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Louis Newman, John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religious Studies and Associate Dean of the College, will be interviewed on Krista Tippett’s NPR program, “On Being” (formerly called,…

Anne E. Patrick, William H. Laird Professor of Religion and the Liberal Arts, Emerita, has published two online articles recently: “Women in the Church in the Age of Francis,” and…

Roger Jackson, John W. Nason Professor of Asian Studies and Religion, published three articles over the summer: “Did Tsongkhapa Teach Mahāmudrā?” came out in Zentralasiatische Studien (Bonn), while revised versions of his…

Lori Pearson, Professor of Religion, presented a chapter on “Gender and Embodiment” at Oxford University for a workshop on “Dimensions of Nineteenth-Century Christian Thought” on June 22, and gave a…

ALWAYS LOST:  A MEDITATION ON WAR  – EXHIBITION RUNS FROM OCT. 13-24 WEITZ 148 – 7:30pm “War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.” – Gertrude Stein In fall…

The Spring Barbour Lecture is planned to honor the late Professor Ian Barbour, emeritus.  Guest panelists of five distinguished scholars will take the stage on the Weitz Center for Creativity Cinema to discuss topics that were central to the intellectual work of Ian Barbour:  theology and evolution; environmental ethics; process philosophy; and ethics, technology, and the human person.

The scholars are: 

Philip Clayton, Claremont School of Theology

Celia Deane-Drummond, University of Notre Dame

Nancy Howell, St. Paul School of Theology

Ted Peters, Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary

Bob Russell, Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, CA)

The sponsors of this event are the Religion Department, the Office of the President, Dean of the College Office, Elizabeth Nason Distinguished Women Visitor’s Fund and ENTS.