2018-2019 Events

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