Joan Chittister believes every major institution in American society, including marriage, family, government, education, work and church, is in a “state of turmoil, breakdown, division and decline.” However, she has a game plan to turn
In the fifth edition, July 27, of the Interfaith Friday Series, the Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, vice president of religion, moderated a number of questions with interfaith advocate Simran Jeet Singh, who represented Sikhism.
Corey D. B. Walker discusses the ethics of dissent in his lecture "Is America Possible?: An Ethics of Dissent in an Empire of Dissent" on Thursday, July 26, 2018, in the Hall of Philosophy. ABIGAIL
Kim Hehr This week’s Mystic Heart Meditation Program sessions will be led by Jim Leff, an Aramaic prayer specialist, and Kim Hehr, a Kundalini Yoga meditation teacher. The Mystic Heart Meditation Program is an initiative
The minute Sally Kohn’s 9-year-old daughter, Willa, was told ethics were the study of right and wrong, she knew there was no way it could be that simple. To Willa, even though people can be
At different times and in different places, Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., two of the world’s most influential leaders of social change, found the power of peace through an essay published on the
The Rev. Otis Moss III. Monday, July 23, 2018 in the Hall of Philosophy. RILEY ROBINSON/ STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER With great power comes great responsibility, and the only people who know that better than superheroes are
In the fourth edition of the Interfaith Friday Series, the Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, vice president of religion, moderated a number of questions with interfaith advocate Rabbi Burton Visotzky, who represented the Conservative Judaism
Gorbachev, Lenin, Stalin and Putin went beyond imagining the godless world John Lennon sang about — they built it. At 2 p.m. Thursday, July 19, in the Hall of Philosophy, Ori Z. Soltes, a professor
Although their styles of meditation are different, Subagh Singh Khalsa and Kim Hehr share the same goal for Week Five of the Mystic Heart Meditation Program: to guide participants in living a more mindful life.
As a Russian, American, Jew and member of the LGBT community, Masha Gessen has never been one to stay inside the lines. The same goes for Gessen’s career. Gessen is an author, translator and activist
Georgetown University Professor Ori Z. Soltes speaks during the Afternoon Lecture on Wednesday, July 18, 2018 in the Hall of Philosophy. HALDAN KIRSCH/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Joseph Stalin was not shaped by the Russian Revolution. He was
It was once known as “Holy Russia,” a land filled with spiritual heritage that was strongly in touch with the oldest traditions of Orthodox Christianity. But around the turn of the 20th century, this picture-perfect
Jam-packed days of worship, learning and play at the Institution have come to an end for the International Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons scholarship recipients, and they are far from ready to say
The Hebrew Congregation of Chautauqua recently sponsored a field trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum for a group of six students and seven Holocaust history and literature teachers from Chautauqua Lake Central School
Ori Z. Soltes has never encountered a country as religiously obsessed as the United States, a country that prides itself in its separation of church and state. With one exception: Russia. Soltes, a professor at