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Nonviolence: Theological Roots and Contemporary Possibilities @ the SoL Center
Dates: THREE Thursdays, Sept. 24, Oct. 1 and 8 Time: 7 – 9 p.m. Register By: Sept. 17 How does an individual make a moral / religious commitment to nonviolence as a viable way of life and method for social change? Participants will examine the sources of nonviolence and peacemaking in the Bible and the early history of Christianity. We also look at contemporary expressions of nonviolence in our troubled world. Recommended reading for participants: Jesus Christ Peacemaker: A New…
Find out more »Voices for Children : 17th Annual Congress on Children: Nurturing Every Child
September 25, 2015 at the Whitley Theological Center; $20/seat or $200/reserved table for 8 (Breakfast and lunch, water, tea and coffee included) Register at voicessa.org THE NURTURE EFFECT – Keynote Presentation Tony Biglan, PhD, a research scientist from the Oregon Research Institute will provide a keynote presentation on the "Nurture Effect." Biglan will share how 30 years of scientific discoveries have led us to know enough to ensure that virtually every young person arrives at adulthood with the skills, values, and…
Find out more »Workshop: Human Trafficking and The Pimp Culture
Speaker: Kirsta Melton Kirsta Leeburg Melton is the assistant attorney general responsible for the prosecution of human trafficking for the Texas Attorney General’s Office. For the past fourteen years she has prosecuted in the Family Justice Unit of the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office combating human trafficking, the physical and sexual abuse of children, sex crimes against adults, and family violence from felony assault to capital murder. Melton graduated cum laude from Cornell University in 1993. She then went on…
Find out more »Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home
On Tuesday, September 29, 7pm at Oblate School of Theology’s Whitley Center, Sr. Linda Gibler, Associate Academic Dean of the Oblate School of Theology, will make a presentation, focusing on Chapters 4 and 6 of the papal encyclical "Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home." There is a $10 charge for the presentation: http://www.ost.edu/OblateSite/ContinuingEd/Laudato.pdf
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