Shelly Rambo, Boston University School of Theology Is there redemption at the end of The Road? What does it means to survive? What does it mean to be one who remains? Reading through the lens of trauma theory, this talk explored Cormac McCarthy’s vision of redemption in his searing and post-apocalyptic novel, The Road, and asked what […]
Terryl Givens, University of Richmond Department of English The Boston University Department of Religion Annual Lecture. The 19th century saw repeated calls for an authentic American Bible. When the century was over, the Book of Mormon had emerged as the foremost claimant for the title. This lecture will review that book’s history and composition, then […]
Chaired by Donna Freitas, Boston University Department of Religion and featuring Scott Westerfeld, author of the Uglies and Midnighters trilogies Jason King, St. Vincent College Department of Religious Education, co-author of Killing the Imposter God: Philip Pullman’s Spiritual Imagination in His Dark Materials Cristine Hutchison-Jones, PhD candidate, Boston University Division of Religious and Theological Studies […]
Rosanna Warren, Boston University, University Professors Program A reading of Professor Warren’s own poetry, as well as the work of other poets who have inspired her as a writer and a teacher. Rosanna Warren is the author of four collections of poetry: Snow Day (1981), Each Leaf Shines Separate (1985), Stained Glass: Poems (1994), and Departure: Poems (2003). She […]
The second Amos Wilder Lecture in Scripture and Literary Arts delivered by Pulitzer-Prize-winning poet Franz Wright Wright will explore the idea of language as sacrament in the Christian scriptures, as well as the poetic forms used by Jesus in his teaching. He will also discuss the possibility of religious poetry in our own unpropitious time. […]
Mark Burrows, Professor of the History of Christianity, Andover Newton Theological School “My God is dark and like a clump of a hundred roots which drink silently…” What are we to make of a poet who addresses God as “you darkness,” and proclaims his belief in nights? In an early collection first entitled Book of Prayers […]
Kecia Ali, Boston University Department of Religion Professor Ali will discuss her current research on the life and work of al-Shafi’i, a ninth-century scholar who is generally viewed as the founder of Islamic jurisprudence.
Helen Whitney, Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Helen Whitney has spent a long and award-winning career making films. Her credits include Youth Terror: The View from behind the Gun for ABC, The Choice ’96 for Frontline, and Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light for American Masters on PBS. Primarily, however, Whitney’s work has focused on religion and personal experiences of […]
Lauren Winner, Author of Girl Meets God and Mudhouse Sabbath Patton Dodd, Author of My Faith So Far, A Story of Conversion and Confusion Lauren F. Winner, the former book editor for Beliefnet, is the author of three books, Girl Meets God, Mudhouse Sabbath, and, most recently, Real Sex: The Naked Truth about Chastity. She has appeared on PBS’s Religion […]
David Morgan, Professor of Humanities in Christ College and Phyllis & Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christianity and the Arts, Valparaiso University This talk explored what it is that makes something visible within the different visual fields that constitute acts of seeing. The presentation began with Marian apparitions, specifically asking what makes Mary visible in the […]