interfaith lecture preview

In a world roiled by conflict, Hardy Merriman wants to project a message of hope. “I want to talk about the emerging challenge of rising authoritarianism in the world, and declining democracies,” said Merriman, an

Alper If nothing else, Rabbi Bob Alper wants his lecture audience to know the meaning of the word “religion.” “I’ll be talking about the importance of life-cycle events and the importance of humor in those

Richard Rohr, author of “The Divine Dance.”. Photo courtesy of Whitaker House It’s Fr. Richard Rohr, OFM’s, opinion that in life’s beginning, people need structure — they need continuity, predictability and impulse control before they can

Amy Brown Hughs Amy Brown Hughes was hesitant to start on the path of becoming a theologian. With an age-old narrative that largely excluded women from the field, her classrooms lacked the representation she needed to