
On the Lived Theology Reading List: Restorative Hope: Creating Pathways of Connection in Women’s Prisons
Farmer brings the voices of incarcerated women to the fore and argues for a theologically-driven vision of hope. Read More
Farmer brings the voices of incarcerated women to the fore and argues for a theologically-driven vision of hope. Read More
As Reverend Dr. Edwards noted in an interview in 1986, five years into his ministry at Mt. Zion, they are a “survival church.” My research this summer has been a project of storytelling, attempting to bear witness to an intersection of communities “sing[ing] better songs with [their] lives.” The harmonies and disharmonies that I have encountered swell around me, holding despair, pain, and, ultimately, “triumph and calm confidence.” Read More
Grace Elizabeth Hale examines her own family history, and in the process uncovers a decades old lie of a racist and violent nature. Read More
Flores probes Our Lady of Guadalupe’s use and importance as an aesthetic symbol among Latine Catholic communities. Read More
“Now forty years after its publication, does Until Justice and Peace Embrace still speak to our times?” Dr. Mark Gornik asks in a recent essay, which we are delighted to share. Read More
This course introduces students to seminal writings in modern western thought concerning the meaning, truthfulness, and uses of religious belief. Read More
We are delighted to share the fall issue of “Public Health, Religion, and Spirituality Bulletin.” Susan Holman is a guest editor and contributor for the issue. Holman is senior writer at the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University. Her work as an academic writer and editor explores connections between public health, nutrition, human rights and religious responses to poverty, particularly examples from early Christianity. Read More
The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs, in partnership with the Department of Religious Studies, is hosting best-selling author, essayist and UVA alumnus, Dr. Jonathan Malesic, on October 19 at 5 pm in Wilson Hall, Room 301. The title of Jonathan’s talk is entitled “Burnout Culture in Academia: Where It Comes From and How We’ll Get Beyond It.” Read More
Chris Rice examines the COVID-19 pandemic through its aftermath, reflecting on grief, renewal, and what the pandemic taught us about ourselves. Read More
Reflecting on the final works of theology and philosophy’s most notable contributors, Taylor helps us reflect on what it means to our lives for them to come to an end. Read More
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