Posts Tagged 'religious radicalism'

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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Lind: ‘10 reasons why Jesus was a radical religious’

August 17, 2012·Comments closed

“So … was Jesus a radical?” asked the Very Rev. Tracey Lind at the Thursday morning 9:15 a.m. Devotional Hour. Her text was Luke 4:16-19, and her title was “Was Jesus a Radical?”

She quoted Japanese poet and Buddhist priest Kobayashi Issa, “The man pulling radishes pointed my way with a radish.”

She continued, “The bittersweet essence of Jesus ministry is in that haiku. ‘Radish’ and ‘radical’ come from the Latin radix, meaning ‘root.’ Jesus was like a man pulling a root vegetable. He was pulling the root of his faith and using a vegetable to point the way to the Kingdom of God.”

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Rohde says US efforts against radicalism must progress beyond war

August 16, 2012·Comments closed

In 2009, two months after exchanging wedding vows with his wife, David Rohde spent seven months in Taliban captivity.

“I saw religion at its best and worst,” Rohde said about the ordeal in Afghanistan, which is chronicled in the book A Rope and a Prayer: A Kidnapping from Two Sides, by Rohde and his wife, Kristen Mulvihill.

Two-time Pulitzer Award-winning investigative journalist and author David Rohde will share his story and thoughts in his program titled “Beyond War: The Failed American Effort to Back Moderate Muslims Since 9/11” at 10:45 a.m. Friday in the Amphitheater.

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Chane discusses a radical Jesus, radicalism in Christianity

August 16, 2012·Comments closed

“Was Jesus a radical?” Bishop John Bryson Chane asked the Hall of Philosophy audience during the 2 p.m. Interfaith Lecture.

On Wednesday, Chane continued Week Eight’s theme of “Radicalism: Burden or Blessing?” with a lecture titled “Radicalism… A Passion for The Possible in the 21st Century.” The title comes from the title of a book written by William Sloane Coffin, a Christian theologian, Chane said. In his lecture, Chane discussed the meaning of the word “radical,” whether Jesus was a radical, and whether the Christian church of today is or is not a radical church.

Chane was consecrated the eighth Bishop of Washington and was CEO of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation. He is also an active participant and proponent of interfaith dialogue and a graduate of Yale Divinity School. Before attending Yale, Chane was a student at Boston University where he was a member of the Students for a Democratic Society.

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Gordis explores the duality of radicalism within religion

August 14, 2012·Comments closed

Radicalism is a loaded term. It can be explored in many contexts: social, political, religious. From the religious lens, there are two main forms of radicalism: radicalism and religion, and religious radicalism, Rabbi David M. Gordis said Monday in the Hall of Philosophy.

Gordis opened Week Eight’s Interfaith Lecture theme of “Radicalism: Burden or Blessing?” with a lecture discussing the duality of religious social functions, the two religiously focused forms of radicalism, and two radicals of the Jewish faith, in a lecture titled “Conserve or Transform: Religion’s Dilemma.”

Gordis is the president emeritus of Hebrew College and serves as a professor at the University of Albany. He began with discussing the two main functions of religion. Religion provides a sanctuary where people can find peace, prayer, worship and meditation. It is a stable institution that people can turn to when the world seems chaotic or insecure.