent\, Malcolm says\, is a countercultural and subversive act. He says\, “reclaiming Advent’s rich fast will restore meaning to the even richer feast when Christmas comes.” A week before Christmas\, we’ll discuss the work of waiting\, the nature of our wonder-filled faith\, and the hope of the incarnation. We hope you’ll join us for our final Online Conversation this Advent season! \nSpecial thanks to Barbara Bryant for her sponsorship of this event!
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/waiting-on-the-word-with-malcom-guite/
CATEGORIES:Art,Church,Education,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201129T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201129T193000
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SUMMARY:Celebrate the Living Legacy of Dorothy Day
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the Living Legacy of Dorothy Day \na Hunger for God\na Striving for Goodness\na Passion for Justice \non the 40th anniversary of her death\nSunday\, November 29\, 2020 \nPlease join in a virtual conversation from 6-7:30pm ET with David Brooks\, Anne Snyder\, and Paul Elie. \nTogether we will reflect on how in a time of pandemic and strife\, 40 years after her death\, Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker inspire holiness and community. \nThis special event is free\, but registration is necessary. \nSponsored by the Dorothy Day Guild in partnership with America Media
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/celebrate-the-living-legacy-of-dorothy-day/
CATEGORIES:Art,Learning From the Past,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201118T100000
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CREATED:20201109T210739Z
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SUMMARY:Healing A Fractured World: A Leadership Foundations Town Hall Series
DESCRIPTION:Join Leadership Foundations for a 5 week series of conversations with thought leaders and local practitioners around what we can do to heal our fractured world. \nGuest speaker: Katherine Haley\, VP of Programs at Philanthropy Roundtable \nWednesdays\, Oct. 21 – Nov. 18\n10am ET
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/healing-a-fractured-world-a-leadership-foundations-town-hall-series/
CATEGORIES:Church,Justice,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T201500
DTSTAMP:20260504T102521
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SUMMARY:Renewing America’s Social Fabric: How to Foster Hope and Reconciliation in our Communities
DESCRIPTION:A private webinar for students\, faculty\, and partners\, hosted by AEI’s Initiative on Faith & Public Life\nTuesday\, November 17\, 2020 | 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM ET \nOver the course of 2020\, American society has been rocked by a global pandemic\, racial injustice\, social unrest\, and economic uncertainty. Even more troubling\, these particular crises have uncovered deeper societal ills—including deep-seated sentiments of distrust and despair—which have been brewing for decades. We usually look to government for the solutions to these problems\, but with a divisive election season now behind us\, where else can we focus our efforts? What role can individuals and communities play in tackling these challenges and renewing our social fabric? \nWe invite you to join AEI’s Initiative on Faith & Public Life for an inspiring and practical conversation about how creative local initiatives can restore hope\, foster reconciliation\, and rebuild our communities. The discussion will feature Anne Snyder\, the author of The Fabric of Character and editor-in-chief of Comment magazine; Joe Nail and Benya Kraus of Lead for America\, an organization that creates community-centered public service programs that equip young people to invest in their home towns; and David Bailey\, the executive director of Arrabon\, an organization that provides Christian leaders and their communities with the resources to effectively engage in the work of reconciliation. \nThe discussion will be hosted as a private Zoom webinar and is primarily intended for college students\, faculty\, and partners in our network. If possible\, we ask that you include your affiliation (school or workplace) in the “Organization” field when registering. \nAgenda\n7:00 pm\nOpening remarks:\nTyler Castle\, AEI \n7:05 pm\nDiscussion \nPanelists:\nDavid Bailey\, Arrabon\nBenya Kraus\, Lead for America\nJoe Nail\, Lead for America\nAnne Snyder\, Comment \n7:50 pm\nQ&A \n8:15 pm\nEvent concludes \nContact Information\nAryana Petrosky Roberts | Aryana.Petrosky@aei.org
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/renewing-americas-social-fabric-how-to-foster-hope-and-reconciliation-in-our-communities/
CATEGORIES:Church,Community,COVID-19,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Healing a Fractured World: A Leadership Foundations Town Hall Series
DESCRIPTION:Join Leadership Foundations for a 5 week series of conversations with thought leaders and local practitioners around what we can do to heal our fractured world. \nGuest speaker: Peter Wehner\, VP of the Ethics and Public Policy Center \nWednesdays\, Oct. 21 – Nov. 18\n10am ET
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/healing-a-fractured-world/
CATEGORIES:Community,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201110T130000
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SUMMARY:An Online Dialogue on Faith and the Faithful in the 2020 Election: What Happened? Why? What Now?
DESCRIPTION:A week after the United States’ election day\, this online Georgetown dialogue will bring together respected reporters and experts on faith and politics to examine how religious values\, voters\, and communities shaped the debate and affected the outcome of the presidential election. They will also look back at what issues\, strategies\, and tactics were used by the Trump and Biden campaigns and how effective they were.This conversation will also look ahead to whether and how the nation can come together after the election and the roles of religious believers and communities in defending human life and dignity\, lifting up “the least of these\,” protecting our democracy\, and pursuing the common good.\n\n\n\n\nYamiche Alcindor (C’09) (invited) is the White House correspondent for the PBS NewsHour and a political contributor to NBC News and MSNBC. She is the 2020 recipient of the Aldo Beckman Award for Overall Excellence in White House Coverage from the White House Correspondents’ Association. She previously was a reporter for the New York Times\, covering politics and social justice issues.\nElizabeth Dias is a national correspondent for the New York Times covering faith\, values\, and the 2020 elections. With degrees from Wheaton College and Princeton Theological Seminary\, she is the 2016 recipient of the Hunt Prize for Excellence in Journalism\, Arts\, and Letters from America.\nElana Schor is a national reporter for religion and politics for the Associated Press. She is a former reporter for POLITICO\, The Hill\, The Guardian\, and Greenwire where she covered issues from climate change to criminal justice reform.\nMark Shields is a weekly political commentator for the PBS NewsHour and syndicated political columnist. A graduate of Notre Dame and a former U.S. Marine\, he has covered the last 12 presidential campaigns.\nChristopher White is the national correspondent for National Catholic Reporter where he has covered the Catholic dimensions of the 2020 campaign. He is a former reporter for Crux and The Tablet newspaper of the diocese of Brooklyn.\n\n\nJohn Carr\, director of the Initiative\, will moderate the dialogue. \nThis dialogue will have live closed captioning. For all other accommodation requests\, please email cathsocialthought@georgetown.eduby November 9\, 2020. A good-faith effort will be made to fulfill requests. \nThis Public Dialogue is part of the Initiative’s Faith and the Faithful series. It is co-sponsored by Bread for the World and is supported by the Democracy Fund. \nThe day of the discussion\, all who have RSVP’d will receive an email with a link and step-by-step instructions on how to join the livestream.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/an-online-dialogue-on-faith-and-the-faithful-in-the-2020-election-what-happened-why-what-now/
CATEGORIES:Community,Justice,Politics,Race,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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SUMMARY:Preserving Democracy Amidst Deep Division
DESCRIPTION:The Trinity Forum in partnership with Montgomery Bell Academy and St. Paul Christian Academy are pleased to present Preserving Democracy Amidst Deep Difference\, a virtual event with Robert P. George and Cornel West on Monday\, October 26th at 8:00 p.m. ET. \nDrs. West and George would seem to have little in common politically\, ideologically\, or stylistically. But they share a deep friendship\, a common faith\, and a long-standing collaboration to encourage “the cultivation and practice of the virtues of intellectual humility\, openness of mind\, and above all\, love of truth.” \nWhile every election brings uncertainty and anxiety\, the events of this year seem particularly divisive and alienating. Tribalism and unrest have\, in many cases\, shaken public confidence in the strength of democratic principles. George and West show\, as well as tell\, how friendship across difference is good for the soul\, as well as good for the country — a message particularly salient in our polarized time. \nSpecial thanks to this event’s sponsors:\nBetsy and Larry Roadman\nSteve and Jan Riven
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/preserving-democracy-amidst-deep-division/
CATEGORIES:Community,Justice,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201021T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201021T070000
DTSTAMP:20260504T102521
CREATED:20201019T130923Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T135947Z
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SUMMARY:Healing A Fractured World: A Series of Leadership Foundations Town Halls
DESCRIPTION:Each Wednesday\, October 21-November 18 \nJoin us as we come together at the intersection of thought leadership and praxis.The world can seem out of control as we try to manage a worldwide pandemic\, make progress on racial injustice\, and repair the deep polarization that exists across the globe. In this 5 part series\, we will explore a range of topics as we attempt to reimagine community together in light of the current crises. In short\, and to borrow a phrase from Rabbi Jonathan Sacks\, how to heal a fractured world. \nHEALING A FRACTURED WORLD SPEAKER LINEUP:  \nOctober 21: Ernest Brooks\, Isaacson\, Miller \nOctober 28: Rev. Lucas Johnson\, Executive Director\, On Being’s Civil Conversation Project \nNovember 4: Bill Milliken\, Board Member\, Leadership Foundations \nNovember 11: To Be Announced \nNovember 18: To Be Announced
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/healing-a-fractured-world-a-series-of-leadership-foundations-town-halls/
CATEGORIES:Community,COVID-19,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201020T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201020T190000
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SUMMARY:For Love of Neighbor: Politics for the Common Good
DESCRIPTION:Hosted in partnership with Q Ideas\, this virtual premiere will feature an exclusive screening of the film\, followed by a discussion with Katelyn Beaty\, Arthur Brooks\, and Justin Giboney.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/for-love-of-neighbor-politics-for-the-common-good/
CATEGORIES:Art,Introspection,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201016T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201016T133000
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CREATED:20200928T161335Z
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SUMMARY:Christianity & the Case for Democracy
DESCRIPTION:The Trinity Forum will partner with Duke Divinity School on Friday\, October 16th for an Online Conversation with Luke Bretherton\, Deondra Rose\, and Anne Snyder Brooks discussing Bretherton’s recent work\, ‘Christ and the Common Life: Political Theology and the Case for Democracy.’ \nBretherton says of Political Theology\, “…it is an interpretive art for discovering faithful\, hopeful\, and loving judgements about how to act together in response to shared problems.” As the election rapidly approaches it is important to take time to reflect on our understanding of what politics are for\, and consider how to “create and sustain a common life oriented to mutual flourishing.” Luke\, Deondra\, and Anne will help us do just that. We hope you will join us!
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/christianity-the-case-for-democracy/
CATEGORIES:Church,Community,Introspection,Politics,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201015T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201015T183000
DTSTAMP:20260504T102521
CREATED:20201013T111016Z
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SUMMARY:The Church\, the State\, and the Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:The COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting quarantine restrictions have impacted many aspects of our lives. Faith communities in particular have faced restrictions on public worship and on their community outreach and have had to adapt. Some argue these restrictions to be reasonable while others see them as unreasonable limits on religious freedom. \nDetails\nWhat have we learned from the past 7 months about the duties of the civil authorities to churches and other faith communities during a time of quarantine? What are the duties of churches and faith communities? What role must churches and other faith communities play in addressing the significant challenges we face in maintaining our common life as citizens? \nPlease join the Cardus Religious Freedom Institute as we explore these questions with three leading commentators. \nPresenters:\nDr. Moira McQueen\, Canadian Catholic Bioethics Institute (CRFI Advisory Board)\nDr. Tim Lau\, Faculty of Medicine\, University of Ottawa\nProf. Douglas Farrow\, McGill University (CRFI Advisory Board) \nModerator:\nRev. Dr. Andrew Bennett\, Director of the Cardus Religious Freedom Institute (CRFI)
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/the-church-the-state-and-the-pandemic/
CATEGORIES:Church,Community,COVID-19,Learning From the Past,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201008T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201008T200000
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CREATED:20201001T163726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210522T140426Z
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SUMMARY:Racial Justice: Why?
DESCRIPTION:Speakers\nDehlia Umunna – Clinical Professor of Law at Harvard Law School\nJennifer Lackey – Professor of Philosophy at Northwestern University \nModerator\nTony Lin – Vice President of Institutional Advancement and Research at New York Theological Seminary \nAt this moment\, the intensified movement for racial justice has brought the need for systemic transformation into the mainstream. Yet\, amidst the influx of information and many calls to action\, we believe there can be more dialogue in the space of dreaming forward and imagining a more just and loving future. In this forum\, we look to deepen our reflections as individuals and as people in community with one another in higher education. Questions we seek to explore: What role do academic institutions play\, if at all\, in the pursuit of racial justice? How might we\, as members in an academic community\, engage in meaningful dialogue and action with each other and in our other communities? \nHosted by teams at New York University\, Harvard Law School\, and Northwestern University\, and co-hosted by teams at University of California\, Berkeley and Brown University.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/racial-justice-why/
CATEGORIES:Community,Justice,Politics,Race
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201008T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201008T183000
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CREATED:20200929T182843Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210524T182335Z
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SUMMARY:Contemplation in an Age of Distraction: Wisdom from St. Augustine
DESCRIPTION:The Thomistic Institute at Yale University presents a lecture on “Contemplation in an Age of Distraction: Wisdom from St. Augustine” by Prof. Zena Hitz of St. John’s College\, Annapolis. \nAbout the speaker:\nZena Hitz is a Tutor at St. John’s College where she teaches across the liberal arts.  She is interested in defending intellectual activity for its own sake\, as against its use for economic or political goals.  Her forthcoming book\, Intellectual Life\, is rooted in essays that have appeared in First Things\, Modern Age\, and The Washington Post.  Her scholarly work has focused on the political thought of Plato and Aristotle\, especially the question of how law cultivates or fails to cultivate human excellence.  She received an MPhil in Classics from Cambridge and studied Social Thought and Philosophy at the University of Chicago before finishing her PhD in Philosophy at Princeton.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/contemplation-in-an-age-of-distraction-wisdom-from-st-augustine/
CATEGORIES:Learning From the Past,Technology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201007T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201007T130000
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CREATED:20200929T182600Z
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SUMMARY:The Last Plague: Thinking about God\, Justice\, and Evil in the Old Testament
DESCRIPTION:The Thomistic Institute at Texas A&M University presents a lecture by Fr. Thomas Joseph White of the Angelicum titled “The Last Plague: Thinking about God\, Justice\, and Evil in the Old Testament.” \nThis lecture will be on Zoom. Register to receive Zoom credentials. Eventbrite will send a confirmation email with those credentials. Check below “Additional Information.” \nAbout the speaker:\nFr. Thomas Joseph White\, O.P. is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University\, and has research interests in metaphysics\, Christology\, Trinitarian theology\, and the theology of grace. His books include The Incarnate Lord\, A Thomistic Study in Christology (2015) and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (2017). He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and in 2011 was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 2019 Fr. White was named a McDonald Agape Foundation Distinguished Scholar.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/the-last-plague-thinking-about-god-justice-and-evil-in-the-old-testament/
CATEGORIES:Church,Justice,Learning From the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201006T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201006T120000
DTSTAMP:20260504T102521
CREATED:20200929T182112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210524T182426Z
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SUMMARY:A Student Summa Theologiae Reading Group: St. Thomas Aquinas on the Virtue of Fortitude
DESCRIPTION:Led by Dr. Thomas Hibbs (President\, University of Dallas) \nTuesdays & Thursdays\, 12:00pm – 1:00pm EST \nSept. 15 – Oct. 8\, 2020 \nThis Student Summa Theologiae Reading Group will examine the virtue of fortitude as presented in the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. Reading groups gather once or twice a week via Zoom for relaxed\, 1-2 hour discussions\, working their way through a few articles of the Summa Theologiae or another of Aquinas’s major works each week.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/a-student-summa-theologiae-reading-group-st-thomas-aquinas-on-the-virtue-of-fortitude/
CATEGORIES:Education,Learning From the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201005T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201005T200000
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CREATED:20200929T181728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210524T182449Z
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SUMMARY:Livestream : Hilbilly Tourism: Flannery O'Connor's Vision of Grace
DESCRIPTION:The Thomistic Institute and the Catholic Information Center present a livestreamed lecture with Prof. Jennifer Frey of the University of South Carolina titled “Hillbilly Thomism: Flannery O’Connor’s Vision of Grace.” \nThis lecture will be livestreamed through YouTube\, Facebook\, and Zoom. \nAbout the Speaker\nJennifer A. Frey (University of South Carolina) received her BA from Indiana University in Bloomington Indiana in 2000\, and her PhD at the University of Pittsburgh in 2012. In 2013 she was Collegiate Assistant Professor and Harper Schmidt Fellow at the University of Chicago prior to taking up her current appointment as Assistant Professor in the Philosophy department at the University of South Carolina. Jennifer’s research interests lie at the intersection of virtue ethics and action theory. She has publications in The Journal of the History of Philosophy\, The Journal of Analytic Philosophy\, and in several edited volumes. She is the recipient of several grants\, including coa 2.1 million dollar project awarded by the John Templeton Foundation\, titled “Virtue\, Happiness\, and Meaning in Life.” She is currently at work on three separate book projects.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/livestream-hilbilly-tourism-flannery-oconnors-vision-of-grace/
CATEGORIES:Art,Learning From the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201005T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201005T200000
DTSTAMP:20260504T102521
CREATED:20200924T160539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210524T182535Z
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SUMMARY:Between Pandemic and Protest: Exploring the Future of Liberal Arts in Higher Education
DESCRIPTION:COVID-19 has been apocalyptic for higher education\, presenting a cliff made still taller by a powerful protest movement. Both events have intensified pressures long squeezing the survival of the liberal arts as a viable educational model\, highlighting both the urgency and the elusiveness of moral formation in a twenty-first century education. How might those invested in preserving the liberal arts proceed? Might this year in all its drama present a tipping point for good? \nOn Monday\, October 5 at 7:00 p.m. ET\, join us for a roundtable conversation on the enduring value of the liberal arts as we consider our society beyond 2020. \n  \nFrancis Su Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics\, Harvey Mudd College \nJeffrey Bilbro Associate Professor of English\,Editor-in-Chief of Front Porch Republic \nJessica Hooten Wilson Louise Cowan Scholar in Residence\, University of Dallas \nAnne SnyderEditor-in-Chief ofBreaking Ground andComment Magazine \nDavid Henreckson Director\, Leadership and Service\, Valparaiso University
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/between-pandemic-and-protest-exploring-the-future-of-liberal-arts-in-higher-education/
CATEGORIES:COVID-19,Education,Imagining the Future
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201005T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201005T133000
DTSTAMP:20260504T102521
CREATED:20200928T155959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210524T182612Z
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SUMMARY:Brothers and Sisters All: Pope Francis’ New Encyclical on Human Fraternity and Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:This dialogue with a distinguished group of leaders will address the themes of Pope Francis’ new encyclical Fratelli Tutti and the letter’s call to recognize that we are all brothers and sisters at a time of a global pandemic\, economic crises\, and a United States presidential election.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/brothers-and-sisters-all-pope-francis-new-encyclical-on-human-fraternity-and-solidarity/
CATEGORIES:Church,Community,Learning From the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201005T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201005T120000
DTSTAMP:20260504T102521
CREATED:20200928T160836Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210524T182719Z
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SUMMARY:Augustine's vision for Christians and society: a reset for fraught times?
DESCRIPTION:Injustice and unrest proliferate. Divided society crumbles amid unsolvable challenges. Alienation and fear perennially prosper… again. In 410 AD\, Romans faced to them what was the unthinkable when Goths sacked their ‘eternal city\,’ Turmoil abounded – pagans blamed Christians for their ‘Christian times\,’ Christians roiled to dismay asked why God had allowed catastrophe. Both believed Rome to be exceptional. Augustine waded into this angst and toxic mix with his City of God. It challenged the mythic ideas and misplaced loyalties of both the pagans and the Christians\, offering a vision of society that might prove sage in our own fraught times. \nAfter the lecture\, there will be a chance to hear briefly about opportunities for coming to Oxford virtually and in person.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/augustines-vision-for-christians-and-society-a-reset-for-fraught-times/
CATEGORIES:Church,Community,Learning From the Past
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201002T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201002T133000
DTSTAMP:20260504T102521
CREATED:20200928T155542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210524T182751Z
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SUMMARY:Breaking Bread with the Dead\, with Alan Jacobs
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome back to an Online Conversation Distinguished Professor Alan Jacobs to discuss his recently released book Breaking Bread with the Dead: a Reader’s Guide to a More Tranquil Mind. Jacobs will encourage us to engage with voices of the past to gain wisdom for the present. \nJacobs says\, “this is precisely the kind of moment when we need to take some time to step back from the fire hose of alarming news. As we try to manage our dispositions\, we need two things. First\, we need perspective; second\, we need tranquility. And it’s voices from the past that can give us both—even when they say things we don’t want to hear\, and when those voices belong to people who have done bad things. These figures from the past are willing to speak to us when we are willing to listen. They may sometimes speak words of offense\, but they may also speak words of wisdom that we either never knew or have forgotten.” \nWe hope you will join us for this conversation considering the virtues of interrogating the writings of the wise and pursuing a tranquil mind through reading.
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/breaking-bread-with-the-dead-with-alan-jacobs/
CATEGORIES:Education,Learning From the Past,Seeing Clearly and Deeply
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201001T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201001T190000
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CREATED:20200928T155203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210524T182816Z
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SUMMARY:"Sister of the Four" – a play
DESCRIPTION:“Sister of the Four” – a play\n\nWatch online the world premiere of a new two-act COVID-themed play by Eugene Vodolazkin\, the author of Laurus. Witty and Kafka-esque\, this is at least the beginning of an answer to the question of “What effect will COVID have on literature?”
URL:https://breakingground.us/event/sister-of-the-four-a-play/
CATEGORIES:Art,COVID-19,Imagining the Future
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