June 5, 2012, 8:15 AM – 9:15 AM, keynote address “Spirituality and Health:  An Epidemiologist’s Perspective” 26th Annual Thomas Nevola, M.D., Symposium on Spirituality and Health Colby College Waterville, ME  04901 CONTACT:  Dr. Frederic C. Craigie, Jr. (frederic.craigie@mainegeneral.org)

April 1, 2012, 11:00 AM, invited lecture “Judaism and Health:  New Initiatives at HUC and in the Reform Movement” Temple Beth Sholom 4200 SW Munson Ave. Topeka, KS  66604 CONTACT:  Patty Foster (785-272-6400, or admin@templebethsholomtopeka.org)  

Does Religion Contribute to the Common Good? With special guest Byron Johnson, author of “More God, Less Crime” Friday, March 2 Food service begins at 11:30 am Program begins promptly at noon First Baptist Church downtown 108 W. College Avenue Tallahassee, FL (enter from either the Adams Street or Duval Street Welcome Center entrance)   [...]

This four-part seminar series brings scholars, religious leaders and other experts from across the nation and around the world to Butler for discussions about the intersection of religion and major issues of our time. The seminar meets throughout the academic year for evening presentations and question-and-answer sessions. All sessions are 7-9 p.m. Most sessions are in [...]

From the perspective of one who values freedom of choice, individualism, and the market, the proliferation of new translations and paraphrases of the Bible must seem, on the whole, a good thing. From a perspective that places a greater value on theological probity, spiritual understanding in the laity, and coherence in the witness of the [...]

by Patrick Allitt | February 1, 2012 Is it true that the Bible teaches peace and the Koran war? Only if you approach the books selectively, taking the gentlest of Jesus’ teachings and setting them against the harshest of Muhammad’s. Philip Jenkins’ challenging new book Laying Down the Sword shows that the Bible contains incitements [...]

February 15, 2012BY PHILIP JENKINS Although I have never claimed to be very statistically oriented, one number in particular fascinates me as a way of understanding the world, and that is: 2.1. Specifically, that is the crucial figure when looking at a society’s fertility rate, the average number of children that a typical woman will [...]

The Baylor University History department welcomes you to a lecture by Catherine Brekus Thursday, March 1, 2012 3:30 p.m. Morrison Hall, Room 120 Dr Brekus is Associate Professor of the History of Christianity in the Divinity School; Associate Faculty in the Department of History teaches American religious history. She is the author of Strangers and [...]

February 10, 2012 More God, Less Crime by Kerby Anderson   Faith-based organizations and people of faith can make a profound impact on the crime rate and the recidivism rate in our prisons. This is the argument that renowned criminologist Byron Johnson makes in his book, More God, Less Crime. He is a professor at [...]

Philip Jenkins Every few weeks, it seems, Islam makes headlines in the U.S., whether the topic is a television show like All-American Muslim, a state prohibiting Sharia law, or just a grandstanding platform statement in a primary. No less predictable are the basic arguments: Islam is evil, violent and repressive in its basic nature, and [...]