Christianity

Justices Sharply Divided in Gay Rights Case

December 12, 2017
The Supreme Court entered the latest battleground in the culture wars on Tuesday, hearing arguments in a hard-fought clash between gay rights and claims of religious freedom that was a sort of sequel to the court’s 2015 decision establishing a constitutional right to same-sex marriage.
2017 Nov 17

Open Minds Speaker Series: Meet Your Muslim Neighbors

(All day)

Location: 

842 Tremont St, Duxbury, MA 02332, USA
Please join our Youth Empowerment Coordinator,Sumaiya Zama, along with CAIR Massachusett sadvisory board member Nichole Mossalam and Volunteer Coordinator Martin Bentz at the First Parish Church Duxbury-Unitarian Universalist this Friday as part of their Open Minds Speaker Series! Admission is free and all are welcome. Refreshments will be served!
2017 Nov 28

IMAGINE! An Evening of Encouragement. Inspiration. Radical Imagination

(All day)

Location: 

485 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02118, USA
We have been working. We have been organizing. We have been marching. We have been resisting. We have been fighting back! Now let us come together for a time of refreshing, an evening of soulful, intimate conversation. Encouragement. Inspiration. Radical Imagination! We need it... Speakers: Cornel West: Professor of the Practice of Philosophy at Harvard University Karlene Griffiths Sekou: Principal at the Dignity Project International and BLM Boston Organizer Neiel Israel: Internationally acclaimed poet, vocalist, and arts educator Brittany Farrell: Co-founder of Millennial Activist... Read more about IMAGINE! An Evening of Encouragement. Inspiration. Radical Imagination
2017 Nov 14

Friends for Good: What Happened When an Imam, an Evangelical Pastor and a Unitarian Universalist Minister Built a Community of Theological Reflection and Friendship in Dallas, Texas?

(All day)

Location: 

45 Francis Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Pastor Keith is the Senior Pastor of Trinity Fellowship Church, in Richardson, TX. He grew up in the rolling hills of central Pennsylvania, graduated with a BS in electrical engineering from Penn State University, and holds a ThM from Dallas Theological Seminary. Rev. Dr. Daniel Kanter is the Senior Minister of First Unitarian Church of Dallas, currently a Resident Fellow at HDS, and author of the book, Faith for the Unbeliever. He holds a D.Min. from Perkins School of theology and an M.Div. from Starr King School for the Ministry at the GTU. Imam Shpendim Nadzaku is the Resident Scholar... Read more about Friends for Good: What Happened When an Imam, an Evangelical Pastor and a Unitarian Universalist Minister Built a Community of Theological Reflection and Friendship in Dallas, Texas?

California governor uses Vatican conference to attack Trump on climate change

November 6, 2017
California Governor Jerry Brown told a Vatican conference on climate change that the "Trump factor is very small. Very small indeed.” Brown said the majority of the American people support taking action to combat climate change, but warned work had to be done “to move aside the huge rock of indifference, complacency and inertia.”

Source: California governor uses Vatican conference to attack Trump on climate change

2017 Nov 09

Symposium on Music & Morality in the Abrahamic Faiths

(All day)

Location: 

290 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
NEC's Intercultural Institute, in collaboration with the Boston Byzantine Music Festival, presents a Symposium on Music and Morality in Abrahamic Traditions. The Israeli scholar of Islamic music, Amnon Shiloah, has described the role of music in the Muslim world as “polyvalent”, an idea which may be applicable across the Abrahamic spectrum—that is: music in all three traditions is respected for its power, and it is given cultural space in which to survive and even thrive, but it does not get a free ride. It must continually argue for its usefulness, and for its place in the spectrum of... Read more about Symposium on Music & Morality in the Abrahamic Faiths
2017 Nov 04

Singing in Solidarity with our Immigrant Neighbors: Music from M

(All day)

Location: 

44 Franklin St, Framingham, MA 01702, USA
A fundraiser for the Neighbors Fund, which supports immigrants who need legal or bail assistance and their families in crisis. Greater Framingham Community Church is graciously hosting. We would love to have other faith communities sign on as sponsors. If you would like to sign on as a sponsor, please contact Debbie at pastor@edwardschurch.org as soon as possible. Read more about Singing in Solidarity with our Immigrant Neighbors: Music from M

Denver Catholics answer America's affordable housing crisis

October 30, 2017
 
As America watches its supply of housing considered "affordable" for low-income families shrink by an estimated 60 percent since 2010, the Archdiocese of Denver is doing something about it by opening a new "Guadalupe Apartments" complex of affordable studio, one- and two-bedroom units, while continuing to run a 60-bed "Guadalupe Shelter" for the homeless on the same site.

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