Posts Tagged 'Philip Clayton'

Clayton calls on Chautauquans to find their radical voices

August 17, 2012·Comments closed

Philip Clayton, provost of Claremont Lincoln University and dean of Claremont School of Theology came to the Chautauqua Institution to convert Chautauquans into radicals.

“I’m going to encourage you to be radical, to find your own radical voice. Everything I say has the goal of helping you to find the form of radical optimism that you have to offer,” Clayton said Thursday in the Hall of Philosophy.

During Week Eight’s fourth Interfaith Lecture on the theme “Radicalism: Burden or Blessing?,” Clayton discussed the two main facets of modern day religious radicalism in a lecture titled “Suicide Bombers and Barefoot Prophets: The Faces of Radical Religion in the Early 21st Century.”

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Clayton to address rise of religious radicalism since 9/11

August 15, 2012·Comments closed

Many innovations in recent years seem radical, but perhaps the most shocking are the the manifestations of radical religion, said Philip Clayton, provost of Claremont Lincoln University and dean of the university’s School of Theology.

Atheists often argue that religion is poisonous, Clayton said, but there are two sides to every argument. There are suicide bombers, but there are also religiously motivated radical reform movements. Clayton will discuss both sides of radicalism at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Hall of Philosophy. His lecture is titled “Suicide Bombers and Barefoot Prophets: The Faces of Radical Religion in the Early 21st Century.”

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Week Eight dissects modern, historical radicalism

August 11, 2012·Comments closed

Individuals and movements that were at one time considered radical have shaped the course of history in politics, religion, philosophy, arts, literature and science. This week, Chautauqua’s 10:45 a.m. Amphitheater lecture platform examines different definitions of radicalism, its history at home and abroad, and how the meaning of radicalism differs throughout the world.

Opening the week is Carlin Romano, critic-at-large at The Chronicle of Higher Education, literary critic of The Philadelphia Inquirer and instructor of media theory and philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of America the Philosophical. In 2006, Romano was one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in Criticism, cited by the Pulitzer Board “for bringing new vitality to the classic essay across a formidable array of topics.”