Department of Religion Interfaith Lecture Series

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Department of Religion Interfaith Lecture Series

It is the designed intention of the Department of Religion that the 2 p.m. lectures focus on issues that impact the lived experience of everyday life from theological, ethical, moral, humanitarian, philosophical and religious perspectives. It is also policy that the lecture platform continue with its longstanding tradition of being interfaith both in focus and in selection of speakers. Because of the Institution’s strong commitment to Chautauqua’s Abrahamic Program, this focus manifests most frequently in representation from the Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions, with occasional voices from the Eastern Religions to expand the reach. While honoring its Christian roots, Chautauqua offers to the world a much needed example of what it means to live with and to respond to contemporary religious pluralism, and the Department of Religion through its programs demonstrates accordingly the perspective that inclusivity is the mark of faithful religious life and teaching. Hide full description

It is the designed intention of the Department of Religion that the 2 p.m. lectures focus on issues that impact the lived experience of everyday life from theological, ethical, moral, humanitarian, philosophical and religious perspectives. It is also policy that the lecture platform continue with its longstanding tradition of being interfaith both in focus and in selection of speakers. Because of the Institution’s strong commitment to Chautauqua’s Abrahamic Program, this focus manifests most frequently in representation from the Jewish, Christian and Muslim traditions, with occasional voices from the Eastern Religions to expand the reach. While honoring its Christian roots, Chautauqua offers to the world a much needed example of what it means to live with and to respond to... Show full description


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Laurie L. Patton is president of Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont. An authority on South Asian history, culture, and religion, she is the ...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 01:19:49
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Rohinton M. Rivetna is the founding trustee and past VP of the Council of the Parliament of the World’s Religions, was founding president of the Fe...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 01:09:15
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Kelly Bulkeley, Ph.D., is a psychologist of religion focusing on dreams and dreaming. He is director of the Sleep and Dream Database (SDDb), a Sen...

  • Added: Jun 30, 2017
  • Length: 01:15:29
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Cantor / Hazzan Michael Weis joined Brotherhood Synagogue in Manhattan after having served as cantor for the Highland Park Conservative Temple-Cong...

  • Added: Aug 26, 2016
  • Length: 01:11:04
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Steven Darsey is a student of southern vernacular sacred song and employs these in choral arrangements, concerts, and worship services. As artistic...

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  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 01:12:48
  • Purchases: 1
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Rev. Dr. Dwight Andrews, Chaplain of the Week for Week Nine, and Jared Jacobsen, Chautauqua’s Organist and Coordinator of Worship and Sacred Music,...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 01:12:44
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Paul K. Chappell graduated from West Point in 2002, was deployed to Iraq, and left active duty in November 2009 as a Captain. He is the author of t...

Bought by 'The Sea'


  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 01:17:57
  • Purchases: 1
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A proponent of peace and interfaith relations, retired Lieutenant Colonel Shareda Hosein has served in the U.S. Army Reserves for 35 years. In her ...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 01:11:22
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Dr. Pamela Lightsey is Associate Dean for Community Life & Lifelong Learning at Boston University School of Theology. She is a scholar, social jus...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:08:54
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For 20 years Dr. Jonathan Shay was a staff psychiatrist at the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, Boston, where his only patients we...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2016
  • Length: 01:12:34
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Rev. Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock is Research Professor of Theology and Culture and Founding Co-Director of the Soul Repair Center at Brite Divinity Sc...

  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 01:17:32
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Ilia Delio, OSF holds the Josephine C. Connelly Endowed Chair in Theology at Villanova University. She is the author of seventeen books, including ...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 01:13:51
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Professor Hava Tirosh-Samuelson is Irving and Miriam Lowe Professor of Modern Judaism, the Director of Jewish Studies, and Professor of History at ...

  • Added: Aug 15, 2016
  • Length: 01:13:00
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Robert M Geraci, PhD, is Texan, but living, teaching, and writing in New York City, where he is Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan College...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2016
  • Length: 01:16:03
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James "J." Hughes Ph.D. is a bioethicist and sociologist who serves as the Associate Provost for Institutional Research, Assessment, and Planning f...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 01:03:38
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Ron Cole-Turner teaches theology and ethics at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Throughout his career, he has been fascinated by the religious sign...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 01:05:42
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John Philip Newell, the celebrated author of Listening for the Heartbeat of God: A Celtic Spirituality, is one of the most prominent Christian teac...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:15:30
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Dr. Timur R. Yuskaev is Associate Professor of Contemporary Islam, Co-Editor of The Muslim World journal, Co-Director of the Islamic Chaplaincy Pro...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:12:49
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Rev. Dr. William Barber II is the architect of the Forward Together Moral Fusion movement that gained national acclaim with its Moral Monday protes...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:17:50
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Ronald B. (Ronn) Richard is President and CEO of the Cleveland Foundation, which he has led since 2003. Within the last 30 years, he has held senio...

  • Added: Aug 04, 2016
  • Length: 01:14:16