Tag Archives: religion
Writing about religion in a polarized age
Boston College will host a panel of writers who will discuss their insights regarding contemporary discourse on religion, including the challenges that exist for those who desire to engage in thoughtful reflection on provocative topics. “Writing about Religion in a Polarized … Continue reading
When religion and child welfare collide
In his new book The Child Cases: How America’s Religious Exemption Laws Harm Children (University of Massachusetts Press, 2014), Boston College History Professor Alan Rogers looks at several high-profile cases in the 1980s and ’90s involving parents who refused to seek medical treatment … Continue reading
Rev. Dr. Christian M. Rutishauser, S.J., provincial of the Swiss Jesuits, will deliver the Third Annual John Paul II Lecture in Christian-Jewish Relations on Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. in Stokes Hall, S195. Fr. Rutishauser’s talk is titled “The Jewishness of … Continue reading
Post-Western Christianity
The Boston College Institute for the Liberal Arts will present Post-Western Christianity and the Post-Christian West with Lamin Sanneh, D. Willis James Professor of Missions and World Christianity at Yale Divinity School and Professor of History at Yale University on Feb. … Continue reading
Stories of conversion
Boston College alumna and Boston College parent Patricia Sodano Ireland, who returned to the Catholic Church after serving as a Lutheran minister for 10 years, presents stories of women’s conversion to Catholicism in the book Women in Search of Truth: … Continue reading
“Blessed are the pure in heart”
Boston College alumna Patricia Sodano Ireland, director of theology programs in the division of Graduate and Professional Studies at Saint Joseph’s College in Maine, is the author of the book, Guardian of a Pure Heart: St. Augustine on the Path … Continue reading
Book review: Sacred Dread
In America magazine, Newton College Alumnae Professor of Western Culture Catherine Cornille pens a review of Sacred Dread by Brenna Moore. Cornille, chairwoman of BC’s Theology Department, calls the work: “a remarkable achievement” that “weaves history, biography and theology together … Continue reading
Becoming Catholic (again)
Loyola Press has recently published a book titled Becoming Catholic, Again: Connecting the Faith We Were Taught with the Faith We Live by Boston College alumna Catherine Wiecher Brunell. Brunell, who has a master’s degree in pastoral ministry, writes about maintaining … Continue reading
Revelations
Elaine Pagels, author of Revelations: Visions, Prophecy, and Politics in the Book of Revelation, will deliver a lecture on Jan. 31 at 7 p.m. in Devlin Hall, room 101. Pagels’ other works include The Gnostic Gospels; Adam, Eve and the Serpent; The … Continue reading
Understanding the Trinity
Dry Bones blogger Kathleen Mulhern uses Retrieving Nicaea: The Development and Meaning of Trinitarian Doctrine by School of Theology and Ministry Professor Khaled Anatolios as a guide and inspiration for her blog exploring Trinitarian spirituality and the history behind the … Continue reading