By Serene Jones | Religion News Service | July 15 I woke up Tuesday (July 14) to buzz after buzz on my phone — texts flooding in from young Iranians I had met in June, celebrating the historic nuclear agreement that had just been announced. Only a few weeks have passed since I visited Iran with
Read MorePBS NewsHour — May 12, 2015 at 6:20 PM EDT While the U.S. is still an overwhelmingly Christian country, since 2007 there has been a notable drop in the number of Americans who call themselves such, and the number of people who don’t identify as any religion has risen dramatically. Jeffrey Brown talks to Alan Cooperman
Read MoreDemocracy Now! — Friday, September 19, 2014 New York City is set to host what could be the largest climate change protest in history. Organizers expect more than 100,000 people to converge for a People’s Climate March on Sunday. Some 2,000 solidarity events are scheduled around the world this weekend ahead of Tuesday’s United Nations climate summit.
Read MoreMSNBC — Melissa Harris-Perry — 12/7/14 Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis and Rev. Dr. Serene Jones talk about the importance of love, faith and connection in healing the fault lines of race in America. Click Here to Watch the Video!
Read MoreMSNBC — Melissa Harris-Perry — March 28, 2015 As Sen. Ted Cruz kicks off his presidential campaign, Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, Raul Reyes, Joe Watkins, and Beth Fouhy join Melissa Harris-Perry to examine the fight for evangelical voters among the 2016 Republican primary field. Click Here to Watch the Video!
Read MoreFox News – Jan. 16, 2015 – 1:54 – Lauren Green reports from New York City Click Here to Watch the Video!
Read MoreFox News – Jul. 21, 2015 – 6:12 – Union Theological Seminary president Serene Jones reacts to possible cultural or religious changes Click Here to Watch the Video!
Read MoreBy JOHN SCHWARTZ, JUNE 18, 2015, The New York Times The word “divestment” is nowhere to be found in the nearly 200 pages of the papal encyclical released Thursday, but by addressing the threat of climate change in such a forceful way, Pope Francis is likely to add momentum to the movement by big institutions to sell holdings tied to
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joey Longley, 419-953-5495, [email protected] LUCE AND IIIT SUPPORT INTERRELIGIOUS EDUCATION AT UNION SEMINARY NEW YORK, NY— Union Theological Seminary is pleased to announce that The Henry Luce Foundation and the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) have provided support for a combined $1 million in grants supporting Union’s programming on
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joey Longley, [email protected], 419-953-5495 Three Scholars Join Union Theological Seminary and the Center for Earth Ethics Joining the ranks of one of the most distinguished faculties in theological education, Nobel Laureate Leymah Gbowee will join Union Theological Seminary as a Distinguished Scholar-Activist Fellow and Mindahi Crescencio Bastida Muñoz and Geraldine Ann
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