Religion

When Abraham Kielar ’15 first came to the University, he joined a Bible study group at the request of his father.

“I never had done one before,” he said. “I thought it would be enough to go to church.”

Eboo Patel, founder and executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core, discussed religious pluralism in a talk titled “Defeating Intolerance: Social Science Research and Strategies for Interfaith Cooperation” in a lecture in Guyot Hall on Thursday afternoon. 

We tend to deny to ourselves that for the most part, we are pretty crummy believers; we are only willing to accept the parts of our faith we are think others will accept, and not ourselves.

African American studies professor Cornel West GS ’80 and Radhanath Swami, a yoga practitioner and director of the Radha Gopinath Ashram, discussed their perspectives on religion and life at a talk titled “East Meets West: Hindu and Christian Perspectives on God, Love and Spiritual Activism” on Tuesday evening in Richardson Auditorium.

Jeremy Waldron delivered his final lecture,  “The Sources of Order: Why Natural Law is Not Enough,” in the “A Religious View of the Foundations of International Law” series in Lewis Library on Wednesday.