Fall 2018
Keeping Faith in a Multifaith Society
Co-sponsored with St. Paul's United Methodist Church & SMU's Perkins School of Theology
Rev. Gregory Han
August 25, 2018
Faith During and After Harvey: One Year Later
Co-sponsored with Rice Univeristy's Religion & Public Life Program
Alexander Johnson, Paula Pipes, Jason Plotkin Omar Samji & Elaine Howard Ecklund
August 30, 2018
Working Effectively with a Diverse Workforce
Ft. Bend County Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Zahra Jamal
September 19, 2018
America's Unholy Ghosts: Uprooting Racism from America's Faith and Politics (Church & Society Series)
Co-sponsored with St. Philip Presbyterian Church
Joel Goza
September 23, 2018
Building Bridges Through Cultural Diplomacy
September 26, 2018
World Religions & Health: Islam
Co-sponsored with Institute for Spirituality and Health
September 26, 2018
Servant Leadership in an Age of Different Realities and Non-shared Vision (Church & Society Series)
Co-sponsored with St. Philip Presbyterian Church
Laurence Payne
September 30, 2018
Celebrating Gandhi's Legacy of Nonviolence
Co-sponsored with Asia Society Texas
Anthony W. Hall, Jr., Atul Kothari, Steve York, Dr. Carla Brailey
September 30, 2018
World Religions & Health: Buddhism
Co-sponsored with Institute for Spirituality and Health
October 3, 2018
The Class of 2036 at St. Philip Presbyterian Church (Church and Society Series)
Co-sponsored with St. Philip Presbyterian Church
Rev. Omar Rouchon
October 7, 2018
World Religions & Health: Judaism
Co-sponsored with Institute for Spirituality and Health
October 10, 2018
Conversos: A Secret Past
Dr. Marie Theresa Hernandez
October 11, 2018
Doctors for Change Addressing Children at Risk: Immigrant and Refugee Health (Church and Society Series)
Co-sponsored with St. Philip Presbyterian Church
Dr. Padma Swamy and Mehdi Vasigh
October 14, 2018
World Religions & Health: Christianity
Co-sponsored with Institute for Spirituality and Health
October 17, 2018
In the Name of God, Amen: Expressions of Faith in the Wills of (Counter-) Reformation England (Church and Society Series)
Co-sponsored with St. Philip Presbyterian Church
Dr. Deborah Burks
October 21, 2018
World Religions & Health: Hinduism
Co-sponsored with Institute for Spirituality and Health
October 24, 2018
Being Muslim: Reflections from an Author's Journey
Co-sponsored with the Risala Foundation
Dr. Asad Tarsin
October 27, 2018
Body and Soul: The Heidelberg Catechism (Church and Society Series)
Co-sponsored with St. Philp Presbyterian Church
Rev. Gregory Han
October 28, 2018
Engaging the Body Politic Through the Lens of Faith
Rabbi Oren Hayon, Rev. Steve Wells, The Very Rev. Barkley Thompson
November 1, 2018
Democracy and Disagreement: Fostering Discourse
Dr. Elizabeth Barre
November 2, 2018
Remembering Kristallnacht After 80 Years (Church and Society Series)
Co-sponsored with St. Philip Presbyterian Church
Ruth Steinfeld
November 4, 2018
Anti-Semitism Teach-In
Co-sponsored with Rice University's School of Humanities, Jewish Studies Program, Jewish Studies, Sociology and Religion and Public Life Program
November 5, 2018
The Class of 2036 in the Muslim Community: Investing in Early Childhood Development Today for a Better Tomorrow (Church and Society Series)
Co-sponsored with St. Philip Presbyterian Church
Dr. Zahra Jamal
November 11, 2018
Concert for Humanity: A Gala Performance (An Arts of Tolerance production)
Co-sponsored by Arts of Tolerance
November 17, 2018
The Class of 2036 in the Jewish Community (Church and Society Series)
Co-sponsored with St. Phlip Presbyterian Church
Rabbi Deborah Schloss
November 18, 2018
Veterans for American Ideals (Church and Society Series)
Co-sponsored with St. Phlip Presbyterian Church
Adam Babiker
November 25, 2018
Faith in Our City: Roman Catholicism (Lunch & Learn)
Co-sponsored with Hines Center for Spirituality and Prayer
December 11, 2018
Faith in Our City: Roman Catholicism (Tour)
Co-sponsored witih Hines Center for Spirituality and Prayer
December 16, 2018
Spring 2019
A Look at the State of the Denomination - The Presbyterian Church USA
Co-sponsored with St. Paul's United Methodist Church & SMU's Perkins School of Theology
Lynn Hargrove
January 13, 2019
Faith in Our City: Unitarian Universalist (Lunch & Learn)
Co-sponsored with HInes Center for Spirituality and Prayer
January 15, 2019
Faith Matters: Social Justice in Islam
Dr. Zahra Jamal
January 20, 2019
Faith in Our City: Unitarian Universalist (Tour)
Co-sponsored with Hines Center for Spirituality and Prayer
January 22, 2019
Connecting Through Comedy: A Conversation wth Aasif Mandvi
Co-sponsored with Asia Society Texas
Aasif Mandvi
January 24, 2019
Church & Society Series: Update from Damascus
Co-sponsored with St. Philip Presbyterian Church
Susan McDonald
January 27, 2019
Rice University Interfaith Week: Hindu Temple Visit
Co-sponsored with Boniuk Council
January 27, 2019
Rice University Interfaith Week: Ask an Athiest
Co-sponsored with Boniuk Council
January 28, 2019
Rice University Interfaith Week: Religion Beyond the Hedges
Co-sponsored with Boniuk Council
January 28, 2019
Religion and the University
January 29, 2019
Rice University Interfaith Week: Hinduism 101
Co-sponsored with Boniuk Council
January 29, 2019
Rice University Interfaith Week: Ask a Rabbi
Co-sponsored with Boniuk Council
January 30, 2019
Rice University Interfaith Week: Pride in My Faith
Co-sponsored with Boniuk Council
January 30, 2019
Rice University Interfaith Week: Sermon Slam
Co-sponsored with Boniuk Council
January 30, 2019
Rice University Interfaith Week: Bhakti Musical Meditation
Co-sponsored with Boniuk Council
January 31, 2019
Rice University Interfaith Week: Sufi Poetry Night
Co-sponsored with Boniuk Council
January 31, 2019
Rice University Interfaith Week: Faith & Feminism
Co-sponsored with Boniuk Council
February 1, 2019
Rice University Interfaith Week: Open Jurn'uah
Co-sponsored with Muslim Student Association
February 1, 2019
Rice University Interfaith Week: Open Shabbat
Co-sponsored with Rice Hillel
February 1, 2019
Rice University Interfaith Week: Interfaith Unity Banquet
Co-sponsored with Boniuk Council
February 2, 2019
Faith Matters: Islam and the Community
February 3, 2019
Music for Peace
Co-sponsored with Arts of Tolerance
February 8, 2019
Faith in Our City: Zorastrianism (Lunch & Learn)
Co-sponsored with Hines Center for Spirituality and Prayer
February 12, 2019
Faith in Our City: Zorastrianism (Tour)
Co-sponsored with Hines Center for Spirituality and Prayer
February 17, 2019
An Evening with Dr. Jacob Eisenbach: Holocaust Survivor
Co-sponsored with Chabad
February 17, 2019
Mitzvah Marathon
Co-sponsored with Chabad
February 20, 2019
Women's Seder
Co-sponsored with Women's Table of Houston
February 21, 2019
Enemies of the State: HItler's Euthanasia Program
Co-sponsored with St. Philip Presbyterian Church
Dr. Mary Lee Webeck
February 24, 2019
Bioethics After the Holocaust
Co-sponsored with St. Philip Presbyterian Church
Dr. Sheldon Rubenfeld
March 3, 2019
Project CURE: Delivering Health and Hope to the World
Co-sponsored with St. Philip Presbyterian Church
Janet Thompson
March 10, 2019
Faith in Our City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Lunch & Learn)
Co-sponsored with Hines Center for Spirituality and Prayer
March 12, 2019
Premier Women
Co-sponsored with Arts of Tolerance, Flamart & Foundation for Modern Music
March 16, 2019
For a Houston Without Homelessness
Co-sponsored with St. Philip Presbyterian Church
Sondee Hatcher
March 17, 2019
GlamourTango
Co-sponsored with Arts of Tolerance & Flamart
March 17, 2019
Faith in Our City: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Tour)
Co-sponsored with Hines Center for Spirituality and Prayer
March 18, 2019
City of Gods
Dr. Scott Hanson
March 21, 2019
Refugee Resettlement: Local Solutions to a Global Crisis
Co-sponsored with St. Philip Presbyterian Church
Elena Korbut
March 24, 2019
Children of Incarcerated Parents: The Unintended Victims
Co-sponsored with St. Philp Presbyterian Church
Dr. Christopher S. Greeley & Nancy Correa
March 31, 2019
Does the Pope Run the Church?
Co-sponsored with St. Philp Presbyterian Church
Garland Pohl
April 7, 2019
Hate Speech and the 1st Amendment
Co-sponsored with the Boniuk Foundation
Jonathan Turley & Jeremy Waldron (David Leebron, Moderator)
April 9, 2019