The SILT 16/17: Can I Get a Witness? Author Series introduces the participant authors and the historical figures they will be illuminating in their narratives. This week’s featured writers are Heather Warren, researching John Ryan, and Susan Glisson, whose figure is Lucy Randolph Mason. Read More

In March 2016, Marginalia Review of Books featured PLT Contributor Susan Holman to discuss Beholden: Religion, Global Health, and Human Rights and the important implications of understanding public health, human rights, and medical ethics in the context of religion. Read More

In this 2009 publication, PLT Fellow Traveler Tim Conder and Contributor Daniel Rhodes write to revitalize the study of God’s Word by expose the unavoidable influence of cultural and social pressures and illustrating the liberation that communal Bible study offers to the individual and the church.
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The SILT 16/17: Can I Get a Witness? Author Series introduces the participant authors and the historical figures they will be illuminating in their narratives. This week’s featured writers are Peter Slade, researching Howard Kester, and Grace Yia-Hei Kao, whose figure is Yuri Kochiyama. Read More

Currently undergraduates at the University of Virginia, PLT Interns Alex Adames and Mareike Haaren work hard in the office and in their coursework. Both have recently been accepted into esteemed programs, and their news are featured below. Read More

The SILT 16/17: Can I Get a Witness? Author Series introduces the participant authors and the historical figures they will be illuminating in their narratives. This week’s featured writers are Carlene Bauer, researching Dorothy Day, and Ralph Eubanks, whose figure is Mahalia Jackson. Read More

To Benefit Virginia Organizing On April 22, 2016, author Barbara Kingsolver will host an Earth Day conversation to discuss the inspirations that have shaped her writing. All proceeds will support Virginia Organizing, a state-wide grassroots organization working to bring long-term, sustainable change to Virginia … Read More

Over the next few weeks, we will be rolling out our SILT 16/17: Can I Get a Witness line-up, introducing you to our authors and the historical figures they will be illuminating in their narratives. This week’s featured speakers are Nichole Flores, presenting on Ella Baker, and Daniel Rhodes, whose figure is Cesar Chavez. Read More

The USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture is a Los Angeles-based initiative dedicated to the local and international networking of religious, civic, and academic communities. Read More

Writing on his experience as a professor whose students include the incarcerated of Nashville, Dark calls us into a more understanding reception of the flawed human condition and a recognition for the beauty of grace. Read More