The United Nations' Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) offer an agenda for mission and raise questions about civil society and development. The course under this title (CS/PT 2152) will investigate issues of faith in relationship to the MDG's. Public Forums include the following:

• David Beckmann, President, Bread for the World
• Joan Martin, Professor of Christian Ethics, EDS
• Sabina Alkire, Director, Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University
• Richard Parker, Lecturer in Public Policy & Senior Fellow, Shorenstein Center, Harvard University
• Robert Seiple, President of Institute for Global Engagement (formerly President of World Vision)
• Gloria White Hammond, MD, co-pastor, Bethel AME; co-chair Faith in Action Committee, United Way in Mass.; extensive work in Darfur, Sudan

Boston University School of Theology in conjunction with the Boston Theological Institute announce a Spring 2006 Public Forums with the following speakers:

• Rev. Dr. Diane Kessler, Executive Director, Massachusetts Council of Churches
• Timothy Patitsas, Professor, Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
• Raymond G. Helmick, S.J., Professor of Theology, Boston College; Program in Preventive Diplomacy, Center for Strategic and Insternational Studies, Washington D.C.
• Rodney L. Petersen, Executive Director, Boston Theological Institute
• Adam Seligman, Professor of Religion , Boston University
• S. Mark Heim, Professor of Christian Theology, Andover Newton Theological School
• Edward Rodman, Professor of Pastoral Theology and Urban Ministry, Episcopal Divinity School
• Richard Pierard, Professor of History, Gordon College
• Daniel Jeyaraj, Professor of World Christianity, Andover Newton Theological School y
• David Little, Professor of Practice in Religion, Ethnicity and International Conflict; Faculty Associate, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Harvard Divinity School
cordially invites you to a

Forum on Women in Ministry

Thursday, February 2, 2006; 5:15pm
(Sperry Room, Andover Hall)

Featured Speaker Include:

• The Rev. Dr. Gloria White-Hammond, MDiv ‘97, Harvard Divinity School; Pastor, Bethel AME Church, Jamaica Plain, MA & Pediatrician, South End Community Heath Center; Anti-slavery activist and co-founder of My Sister’s Keeper

• Liz Walker, MDiv ‘05, Harvard Divinity School; Award-winning television journalist; Anti-slavery activist and co-founder of My Sister’s Keeper
Ordination candidate in the AME church

• The Rev. Elizabeth Myer-Boulton, MDiv ‘02; University of Chicago Divinity School; Pastor-developer of a dynamic new congregation, Hope Church; (Disciples of Christ/UCC), Jamaica Plain, MA

• Jordie Gerson, MTS ‘04, Harvard Divinity School, Educator, writer on interfaith and human rights issues, and rabbinical student at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York City

Episcopal Divinity School
cordially invites you to a BTI sponsored The Human Nature Project Symposium

Karen Lebacqz on Stem Cell Research

Wednesday, February 8, 2006; (Lecture: 5pm & Dinner: 6pm)

Karen Lebacqz is the Robert Gordon Sproul Professor of Theological Ethics (Emeritus) at the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA. Dr. Lebacqz is a member and former chair, Geron Ethics Advisory Board; Co-editor of The Human Embryonic Stem Cell Debate (MIT Press); Former Commissioner, the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research; and Bioethicist-in-Residence for 2005–2006, Yale University. She is a member of QUASAR, the UCC Task Force on Science and Religion.

BTI Science and Religion Certificate Students free, all others $10

The Harvard Pluralism Project

The Pluralism Project at Harvard University and the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School cordially invite you to a

luncheon conversation with

Dr. Stuart Chandler

on his recent project,
“Eastern Religions Come to Western Pennsylvania.”

Friday, February 10, (11:30AM-1:30PM)

Lunch will be served in the Directors’ Conference Room promptly at 11:30am. Presentation will begin in the Common Room at 12pm.

Please RSVP to Emily Ronald at ronald@hds.harvard.edu by Wednesday, February 8, 2006.

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Boston Faith and Film Festival

"Images of Evil"

February 10-11, 2006
The Brattle Theatre, Cambridge, MA

Boston Theological Institute in association with the Boston University Institute for Philosophy and Religion will host the fourth annual “Boston Faith and Film Festival” at the Brattle Cinema in Cambridge. This year, the festival will focus on the theme of evil, and a variety of popular, classic, and independent films across diverse genres will be screened to explore cinematic portrayals of evil and, in particular, the religious dimensions and significance of these portrayals. Each screening will be followed by a dialogue session facilitated by guest panelists.

For a detailed schedule, call for papers-scholar's symposium, tickets, or other questions, please contact Prof. Bryan Stone of Boston University School of Theology, author of Faith and Film: Theological Themes at the Cinema, at bpstone@bu.edu or 617-353-2456.

The World Council of Churches
General Assembly

"God, in Your Grace, Transform the World"

WCC 9th General Assembly

14-23 February 2006 Porto Alegre, Brasil

The Pluralism Project, the Women and Public Policy Program, & the Islam in the West Program cordially invite you to attend

"Emerging Forms of Muslim Women's Leadership"
a panel discussion, reception, and book signing

Thursday, March 2, 2006
Harvard University, J.F.K. School of Government
15 Eliot St., Cambridge, Mass. 02138
Taubman Building, 5th floor, 7:00 - 9:00 PM

7-8:30pm Panel (Allison Dining Room)
8:30-9pm, Reception and Book Signing (Taubman A)

To RSVP, or for more information, email: wappp@harvard.edu
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Andover Newton Theological Schooll
cordially invites you to a attend the 2005-2006 Costas Consultation in Global Mission

Casts, Tribes and Conversions: Christian Identities in India Today

3-4 March 2006

(Click here for Details!)

The Costas Consultation in Global Mission is named after the late Dean of Andover-Newton Theological School, Orlando Costas. His encouragement of the BTI faculty international mission and ecumenism program was foundational; his works, Christ Outside the Gate (1982) and Liberating News (1989), formative. (Click here for details about the program and the participants!)

Boston College and Brandeis University will cosponsor on

March 16-17,2006

In Our Time
Inter-religious Relations in a Divided World

A two-day conference to mark the 40th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council Declaration Nostra Aetate

Special guest and keynote
speaker will be

Archbishop Michael Fitzgerald, President, Pontifical
Council for Interreligious Dialogue

Other distinguished guest participants include:
§ Dr. Francis X. Clooney, S.J.
of Harvard University
§ Dr. Catherine Cornille of Boston College
§ Dr. Philip A. Cunningham of Boston College
§ Dr. Imam Talal Y. Eid
of the Islamic Institute of Boston
§ Rabbi Dr. David Elcott
of the American Jewish Committee
§ Dr. Edward Kaplan of Brandeis University
§ Dr. Jytte Klausen of Brandeis University
§ Dr. Ruth Langer of Boston College
§ Dr. Abdul Rashied Omar
of the University of Notre Dame
§ Dr. Shanta Premawardhana
of the National Council of Churches
§ Dr. Hans Ucko of the World Council of Churches

Episcopal Divinity School presents

The Sacred Art of Chant
A Workshop by Ana Hernandez

March 18th, 2006 (9am-3pm)

This event will be held in the St. John’s
Memorial Chapel which is handicap
accessible.

For more information or to register please contact Pat Michaels at 617.776.5604 or
via email at pmichaels@eds.edu

(Click Here for directions)

Harvard Divinity School
cordially invites you to an exhibition entitled:

"CHIAPAS:
Land and Liberty"
Photographs, Drawings and Paintings

by Betty LaDuke

February 1-March 24, 2006
Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.

Andover Chapel
Andover Hall
Harvard Divinity School
45 Francis Avenue
Cambridge, MA

This event is sponsored by Office of Ministry Studies at Harvard Divinity School. For details, contact Laura Lamp at 617.496.5711

The Pappas Patristic Institute
at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, cordially invites you to its annual

Archbishop Iakovos Graduate Students Conference In Patristic Studies
to be held at Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline MA

March 23-25, 2006

The purpose of this conference is to bring graduate students together from the fields of patristic studies and the history of Christianity in Late Antiquity in a collaborative and theological setting to hear and discuss peer research.

For more information or to register, please email Bruce Beck at beck.bruce@comcast.net or visit the Institute’s website pappaspatristic.hchc.edu

(click here for directions)

For details, call 617.731.3500

Founded in 2003 by a generous grant from the late Stephen Pappas and his wife Catherine, the goal of the Pappas Patristic Institute is the advancement and promotion of primarily Greek and other eastern patristic studies in the service of the academy and of the Church.

Hellenic College/ Holy Cross
Coridally invites you to attend an event

Holistic Healing in Byzantium: Modern Adaptations

March 31st - April 1st, 2006
Maliotis Cultural Center
50 Goddard Ave., Brookline, MA

Keynote Speaker:
Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol, Cyprus

This conference is sponsored by The Institute of Medicine, Psychology, and Religion; A Lilly Endowment Grant at Hellenic College; Metanexus Institute of the Local Societies Initiative; The Orthodox Christian Association of Medicine, Psychology, and Religion (O.C.A.M.P.R.); and the Nicholas Kambouras Scholarship.

For details, contact Maya Frommer by email at info@inmpr.org

Andover Newton Theological School's
The Ecology Ministry cordially invites you

Awakening the Dreamer Symposium
Bringing forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just human presence on the planet

April 1, 2006 (8:30am-4pm)

Location:
First Parish Church
349 Boston Post Rd, Weston, MA

This event is sponsored by First Parish Church in Weston, MA and co-sponsored by the Ecology
Ministry at Andover-Newton Theological School. For more information, please contact the Ecology Ministry at ccabrera@ants.edu OR visit
directly www.pachamama.org / Email journeys@firstparishweston.org. Admission: $60 per person w/ Lunch included (deep discounts for
students upon request)

Harvard Divinity School
Harambee Student Organization and the Black Alumni/ae Network cordially invite you to an event entitled:

A Time to Speak

Friday, April 7, 2006

This day-long event explores African American religious response to crisis. The devastating effect of Hurricane Katrina on poor and disenfranchised African Americans is one recent example of why we must convene and converse on the issues that bear on our communities, and discover ways to harness the collective power of our faith. Co-sponsored by the Black Alumni/ae Network (BAN) of Harvard Divinity School and Harambee (Harvard Divinity School's organization for students of African descent), the program will include panel discussions on faith-based action in times of crisis, as well as an interfaith worship service, and a career discussion for current students and alumni/ae. Additionally, the Rev. Peter J. Gomes (STB '68) will be presented with BAN's Preston N. Williams Black Alumni/ae Award during the luncheon.

Episcopal Divinity School presents
2006 President’s Symposium on the theme

What is, Exactly, The Bible?

April 8, 2006 (9am-3pm)

Speakers Include:
Lawrence Wills, EDS Faculty
Daniel Harrington, WJST Faculty &
Fr. Paul Tarazi, St Vladimir's Seminary Faculty

For more information or to register for this free symposium, please call 617.868.3450 x520 or send an email to mphillips@eds.edu. Participants are invited to bring a brown bag lunch and encouraged to take public transportation as parking is limited. Additional information is available on the EDS website, www.eds.edu.

(Click Here for directions)

Harvard University
Pluralism Project

Monday, April 17, 2006 (12-1:30pm)

Voices of Liberal Islam in Indonesia

you are cordially invited to a luncheon discussion sponsored by the Pluralism Project on the theme “Voices of Liberal Islam in Indonesia.” Presentations will be made by the following persons: Dr. Diana L. Eck, Director of the Pluralism Project, who will speak about her U.S. State Department lecture tour in Indonesia last August, at a time of intense public discussion on issues of pluralism; Ulil Abshar Abdalla, founder of Liberal Islam Network (Jaringan Islam Liberal, JIL), a pre-eminent organization in Indonesia that advocates for democracy, pluralism, and liberal interpretations of Islam; and Sukidi Mulyadi, affiliate of JIL, and graduate student at Harvard Divinity School. This luncheon discussion will be held in Thompson Room, Barker Center. Please RSVP to klohre@fas.harvard.edu no later than Thursday, April 13.

Harvard University
Evolution and Theology

Wednesday, April 19, 2006 (5pm)

Self-Interest, Morality, and Cooperation

By Friedrich Lohmann

(click here for a poster)

For more information, contact Amy Ashbacher, at the Harvard Program for Evolutionary Dynamics tel: 617.496.4737.

The Harvard Divinity School
Latino Student Organization:
Nuestra Voz

Friday, April 28, '06 (5-7pm)

Panel Discussion on: Theology and Ministry In the US/Latin@ Context:
Crossing Borders & Redefining Margins

You are cordially invited to a panel discussion with: Humberto Alfaro, Prof. of Practical Theology, New York Theological Seminary * Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Asst. Prof. of Theology and US/Latin@ Ministry, Boston College * Mayra Rivera, Asst. Prof. of Theology, Pacific School of Religion * María Cristina Vlassidis, HDS student, M.Div.II. Panel Moderator: Benjamin Valentín, Assoc. Prof. of Theology & Culture, Andover Newton Theological School. Reception to Follow in Rockefeller Hall
Andover Hall - Sperry Room; Harvard Divinity School.

Harvard University
Pluralism Project & Women's Studies in Religion Program

Tuesday, May 2, 2006 (1-2:30pm)

American Muslim Women Speak

Luncheon Conversation

The Pluralism Project and the Women’s Studies in Religion Program invite you to attend a luncheon conversation with Saleemah Abdul-Ghafur, editor of Living Islam Out Loud: American Muslim Women Speak, and former chief executive officer of Azizah: The Voice for Muslim Women magazine. Sarah Eltantawi, a contributor to the book and co-founder of the Progressive Muslim Union, will also be present.

This Luncheon Conversation will be held in the Thompson Room, Barker Center, 12 Quincy Street (Click here for a map!) Books will be available for purchase. ($15 cash or check) (lunch provided)

Friends of Sabeel North/America

PEACEMAKING IN ISRAEL/PALESTINE;
IS IT POSSIBLE?"

May 13, 200612-4pm
The United First Parish Church,
1306 Hancock Street, Quincy, MA

You are cordially invited to an afternoon conference to be held at the United First Parish Church, 1306 Hancock Street in Quincy. The conference is sponsored by Friends of Sabeel North America, a support group for the Sabeel Christian Ecumenical Center in Jerusalem.The keynote address "An Introduction to the History of the Conflict" will be delivered by Shukri Khuri, Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School, a member of the American Diaspora Alliance for Israeli-Palestinian Peace and a member of the Commission for Peace and Justice of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts.
Three workshops will be offered. "The Occupation and the Law" by Duncan Kennedy Duncan Kennedy is Carter Professor of General Jurisprudence at Harvard Law School". "The Occupation: A View from the Ground" by Robert and Maurine Tobin. Robert Tobin recently retired Rector of Christ Church in Cambridge and Maurine Tobin have been leading peace and justice pilgrimages for the last 6 years and recently returned from Palestine/Israel where they met with Palestinian Council members including members of Hamas. "The Impact of the Occupation on Palestinian Children and Their Families" by Ibrahim Masri. Ibrahim Masri is a Palestinian from Ramallah who taught at Berzeit and Bethlehem Universities and directed a Psycho Social Program for Save the Children in the West Bank and Gaza.

Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology

The George Florovsky Lecture

Thursday, June 8, 2006 (7pm)

You are cordially invited to attend the “2006 Georges Florovsky Lecture,” which will be held in the Maliotis Cultural Center, on the campus of Hellenic College/Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, 50 Goddard Avenue, Brookline, MA 02445. Norman Russell will address the topic “Theosis and Gregory
Palamas: Continuity or Change?” Norman Russell is the author of Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition (Oxford, 2004), Cyril of Alexandria (Routledge 2000), and translator of John Climacus: The Ladder (1982) and The Lives of the Desert Fathers (1981). The lecture is free and open to the public, and sponsored by the Orthodox Theological Society in America, which is convening its fortieth annual conference, June 7-9, 2006.

The Association for Case Teaching

The 35th Annual Case Teaching Institute

Seattle University
June 18-23, 2006

The Association for Case Teaching (ACT) invites you to attend the 2006 Case Teaching Institute. ACT is committed to the creative use of cases in theological education as a way of engaging transformational, reflective, and interdisciplinary teaching and learning. Faculty skilled in the case method will use modeling, group analysis, observation, and participatory exercises to introduce all phases of the case method approach to teaching and learning. Faculty will also guide participants in facilitating a pre-selected case as well as in writing an original case.

Keynote Faculty will include the following: Cheryl Robinson, Community Health System, Mark Hamilton, Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Graduate School of Theology, Abilene Christian University; Lisa Fullam, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, Efrain Agosto, Hartford Seminary; and Dudley Rose, Harvard Divinity School.

Boston University
The Institute on Culture and World Affairs (CURA)

Summer School
Religion and Globalization

Postponed for 2007

The Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs (CURA) conducts an annual summer school program, organized and directed by Professor Peter L. Berger and co-sponsored with the School of Theology at Boston University, under the guidance of Dean John Berthrong. The program is an intensive, three-week seminar on special topics in religion and world affairs. This year’s topic is “Religion and Globalization” and will run during the summer of 2007. It is designed for professionals resident in the United States whose work engages them with religion in its political, economic and cultural manifestations. Those particularly encouraged to apply are members of the media, staff at non-governmental agencies, clergy, government agencies and departments, public policy institutes; and academics in higher education, as well as Masters and Doctoral students.

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This travel log records the experiences of a group of students and professors who are participating in a workshop of the Boston Theological Institute together with Andover Newton Theological School
and Ecumenical and Evangelical Partners in India. (Details...)