Theology, Philosophy, and Religious Studies
106 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 9 years ago - ★★★ - 53 ratingsA selection of lectures, interviews, readings, concerts, and performances from Boston College.
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Author Meets Critics with Alan Wolfe: "At Home in Exile"
November 12, 2014 20:16 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBMany Jewish thinkers have considered it close to heresy to validate life in the Diaspora.
Author Meets Critics with Alan Wolfe: "At Home in Exile"
November 12, 2014 20:16 - 1 hour - 1.17 GB VideoMany Jewish thinkers have considered it close to heresy to validate life in the Diaspora.
Author Meets Critics with Alan Wolfe: “At Home in Exile”
November 12, 2014 14:49 - 1 hour - 1.29 GB VideoMany Jewish thinkers have considered it close to heresy to validate life in the Diaspora. But what if the Diaspora is a blessing in disguise? In At Home in Exile, Alan Wolfe, writing for the first time about his Jewish heritage, makes an impassioned, eloquent and controversial argument that Jews should take pride in their Diasporic tradition. Wolfe is joined by a distinguished panel of scholars who review and critique this work. Alan Wolfe is the founding director of the Boisi Center and pro...
Author Meets Critics with Alan Wolfe: “At Home in Exile”
November 12, 2014 14:49 - 1 hour - 77 MBMany Jewish thinkers have considered it close to heresy to validate life in the Diaspora. But what if the Diaspora is a blessing in disguise? In At Home in Exile, Alan Wolfe, writing for the first time about his Jewish heritage, makes an impassioned, eloquent and controversial argument that Jews should take pride in their Diasporic tradition. Wolfe is joined by a distinguished panel of scholars who review and critique this work. Alan Wolfe is the founding director of the Boisi Center and pro...
Writing about Religion in a Polarized Age
October 23, 2014 18:51 - 1 hour - 78.4 MBBoth our politics and the wider American culture are increasingly polarized. Public discourse is often vitriolic, and rhetoric divisive.
Writing about Religion in a Polarized Age
October 23, 2014 18:51 - 1 hour - 889 MB VideoBoth our politics and the wider American culture are increasingly polarized. Public discourse is often vitriolic, and rhetoric divisive.
Writing about Religion in a Polarized Age
October 23, 2014 13:35 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBBoth our politics and the wider American culture are increasingly polarized. Public discourse is often vitriolic, and rhetoric divisive. In such a context, nonetheless, there can still be found the few, but impressive writers who distinguish themselves with their thoughtful commentary on controversial and important topics. This Boisi Center panel brings together several such writers whose area of focus is a topic central to culture and individuals’ worldviews: religion. These writers discusse...
Writing about Religion in a Polarized Age
October 23, 2014 13:35 - 1 hour - 1.31 GB VideoBoth our politics and the wider American culture are increasingly polarized. Public discourse is often vitriolic, and rhetoric divisive. In such a context, nonetheless, there can still be found the few, but impressive writers who distinguish themselves with their thoughtful commentary on controversial and important topics. This Boisi Center panel brings together several such writers whose area of focus is a topic central to culture and individuals’ worldviews: religion. These writers discusse...
C21: The Message of Mercy and Its Importance Today
May 01, 2014 20:30 - 1 hour - 833 MB VideoCardinal Kasper speaks on the topic of his newly translated book Mercy: The Essence of the Gospel and the Key to Christian Life (Paulist Press, 2014).
C21: Astonished by Love: Storytelling and the Sacramental Imagination
April 30, 2014 22:00 - 1 hour - 982 MB VideoNovelist Alice McDermott addresses is it love that transforms us, or the recounting of it? Does the effort to shape a story reveal what goes unseen, or does the storyteller create meaning where life tells us no meaning can be found?...
C21: Revelation in the Context of Interfaith Dialogue
April 07, 2014 21:00 - 1 hour - 957 MB VideoArchbishop Emeritus of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, discusses the paradox of Revelation and Divine Action.
C21: Pope Francis and the Future of the Global Church
February 25, 2014 23:30 - 1 hour - 1.02 GB VideoFrancis has set a new tone for the papacy, but the impact of his leadership remains unclear this early in his reign. This panel brings together four experts of diverse experience and perspective for a robust discussion of his Papacy and the global church.
The Jewishness of Jesus: Renewing Christian Appreciation
February 16, 2014 18:15 - 1 hour - 31.1 MBChristian M. Rutishauser, S.J., Provincial of the Swiss Jesuits, delivers the Third Annual John Paul II Lecture in Christian-Jewish Relations. Rutishauser, who lectures on Jewish studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus in Munich, is a member of the Commission for Jewish-Christian Relations of the Swiss and German Bishops Conference and Vatican delegate at the International Liason Committee for the Relations with the Jews.
The Jewishness of Jesus: Renewing Christian Appreciation
February 16, 2014 18:09 - 1 hour - 429 MB VideoChristian M. Rutishauser, S.J., Provincial of the Swiss Jesuits, delivers the Third Annual John Paul II Lecture in Christian-Jewish Relations. Rutishauser, who lectures on Jewish studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Society of Jesus in Munich, is a member of the Commission for Jewish-Christian Relations of the Swiss and German Bishops Conference and Vatican delegate at the International Liason Committee for the Relations with the Jews.
C21: Making the Move: Navigating Dating Transitions
February 12, 2014 00:00 - 42 minutes - 538 MB VideoAssociate Director of the Philosophy Department's Lonergan Institute Kerry Cronin, discusses how to use what you’ve already figured out about dating and relationships to step up, make up, break up, speak up...and find your way to something real.
C21: Agape Latte- 'It's Not All About Me!'
February 05, 2014 01:30 - 25 minutes - 317 MB VideoFr. William Neenan, S.J., Vice President and Special Assistant to the President, shares five things that he has learned at Boston College.
C21: Agape Latte- 'A Merry MEYER CHAMBERS'
December 04, 2013 01:30 - 29 minutes - 370 MB VideoListen to an exciting conversation with Meyer Chambers of Boston College's campus ministry, for a special CHRISTMAS EDITION Agape Latte!
Iconography and Myth: From Nebuchadnezzar to the Fallen Angels
November 20, 2013 15:19 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBJonathan Ben-Dov, the George and Florence Wise Chair of Judaism in the Ancient World at the University of Haifa, explores the reinterpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's monuments from Lebanon as a representation of the myth of the Watchers.
Iconography and Myth: From Nebuchadnezzar to the Fallen Angels
November 20, 2013 15:19 - 46 minutes - 262 MB VideoJonathan Ben-Dov, the George and Florence Wise Chair of Judaism in the Ancient World at the University of Haifa, explores the reinterpretation of Nebuchadnezzar's monuments from Lebanon as a representation of the myth of the Watchers.
C21: Women for a Contemporary Church: A Conversation
November 12, 2013 22:30 - 1 hour - 785 MB VideoListen to a conversation about the prophetic witness of Catholic women, who through their passion, talents, scholarship and personal sense of vocation, remain committed in hope to a Catholic Church at its best.
C21: Agape Latte- 'Let God...unpack'
November 06, 2013 01:30 - 36 minutes - 456 MB VideoBoston College Director of Public Affairs Jack Dunn describes how baggage and regrets can hold us back from becoming our true selves. Let go and let God in.
C21: The Francis Papacy: Reform, Renewal, and Resistance
October 31, 2013 02:56 - 1 hour - 1 GB VideoJohn L. Allen, Vatican analyst and senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, shares observations and stories of the emerging papacy of Francis and how this humble pastor is renewing the Catholic Church of the 21st Century.
C21: Living Catholicism: Roles and Relationships in a Contemporary World
October 03, 2013 21:30 - 55 minutes - 704 MB VideoFr. Michael Himes offers his commentary on this historic interview with Pope Francis.
C21: Agape Latte- 'A G'Day for Faith'
October 02, 2013 00:30 - 28 minutes - 361 MB VideoListen to special Agape Latte guest speaker Fr. Jeremy Clarke, S.J., Assistant Professor in Boston College's History Department, share his viewpoints on faith.
Ask the Beasts: Spirituality and the Evolving Earth
July 13, 2013 13:34 - 1 hour - 286 MB VideoElizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J., Distinguished Professor of Theology at Fordham University, delivers the Evelyn Underhill Lecture in Christian Sprituality.
Ask the Beasts: Spirituality and the Evolving Earth
July 13, 2013 13:33 - 1 hour - 39.1 MBElizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J., Distinguished Professor of Theology at Fordham University, delivers the Evelyn Underhill Lecture in Christian Sprituality.
C21: Mysticism and the Intellectual Life
April 10, 2013 21:30 - 1 hour - 789 MB VideoProfessor Emeritus Lawrence Cunningham of the University of Notre Dame's Department of Theology discusses how the mystical experience may intersect with the life of the mind in the Catholic tradition.
C21: Accompaniment: Liberation Theology, Solidarity and a Life of Service
April 03, 2013 23:00 - 1 hour - 959 MB VideoDr. Paul Farmer and Theology Professor Roberto Goizueta discuss Farmer's vision for healthcare in resource-poor areas of the world and how the principles of liberation theology and Catholic social teaching shed light on the reality of social inequality.
Mind the Gap: Bridging One Dozen Lacunae in Jewish-Catholic Dialogue
March 20, 2013 14:33 - 58 minutes - 109 MB VideoRabbi Michael J. Cook, Ph.D., delivers the second annual John Paul II Lecture in Christian-Jewish Relations. He is the Bronstein Professor of Judeo-Christian Studies at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
Mind the Gap: Bridging One Dozen Lacunae in Jewish-Catholic Dialogue
March 20, 2013 14:31 - 58 minutes - 26.9 MBRabbi Michael J. Cook, Ph.D., delivers the second annual John Paul II Lecture in Christian-Jewish Relations. He is the Bronstein Professor of Judeo-Christian Studies at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
C21:The Future of Catholic Periodicals: Faith, Finances, and the Digital Age
February 20, 2013 22:30 - 1 hour - 1010 MB VideoTom Roberts of the National Catholic Reporter moderates a panel of chief editors of prominent Catholic magazines, addressing the opportunities and challenges covering the Catholic Church in the 21st Century.
C21:The Heart of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition
February 07, 2013 22:30 - 51 minutes - 646 MB VideoFr. Robert Imbelli, Boston College Associate Professor of Theology, is joined by respondents Pr. Marina McCoy, and Pr. Khaled Anatolios to address the Catholic intellectual tradition and its relationship to learning our faith and our world.
C21:Agape Latte- I Don't Know How to Put This, but You're Kinda a Big Deal
February 06, 2013 01:30 - 45 minutes - 569 MB VideoListen to Fr. Terry P. Devino, S.J., Vice President and University Secretary, and Director of Manresa House, talk about God's profound love and goodness that lives with each one of us.
C21:Handing on the Faith in the 21st Century
January 03, 2013 22:30 - 29 minutes - 373 MB VideoThomas Groome, Boston College Professor of Theology and Religious Education, and Matt Weber of Catholic TV discuss handing on the faith in the 21st Century.
C21:There and Back Again: A Tale of Peter Folan
December 05, 2012 01:30 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBListen to Peter Folan, Assistant Director of Program Management for Boston College's First Year Experience, share his life story with students at Agape Latte.
Institutional Religious Freedom
November 29, 2012 19:29 - 54 minutes - 102 MB VideoRichard Garnett is the associate dean for faculty research and a professor of law and political science at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters, and comments regularly in print and broadcast media on legal matters.
Institutional Religious Freedom
November 29, 2012 19:29 - 54 minutes - 25.1 MBRichard Garnett is the associate dean for faculty research and a professor of law and political science at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters, and comments regularly in print and broadcast media on legal matters.
C21:Agape Latte - Vacation with God: Living Your Journey
November 14, 2012 01:30 - 42 minutes - 39 MBCatherine Cornille, professor and chairperson of the Theology Department and her husband, Jeffrey Bloechl, Associate Professor in BC, discuss their family's journey on Spain's El Camino de Santiago.
C21:Retreats: Transforming the Lives of Young People
November 13, 2012 22:31 - 41 minutes - 38 MBListen and learn about effective strategies to engage young people through retreats at parishes, high schools, and college campuses.
C21:The Power of Boundless Compassion: An Evening with Fr. Greg Boyle
October 25, 2012 23:00 - 1 hour - 822 MB VideoFr. Greg Boyle, S.J. shares his reflections on community and the sacredness of life through the lens of Ignatian spirituality, drawn from more than 20 years of work with formerly gang-involved and recently incarcerated men and women in Los Angeles.
C21:The Power of Boundless Compassion: An Evening with Fr. Greg Boyle, SJ
October 25, 2012 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBFr. Boyle shares his reflections on community and the sacredness of life through the lens of Ignatian spirituality, drawn from more than 20 years of work with formerly gang-involved and recently incarcerated men and women in Los Angeles.
C21:Agape Latte EXTRA: Fearing the Stigmata
October 24, 2012 00:30 - 33 minutes - 425 MB VideoMatt Weber, Boston College alumnus and author of "Fearing the Stigmata," and producer for CatholicTV will discuss the challenges and the immense joys of publicly living out the Catholic faith.
C21:Catholic Spiritual Practices: A Treasury of Old and New (Book Launch)
October 16, 2012 21:30 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBPreviewing selections from their latest book, Catholic Spiritual Practices: A Treasury of Old and New (Paraclete Press, 2012), the editors, Colleen M. Griffith and Thomas H. Groome, discuss how spiritual practices help to strengthen the life of faith.
C21:Women Religious: Handing on the Faith in America
October 04, 2012 22:00 - 27 minutes - 37.5 MBA special discussion with a panel of women religious reflecting on the documentary "Women & Spirit."
C21:Women Religious: Handing on the Faith in America
October 04, 2012 21:30 - 28 minutes - 355 MB VideoBoston College, Lynch School of Education Professor Mary E. Walsh, moderates a panel by women religious about their reflections on the documentary "Women & Spirit."
C21:Handing on the Faith: An Archbishop's Perspective
October 01, 2012 20:30 - 41 minutes - 526 MB VideoAs part of the Church in the 21st Century Center's Episcopal Visitor Program, Archbishop Emeritus Harry J. Flynn, D.D., shares his reflections on handing on the faith in the 21st century, drawn from more than 20 years of experience as a bishop.
C21:Handing on the Faith: An Archbishop's Perspective
October 01, 2012 15:30 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBAs part of The Church in the 21st Century Center's Episcopal Visitor Program, Archbishop Flynn shares his reflections on handing on the faith in the 21st century, drawn from more than 20 years of experience as a bishop.
C21:Women and Interfaith Dialogue: Toward a Transnational Feminism
September 20, 2012 22:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBThis lecture takes stock of the contributions of women to interreligious dialogue and of interreligious dialogue to feminist thinking within particular religions, while also critically reflecting on present and future challenges and avenues for reflection and collaboration. Rosemary Radford Ruether is the Carpenter Emerita Professor of Feminist Theology at the Pacific School of Religion and the Graduate Theological Union. Nelly van Doorn-Harder is professor of Islamic studies at Wake Forest U...
The Surprising Story of How Three American Cardinals Transformed Catholic-Jewish Relations
February 07, 2012 14:44 - 59 minutes - 27.4 MBRabbi James Rudin, the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Religion and Judaica at Saint Leo University, talks about how Cardinals Richard Cushing and Francis Spellman influenced the Second Vatican Council to adopt Nostra AetateâÃÂÃÂa statement against anti-SemitismâÃÂÃÂand how Cardinal John O'Connor transformed that document's sentiments into practical results a generation later. Rudin is introduced by Ruth Langer, associate director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Lear...
The Surprising Story of How Three American Cardinals Transformed Catholic-Jewish Relations
February 07, 2012 14:43 - 59 minutes - 197 MB VideoRabbi James Rudin, the Distinguished Visiting Professor of Religion and Judaica at Saint Leo University, talks about how Cardinals Richard Cushing and Francis Spellman influenced the Second Vatican Council to adopt Nostra AetateâÃÂÃÂa statement against anti-SemitismâÃÂÃÂand how Cardinal John O'Connor transformed that document's sentiments into practical results a generation later. Rudin is introduced by Ruth Langer, associate director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Lear...