Religion

Ray Suarez, a senior correspondent for The NewsHour on PBS and author of a book about the relationship between religion and politics in America, will speak at Vanderbilt University on "The Politics of Faith in America." Read More

In the continuing battles between creationists and evolutionists, DNA expert Sean Carroll is strengthening the case that evolution is a natural law, as unassailable as the theory of gravity. Carroll will speak Thursday, March 29, at Ingram Hall on the Vanderbilt University campus. Read More

The nature of consciousness in humans and animals and its effect on how we view religion, science and philosophy will be tackled during three lectures at Vanderbilt University by prominent researcher Christof Koch. Read More

Evenings devoted to music and literature will highlight a three-day conference at Vanderbilt University examining the cultural practices of Jewish women from around the globe. Read More

The mindset behind women called to the ministry will be explored during Vanderbilt University‘s annual Antoinette Brown Lecture. Read More

A Vanderbilt University Divinity School professor will preach at Westminster Abbey during a lecture tour of England this month that is part of the bicentennial celebration of the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire. Read More

The degree to which morality and religion should influence political decisions about abortion, taxation, the environment and other issues will be explored in a four-part lecture series at Vanderbilt University. Read More

Doing spiritually inspired work for the Lord usually begins with the tricky job of persuading someone to donate cold hard cash to the cause. Read More

Ministers and others interested in combating domestic violence may attend a seminar on Feb. 9 hosted by Vanderbilt University Divinity School. Read More

Civil rights pioneer and Vanderbilt Distinguished University Professor James Lawson will give a lecture at Vanderbilt‘s Benton Chapel on Feb. 2 at 1 p.m. Read More

The Rev. James Lawson, Distinguished University Professor at Vanderbilt and a key leader in the nonviolent resistance efforts of the civil rights movement, will be the featured speaker at the Vanderbilt Peabody College 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration. His lecture, "Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?" will take place on Thursday, Jan. 25, at 12:30 p.m. in the Wyatt Center Rotunda. This event is free and open to the public. Read More

Vanderbilt University will host a conference to encourage black church leaders, scholars and divinity students to create a dialogue about contemporary challenges facing the ministry of black churches. The Kelly Miller Smith Institute on Black Church Studies at the Vanderbilt Divinity School will present "Preparing Prophets and Priests for the Black Church Tradition" Jan. 31 to Feb. 2. All sessions are free and open to the public. Read More

Due to unforeseen circumstances, Constance Rice, co-founder and co-director of The Advancement Project, a public policy and legal action group, has cancelled her speaking engagement at Vanderbilt University on Monday, Jan. 15. Read More

The Vanderbilt University Divinity School will host community breakfasts and programming this spring focused on timely and relevant topics such as the impact of the Abu Ghraib Prison photos, creation narratives, different voices interpreting the Bible and Latino/a immigration. Read More

Constance Rice, Rita Sanders Geier and Cordelia Taylor, three African-American women dedicated to making a difference in their communities, will speak at Vanderbilt University Monday, Jan. 15.Their lectures ñ Taylor's at noon, Geier's at 3:30 p.m. and Rice's at 6:30 p.m. ñ help kick off the university's 2007 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Series scheduled Jan. 15-23. This year's series' theme is "Living the Legacy: Inquiries into Inclusion (Who's In and Who's Out)." All series events are free and open to the public. Read More

Amy-Jill Levine recalls twice being approached by "nice, silver-haired Protestant women" who had never met a Jewish person. They wanted to know where she had had her horns removed. Read More

On a recent Monday morning, the halls of the Student Life Center at Vanderbilt University rang out with the sound of the Jewish community marking the end of Yom Kippur. Read More

Local religious leaders and interested members of the public are invited to conversations with Vanderbilt University researchers on Christianity and the environment on Saturday, Sept. 30. Read More

On the recent fifth anniversary of 9/11, Americans faced anew a choice between fear and compassion. Five years have passed since that bright blue, cloudless, horrific morning. Since then it has become a truism to say that American life has changed unalterably. In the coming weeks, politicians and pundits will pontificate about how 9/11 changed American life. But a prior, more basic question will remain unasked: Why should that day change the very fabric of our common life? Should heightened security concerns corrode our national character? Must it lessen who we are? Read More

As chair of the Democratic Party in Smithville — not to mention choir director of the First United Methodist Church — Faye Fuqua generally knows what's going on around town. Read More