This live webcast occurred on Jan. 14, 2016, at 8 p.m. (CST). Joining Eaton and Horne for this conversation are:
+ Judge Yolanda Tanner, an ELCA member who serves as an associate judge for the Baltimore City Circuit Court.
+ Leonard Duncan, an ELCA member who will share his experience of incarceration, poverty and homelessness. Duncan is a student at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and an ELCA Fund for Leaders scholarship recipient.
+ Charlene Guiliani, an ELCA member and former police sergeant. Guiliani is a student at Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, and an ELCA Fund for Leaders scholarship recipient.
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Black History (University of California)
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- Suspect Race: Causes and Consequences of Racial Profiling with Jack Glaser and Paul Figueroa — In the Living Room with Henry
- Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
- Black Nature: The First Anthology of Nature Writing by African-American Poets
- Bunche Center 40th Anniversary Retrospective: Adjustment and Revisions: 1986 – Present
- Bunche Center 40th Anniversary Retrospective: Emergence and Institutionalization: 1969 – 1985
- Civil Rights: The Music and the Movement
- Laura Pulido: Black Brown Yellow and Left
- Lunch Poems: Amiri Baraka
- Lytle Memorial Concert: Miles Ahead
- Reconsidering Little Rock: Julian Bond
- Reconsidering Little Rock: Terrence Roberts
- Osher UCSD: Tuskegee Airmen
- Angela Davis: How Does Change Happen?
- The Old World in the New: Performing Diaspora
- 3rd Annual Nakupenda Valentine’s Concert: Eclectic Musings
- Cosmopolitanism – Ethics in a World of Strangers with Kwame Anthony Appiah
- Angela Davis
- Improving Race Relations: An Interview with John Perkins
- The Haunting of Jim Crow
- Symposium on Cedric J. Robinson’s Radical Thought: Cedric Robinson’s Keynote Address
- Exodus, Black Colonization, and Promised Lands with David Davis
- City Club Presents Anthony Lewis 2004
- Rekindling the Spirit of Brown v. Board of Education
- Legacy of Slavery…Unequal Exchange Conference: Trouble in Mind: African Americans From Emancipation to the 1990’s
- Peter Irons: “Jim Crow’s Children: Broken Promise of Brown Decision”
- Legacy of Slavery…Unequal Exchange Conference: Rapporteur Charles H. Long: Reflections on the Legacy of Slavery and Implications for the 21st Century
- Legacy of Slavery…Unequal Exchange Conference: Panel 5: Racism and Discrimination After Emancipation
- Legacy of Slavery…Unequal Exchange Conference: Panel 4: Life and Labor Among Enslaved Women
- Lunch Poems: Cornelius Eady
- Creativity, Black Feminist Roots, and Human Revolution
- A Celebration of Barbershop (the movie): A Panel Discussion and Town Meeting
- Julianne Malveaux UCSD Black History Month February 2003
- More Than Black? Multiracial Identity and the New Racial Order
- Lester Leaps In: The Life and Times of Lester “Pres” Young
- Helen Edison Lecture: Yusef Komunyakaa
- Elaine Brown: New Age Racism
- Edward Ball: Slaves in the Family
- Root Doctors: Quincy Troupe and Phil Upchurch
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Theology for a Secular Age (Unitarian Universalist Association)
Today, theology stands at a crossroad. For centuries, theology has described how divine revelation accounts for our experience and dictates our actions. What happens to religion when reason, rather than revelation, becomes our most reliable source of knowledge? In a secular age, people who believe in science can be genuinely religious—if theology itself is transformed.
Presenter: Rev. Dr. Galen Guengerich, Senior Minister, All Souls in New York, NY
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Religion in Modern America (udemy)
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Course Description
This course explores the various religions present in our pluralistic society, and how they coexist in American culture. This course explores the Judeo-Christian foundation of American religion as well as the many other traditions that influence the landscape like Islam, Mormonism, New Religious Movements, and New Age.
We will see the ways media is used to promote religious traditions, and how savvy marketing has had an impact on which traditions thrive. This course is designed chronologically, but also has thematic foci such as marketing, politics, and race.
The course pays particular attention to the generational shifts among religious preference, including dwindling numbers among Catholics and Mainline Christians the exponential growth of evangelicalism.
What am I going to get from this course?
Over 20 lectures and 1.5 hours of content!
Understand how American religion evolved from the Civil War to the Present
See how American religion intersects with American politics, history, and culture
Understand the basic history and development of American majority and minority traditions
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About the Instructor
Dr. Susie Meister , Doctor of Religious Studies, Television Personality, Author
Susie has a PhD in Religious Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. Her research is on the marketing of religion in the United States, prosperity gospel, evangelicals, and Pentecostals. She hosts a podcast called The Meister Piece, where she interview celebrities and newsmakers and she has a book coming out called Being Jesus (RothCo Press). As a former reality TV cast member (Road Rules, The Challenge), she is interested in pop culture and its intersection with religion as well. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and 3-year-old son.
Curriculum
Section 1: Welcome to Religion in Modern American
Lecture 1
Introduction: What to Expect From the Course
Section 2: Introduction to Religion in Modern America
Lecture 2
Christianity and the Civil War
Lecture 3
Immigration: Catholics Coming to America
Lecture 4
Immigration: Jews Coming to America
Section 3: A New Century: American Religion in the Early 1900s
Lecture 5
Birth of Modern Pentecostalism
Lecture 6
The Scopes Trial and the Face of Fundamentalism
Lecture 7
Depression Era Religion: Fascism and Anti-Semitism
Section 4: Mid-Century Religious Movements and Marketing
Lecture 8
American Judaism: Adapting to Abundance
Lecture 9
Vatican II: Changing Catholicism
Section 5: The Sixties and Seventies
Lecture 10
New Age Religion
Lecture 11
Civil Rights and Liberation Theology
Lecture 12
Baby Boomers and Individualized Religion
Section 6: Minority Religions
Lecture 13
Islam in America
Lecture 14
Mormonism
Lecture 15
New Religious Movements (Cults)
Section 7: Religion in the Digital Age
Lecture 16
Televangelists and Celebrity Pastors
Lecture 17
Post-Denominationalism
Lecture 18
Catholicism in Crisis
Lecture 19
Digital Religion
Lecture 20
Generation X, Millennials, and the Future of American Religion
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Faith and Globalization (Yale University)
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The topics included in this on-demand course areflect the conversation about faith and globalization that has been taking place in and out of the classroom. Additional links, articles and digital media are provided.
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Fifty Years Later: The State of Racism in America (The Episcopal Church)
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Ray Suarez, host of ‘Inside Story’ on Al Jazeera America, moderates the event, and Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori delivers the keynote address.
The first panel discussion, “Racism in America Today: Why Does It Persist?” features:
The Rt. Rev. Michael Curry, bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina
Ms. Myrlie Evers-Williams, journalist and widow of slain civil-rights leader Medgar Evers
The Hon. William F. Winter, former governor of Mississippi and founder of the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation
Panelists on the second topic, “Racism in America’s Future: Where Is There Hope for Change?” include:
The Hon. Byron Rushing, Massachusetts state representative, civil-rights leader, and vice president of The Episcopal Church’s House of Deputies
Dr. Randy Testa, author, Vice President of Education at Walden Media, LLC
Dr. Erma J. Vizenor, chairwoman of White Earth Band of Ojibwe, educator, and community organizer
Tim Wise, educator and author of Colorblind (City Lights, 2010), White Like Me (Soft Skull Press, 2008), and Affirmative Action (Routeledge, 2005)
On November 16, faith leaders and educators gathered at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Cathedral to discuss and create curriculum and tools on the topics raised in the forum. Resources such as bibliography, on-demand video, materials for community and individual review, discussion questions, and lesson plans will be available.
Learn more about these webinars from The Episcopal Church (Please note the first video shown is a trailer for this event. Other webinar videos can be found by hovering your mouse over the word PLAYLIST on the right hand side of the video).
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Introduction to Generational Theory (Unitarian Universalist Association)
The large population of Baby Boomers are heading toward retirement, but there are still many leaders from the Silent Generation. Generation X is hitting mid-life, and the new Millennial Generation has a high percentage of the religiously unaffiliated. This course gives an overview of the different generations so that today’s leaders can respond to these changes while honoring the gifts and passions of each generation.
Keynote on Generational Theory given by Kimberley Debus. Carol Howard Merritt, Presbyterian minister and author of The Tribal Church: Ministering to the Missing Generation (see below) talks about reaching out to young adults
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Resources used for this on-demand webinar:
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Breaking Free: Liberation through Interfaith Dialogue (Spirituality and Practice)
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In this exclusive e-course developed for Spirituality & Practice, the Imam, the Rabbi, and the Pastor, who have become known as the Interfaith Amigos, look at the specific issues we face in a pluralistic society and the spiritual practices that can help us transcend those roadblocks to effective collaboration on the critical issues of our time.
The e-course focuses on these themes:
Sessions 1 – 3: Spiritual Practices in General and Why We Need Them
Sessions 4 – 6: The Five Stages of Interfaith Dialogue
Sessions 7 – 9: The Major Ways Our Traditions Stray
Sessions 10 – 12: Beyond Polarization: Confronting Our Major Obstacle
You will receive:
• Emails in which the Interfaith Amigos will alternate sharing teachings from each of their traditions along with specific spiritual practices designed to support the inner dimensions of those teachings.
• Access to a recording of a one-hour teleconference with the Interfaith Amigos on the blessings and challenges of interfaith dialogue.
This is a rare opportunity to learn from three distinguished spiritual teachers from the three Abrahamic faiths. As the Interfaith Amigos share their traditions, practices, and experiences with you, you will be invited to reflect upon your own experiences and possibilities for engagement on the liberating interfaith path.
(4 CEHs for Chaplains available.)
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Introduction to Church History with Eric Williams (ChurchNext)
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Whether or not we believe the old adage, ‘if we fail to pay attention to history we are doomed to repeat it,’ few people would argue with the importance of striving to improve our understanding of the things that have gone before us as a way to better shape the lives that are ahead of us. This is especially true with our Christian faith.
For 2,000 years Christians of all walks have been approaching life’s most important questions within their specific contexts and have come up with fascinating responses.
Our study of Church History will tap into the highs and lows, and important milestones from Jesus’ day to this day, as a way to help us deepen our understanding of God’s work through Christ and in our lives.
Our instructor is Eric Williams, a former teacher and pastor, who has a deep love for Christian history. In this class Eric will unpack this topic by giving an overview of these four time periods:
- Early Christianity until Constantine
- The Middle Ages
- The Reformation
- Modern Christianity
This entry-level course is perfect for every member of your congregation who is looking to deepen their faith in Christ.
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When Religion and Politics Meet (United Church of Christ)
When Religion and Politics Meet: A Conversation About the Role of Religion in the Electoral Process
Although we have heard it said that religion and politics shouldn’t mix, people of faith can and do play an important role in the public square and the political life of our nation. But what might that role look like, and how can people of faith and houses of worship engage in the electoral process in a healing, respectful and responsible way? What are some of the legal guidelines for participation by people of faith? What are some of the uses and misuses of religion in political campaigns, and how can people of faith promote civil, thoughtful dialogue across differences on critical issues of the day.
Join us in this conversation with Rev. Welton Gaddy, President of the Interfaith Alliance, and K. Hollyn Hollman, general counsel, Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty to learn about ways that you and your congregation can become involved!
Watch the On-Demand video from the UCC (WebEx)
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