Cops, Community, Clergy Live
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
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Read MoreDiverse Faith Leaders Meet Friday to Call for Cops, Community, Clergy Sabbath Weekend Gathering aimed at intentional police-community dialogue in houses of worship FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joey Longley, 419-953-5495, [email protected] NEW YORK, NY—As protests continue to spread across the country in the wake of the deaths of unarmed black men and women by law
Read MoreUNION MEDAL TO BE AWARDED TO VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE AND LGBT ACTIVIST MANDY CARTER AT UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY’S 177TH COMMENCEMENT Gore and Carter’s lifetime of faithful activism beautifully exemplifies the spirit of Union FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Joey Longley | [email protected] | 419.953.5495 NEW YORK, NY — Former Vice President Al Gore and LGBT
Read Moreby HuffPost Religion Editors | The Huffington Post | April 3, 2015 On Good Friday, many Christians reflect on what are known as the seven last words — the final statements Jesus Christ said while on the cross, as recorded by the canonical gospels. For some people in prison, these words can be particularly affecting.
Read MoreUnion Celebrates Commencement Class of 2015 Friday, May 15, 2015, 4:00 p.m. Seminary Quadrangle (Rain: James Chapel) Commencement Event Schedule Watch Live! Monday, May 4th End-of-Semester Cookout 12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Seminary Quadrangle Tuesday, May 12th Pentecostal/Charismatic/Evangelical Commissioning Lampman Chapel 3 – 4 pm Interfaith Commissioning McGiffert Roof 6:00 p.m. Reception Following Service
Read MoreNew Center Unites Environmentalism with Religious and Humanist Moral Concerns For Immediate Release, April 22, 2015 Contact: Shay O’Reilly 212-280-1425 [email protected] New York, NY — Facing the reality of human-caused global climate change, people of conscience from around the world came together at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York last fall for the
Read MoreSeth Pickens, M.Div.’ 06 Pastor, Zion Hill Baptist Church Los Angeles CA What do you do? I’m pastor of the Zion Hill Baptist Church in Los Angeles, and I’m also completing an doctoral program in education (Ed.D.) at the University of Southern California. I’m writing my dissertation now and expect to graduate in May 2015.
Read MoreAaron Stauffer, M.Div. ’14 Executive Director, Religions for Peace USA Nashville TN and New York NY What do you do? I’m the Executive Director of Religions for Peace USA, a national interfaith nonprofit organization that works to inspire and advance multi-religious actions for peace and justice. Religions for Peace USA, the most broad-based interfaith organization
Read MoreKevin Kruse is a professor of 20th Century American History at Princeton University. His new book, “One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America” is an examination of the myth of a Christian America, and how many of the tropes invoked to “prove” that America is a Christian country were invented just in
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