A pastor behind bars for nonviolent protest, discouraged by the unequal treatment of races, theorizing about what it would mean to live in a fair society — this was Martin Luther King Jr. in his
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Before Michael E. Hill became president of Chautauqua Institution, he was president and CEO of Youth For Understanding USA. Hill and his former boss Daryl Weinert, chair of the board of trustees for YFU, talked
Mystic Heart teachers are breathing new life into Week Five of the program. Meditation sessions with Kim Hehr will take place from 7:15 to 8 a.m., and again with Subagh Singh Khalsa from 8:15 to
Religious advocates have been working for three centuries to promote a common good. Among their campaigns have been messages of multireligious understanding, economic well-being, safety for migrants and refugees, universal education and an end to
Twenty-five years ago, Bosnia-Herzegovina’s religious communities were experiencing “the fevers of ethnic nationalism.” William Vendley, secretary general of Religions for Peace International, shared this history with the audience at his lecture “Shared Well-Being: An Emergent
Winter 2001 was freezing for Muslims. Akbar AhmedJuly 20: This article has been updated to reflect the correct photo of Akbar Ahmed., former Pakistani high commissioner to the U.K. and Ireland, felt the wind’s chill,
For Larry Greenfield, arts and crafts are two very separate things. Greenfield, executive director of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, addressed his concept of “religion craft” as part of Week Four’s Interfaith Lecture Series,
Bill Moyers loves community. He has spent his whole life trying to form it, even when he is the only one in front of the camera and everyone else is on the receiving end. “Ours
Rabbi Sid Schwarz thinks even when the Jewish community is opaque in nature, millennials see right through it. His lecture, titled “Religion, Identity and Communities of Meaning,” touched on this as part of Week Three’s
John Pulleyn thinks Zen meditation is like sitting and staring into a fire. Pulleyn, the head of Rochester Zen Center’s meditation hall, plans to teach this idea, along with several others, to participants of the
To open his lecture, Greg Epstein told two stories. In his essay titled “Once More to the Lake,” E.B. White, author of Charlotte’s Web, wrote about the “dizzying feeling” he experienced when he and his
It took the Rev. Susan K. Smith almost 24 hours to get from Columbus to Chautauqua Institution. But despite several flights on standby, she arrived about an hour prior to her speech on “The Failure
Robert Jones thinks “white Christian America” has died. And he wrote the obituary to prove it. Jones, the author of The End of White Christian America and founder of the Public Religion Research Institute, grieved
During the 2016 presidential election, E.J. Dionne Jr. told NPR listeners he wanted a “Make America Empathetic Again” baseball cap. A week later, he was sent such a hat by one of his listeners. Dionne,
Ten years ago, Barbara Williams-Skinner and the Rev. Douglas Birdsall could not have spoken to an audience on the topic of race. Williams-Skinner was too angry but has since, she said, received the grace of
This week’s Mystic Heart Meditation Program sessions will be led by Sharifa Felicia Norton and Muinuddin Charles Smith, retreat guides of the Sufi tradition, and by Jim Leff, a specialist in the Aramaic version of