The Washington National Cathedral lecture archive is expanding to include multimedia links for lectures dating back to 2001.
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November 5, 2009 7:30 PM
Counterfeit Gods
Book lecture and signing with the Rev. Timothy Keller.
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October 25, 2009 5:30 PM
Film Screening and Discussion: Journey into America
Film screening and discussion with film producer Akbar Ahmed
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October 7, 2009 7:30 PM
Afghanistan and Pakistan: America's Challenge: Solving the Impossible
Join us for an examination of the issues surrounding Afghanistan and Pakistan
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July 11, 2009 5:00 PM
Sustaining Service: Spiritually Managing Stress in Diverse Service Work
A free teaching and meditation program with Indian meditation leader Swami Adhyatmananda.
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March 27, 2009 8:00 PM
Divine Sanity: Thoughts on the Creative Life
with Elizabeth Gilbert
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November 12, 2008 7:30 PM
East-West Enlightenment
Lecture by Deepak Chopra
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October 29, 2008 7:30 PM
Rumi and the Whirling Dervishes from Turkey
With Faruk Celebi Efendi, Peter Rogen, and Nuri Simsekler
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October 21, 2008 7:00 PM
America & the World: Picking Up the Pieces
The Inaugural Paul and Nancy Ignatius Program
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September 29, 2008 7:30 PM
Listener’s Companion
Lecture by Garrison Keillor
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September 11, 2008 7:00 PM
Beyond Tolerance: Touching the Heart of Religious America
Lecture by Gustav Niebuhr
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June 7, 2008 :00 AM
Centennial Artist’s Talk
“Capturing Gothic Light: The Cathedral Photography of Frederick Evans”
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May 31, 2008 :00 AM
Centennial Artist’s Talk
“Majesty and Mystery: Frederick Hart and the Creation Sculptures”.
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May 20, 2008 7:30 PM
One Sky: Solving Climate Change Together
Panel with Majora Carter, K.C. Golden, Betsy Taylor, and host Eugene Sutton
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May 17, 2008 :00 AM
Centennial Artist’s Talk
“Jewels of Light: The Poetry of Stained Glass”.
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May 10, 2008 :00 AM
Centennial Artist’s Talk
“Forged by Fire: Flora, Fauna, and Fantasy in Wrought Iron” with Nol Putnam.
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May 3, 2008 :00 AM
Centennial Artist’s Talk
“Inspiration in Stone: Cathedral Architecture” with John Runkle.
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April 26, 2008 :00 AM
Lecture: “The Echo in the Well”
Lecture: “The Echo in the Well: The Secret Voices of Everyday Life” with David Whyte.
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April 26, 2008 :00 AM
Centennial Artist’s Talk
“Shapers of Stone: The Carvers of the Cathedral” with Majorie Hunt.
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April 19, 2008 :00 AM
Centennial Artist’s Talk
“Nature’s Sacred Spaces: The Gardens and Grounds of Washington National Cathedral” with Joe Luebke.
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April 12, 2008 :00 AM
Centennial Artist’s Talk
“Stone by Stone: Constructing a Gothic Cathedral in the Nation’s Capital” with Joe Alonso.
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April 5, 2008 :00 AM
Centennial Artist’s Talk
“Symbols and Stories: Needlepoint” with Nancy Lukoskie.
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March 31, 2008 7:30 PM
MLK’s Nonviolence: Asleep After 40 Years?
Public lecture by Taylor Branch on Martin Luther King, Jr.
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February 28, 2008 :00 AM
“Approaching God through Poetry”
“Approaching God through Poetry,”hosted by Esther DeWaal.
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February 26, 2008 :00 AM
“Approaching God through Poetry”
Hosted by Esther DeWaal.
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February 20, 2008 7:00 PM
Lifting the Veil on Addiction
Lecture by William Cope Moyers
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November 13, 2007 7:30 PM
Centennial Address: The Spirituality of Reconciliation
Lecture by Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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October 29, 2007 7:30 PM
Panel Discussion: “The U.S. and Iran: a Difficult History”
Panel on U.S. Iran Relations with Bruce Laingen, Stephen Kinzer, Trita Parsi, and Dr. Abbas Amanat, moderated by Congressman Wayne T. Gilchrest
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October 2, 2007 7:30 PM
Creativity: Confidence of the Heart
Lecture by Ann Patchett
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May 1, 2007 7:30 PM
The Origin of the Groceries
Lecture by Barbara Kingsolver
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April 27, 2007 7:30 PM
God and the Genome
Lecture by Francis S. Collins
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April 18, 2007 7:30 PM
Enlightened Living
Lecture by Lama Surya Das
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February 15, 2007 7:30 PM
The Cost of Love and Conscience
Lecture by Nora Gallagher
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February 6, 2007 7:30 PM
Misquoting Jesus
Lecture by Bart Ehrman
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December 1, 2006 7:30 PM
Healing between Spirit and Medicine
Lecture by Larry Dossey
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November 14, 2006 7:30 PM
In the Company of Legends and Friends
Lecture by Isabel Allende, with Jean Shinoda Bolen
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October 11, 2006 7:30 PM
The Faith Club
Conversation with Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner
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September 27, 2006 7:30 PM
A Ministry of Reconciliation: Christianity and the Political Divide
Lecture by John C. Danforth
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September 20, 2006 7:30 PM
In This Together: Religion and Science to Save Biodiversity!
Lecture by E.O. Wilson
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September 7, 2006 7:30 PM
Interfaith Dialogue and the Role of Religion in Peace
Lecture by former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami
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June 7, 2006 7:30 PM
Leaving Church: From Public Truth to Private Truth
Lecture by Barbara Brown Taylor
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April 21, 2006 7:30 PM
The Joyous Science of Kindness and Wisdom
Lecture by Sharon Salzburg and Robert Thurman
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April 18, 2006 7:30 PM
The Promise of Jesus: Abundant Life for All
Lecture by John Shelby Spong
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April 5, 2006 7:00 PM
The Art of the Sermon
A tribute to Frederick Buechner with Thomas G. Long, Eugene T. Sutton, Barbara Brown Taylor, and Jody Hassett Sanchez.
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March 14, 2006 7:30 PM
The Last Week
Lecture by Marcus Borg
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February 7, 2006 7:30 PM
Confessing Christ: The Prophetic Witness of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Lecture by Victoria Barnett
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January 11, 2006 7:30 PM
Spread Your Cloak over Me
Panel with Hibba Abugidieri, Kathy Grieb, and Nancy Fuchs Kreimer
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December 8, 2005 :00 AM
Season of Promise, Songs of Light
An Advent Mini-retreat with John Bell
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December 6, 2005 7:30 PM
Wrestling with and Writing from the Heart
Lecture by Jan Karon
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November 17, 2005 7:30 PM
The Potent Spiral of Body-Soul Wisdom
Lecture by Marion Woodman
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November 11, 2005 7:30 PM
Meditation on the Move: From Monastery to Lab to Main Street
Panel with Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn and Thomas Keating, with Lynn Neary
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October 12, 2005 7:30 PM
What Is Effective Faith-Based Political Engagement?
Lecture by Jean Bethke Elshtain
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September 14, 2005 7:30 PM
The Soul of Christianity
Huston Smith interviewed by Ray Suarez
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September 11, 2005 7:30 PM
The Prophet of Economic Possibilities for the Poor
Lecture by Jeffrey Sachs
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May 10, 2005 7:30 PM
Saturday Night Meets Sunday Morning Music
An Evening with Emily and Don Saliers
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April 27, 2005 7:30 PM
From Country Roads to Mean Streets
Lecture by Ched Myers
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April 13, 2005 7:30 PM
The Illuminating Black Madonna
Lecture by Sue Monk Kidd
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March 5, 2005 9:30 AM
In God (s) We Trust
James Hillman Lecture and Workshop
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February 16, 2005 :00 AM
Lecture: Thomas Merton’s Contemplative Vision: Photography as Prayer
Thomas Merton’s Contemplative Vision: Photography as Prayer
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November 17, 2004 7:30 PM
A Thinking Person’s Take On Christianity with a Mystical Twist
Lecture by Marcus Borg
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October 23, 2004 5:00 PM
Sensible Mysticism: Studying the Great Religions
Lecture by Karen Armstrong
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October 4, 2004 7:00 PM
The Patron Saint of Playful Spiritual Affection and Passionate Social Action: St. Francis
Lecture by Jon M. Sweeney
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June 2, 2004 7:00 PM
The Reformation: A History
Lecture by Diarmaid MacCulloch
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April 23, 2004 7:30 PM
The Son of Man and the Modern Crisis
Lecture by Andrew Harvey
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March 31, 2004 7:30 PM
Abraham: An Interfaith Portrait of Hope
Lecture by Bruce Feiler
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February 25, 2004 7:30 PM
The Healing Power of Generosity
Lecture by Jim Wallis
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February 19, 2004 7:00 PM
“Faith & Doubt” Lecture Series (Part 5/5): Epilogue and Beyond: Returning to the Lingering Questions
Lecture by Helen Whitney
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February 12, 2004 7:00 PM
“Faith & Doubt” Lecture Series (Part 4/5): The Face of Religion: Interpreting Violence in Religious Texts
Lecture by Brad Hirschfield
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February 5, 2004 7:00 PM
“Faith & Doubt” Lecture Series (Part 3/5): The Face of Evil: Seeking an adequate understanding of Evil
Lecture by Lorenzo Albacete
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January 29, 2004 7:00 PM
“Faith & Doubt” Lecture Series (Part 2/5): The Face of God: Ministering to the injured at the Pentagon
Lecture by Jay Magness
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January 22, 2004 7:00 PM
“Faith & Doubt” Lecture Series (Part 1/5): Faith and Doubt beyond Ground Zero: Stumbling across our Spiritual Anxiety
Lecture by Helen Whitney
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January 20, 2004 7:30 PM
Embodying “God’s Earth-shaking Mercy”
Lecture by James Alison
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December 2, 2003 7:30 PM
Pilgrimage: The Heart of Islam
Lecture by Seyyed Hossein Nasr
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November 20, 2003 7:00 PM
“The Abrahamic Traditions: A Comparison of Faiths” Lecture Series (Part 6/6): Repairing the Breach
Rabbi James Michaels, Bishop Jane Holmes Dixon and Imam Yahya Hendi explore the three major religions that look to Abraham as their progenitor.
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November 19, 2003 7:30 PM
A Stand Against Hate
Lecture by Abraham Foxman
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November 13, 2003 7:00 PM
“The Abrahamic Traditions: A Comparison of Faiths” Lecture Series (Part 5/6): Common Stories
Rabbi James Michaels, Bishop Jane Holmes Dixon and Imam Yahya Hendi explore the three major religions that look to Abraham as their progenitor.
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November 6, 2003 7:00 PM
“The Abrahamic Traditions: A Comparison of Faiths” Lecture Series (Part 4/6): Sacred Texts
Rabbi James Michaels, Bishop Jane Holmes Dixon and Imam Yahya Hendi explore the three major religions that look to Abraham as their progenitor.
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November 4, 2003 7:30 PM
Visions of the Holy
Lecture by Meinrad Craighead
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October 30, 2003 7:00 PM
“The Abrahamic Traditions: A Comparison of Faiths” Lecture Series (Part 3/6): Judaism
Rabbi James Michaels, Bishop Jane Holmes Dixon and Imam Yahya Hendi explore the three major religions that look to Abraham as their progenitor.
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October 23, 2003 7:00 PM
“The Abrahamic Traditions: A Comparison of Faiths” Lecture Series (Part 2/6): Islam
Rabbi James Michaels, Bishop Jane Holmes Dixon and Imam Yahya Hendi explore the three major religions that look to Abraham as their progenitor.
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October 16, 2003 7:00 PM
“The Abrahamic Traditions: A Comparison of Faiths” Lecture Series (Part 1/6): Christianity
Rabbi James Michaels, Bishop Jane Holmes Dixon and Imam Yahya Hendi explore the three major religions that look to Abraham as their progenitor.
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September 11, 2003 4:00 PM
Cultivating Peace as an Antidote to Violence
A Teaching by His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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April 30, 2003 7:30 PM
Brother of Jesus?
An Evening with Hershel Shanks and Ben Witherington
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April 29, 2003 :00 AM
Sacred Poetry: An Evening with Scott Cairns
Sacred Poetry: An Evening with Scott Cairns
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April 29, 2003 :00 AM
The Brother of Jesus?
Ben Witherington and Hershel Shanks
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April 23, 2003 7:30 PM
Toward Commitment
An Evening with Diane and John Rehm
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April 10, 2003 7:00 PM
Waging Peace (Part 2/2)
A Two-Part Discussion of Religion-Based Peacemaking Sponsored by Washington National Cathedral and the United States Institute of Peace
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April 8, 2003 7:00 PM
Waging Peace (Part 1/2)
A Two-Part Discussion of Religion-Based Peacemaking Sponsored by Washington National Cathedral and the United States Institute of Peace
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March 11, 2003 7:30 PM
Faith-based Diplomacy: Trumping Realpolitik
Lecture by Doug Johnston
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February 25, 2003 7:30 PM
How Jesus Became Anti-Jewish: Misreading Scripture
Lecture by Amy-Jill Levine
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November 13, 2002 :00 AM
Hastings Lecture
The College of Preachers presented its seventh annual lecture.
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November 5, 2002 7:30 PM
Jews & Christians: A New Conversation (Part 2/2)
An Evening with Krister Stendahl and Tikva Frymer–Kensky
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October 22, 2002 7:30 PM
Jews & Christians: A New Conversation (Part 1/2)
An evening with Rabbi David Rosen and the Rev. Dr. James Forbes
Read Christian-Jewish Relations—A Historic Transformation In Our Times &0#151; Address by Rabbi David Rosen »
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October 10, 2002 :00 AM
Historic Hestercombe Gardens: An English Paradise Regained
Lecture by Philip White of Aberdeen University.
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October 9, 2002 7:30 PM
A Private History of Awe
Lecture by Scott Russell Sanders
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September 20, 2002 7:30 PM
The Living Jesus
Lecture by Luke Timothy Johnson
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May 1, 2002 7:30 PM
The Other Voice: Writing in Conversation with God
Lecture by Gail Godwin
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April 10, 2002 7:30 PM
Arab Christians: An Endangered Species
Lecture by Bishop Riah Abu El-Assal (2002 Claggett Scholar Lecture)
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April 10, 2002 7:30 PM
2002 Claggett Scholar Lecture
Arab Christians: An Endangered Species
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April 5, 2002 7:30 PM
The Artist’s Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
Lecture by Julia Cameron
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March 12, 2002 7:00 PM
Personal Faith and Public Choices: Revisiting September 11
Panel hosted by Tim Russert, with E. J. Dionne, Sen. Sam Brownback, Rep. John Lewis, Rep. Betty McCollum, and Professor Akbar Ahmed
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September 26, 2001 7:30 PM
One Way of Wondering: Telling Serious Stories about Jesus
Lecture by Reynolds Price
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September 21, 2001 7:30 PM
Work as a Pilgrimage of Identity
An Evening with David Whyte
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May 8, 2001 :00 AM
The Changing Marks of Anglicanism
2001 Claggett Lecture by the Very Rev. John A. Simpson.
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March 24, 2001 :00 AM
Stained Glass at Washington National Cathedral
Rowan LeCompte, who designed many Cathedral stained glass windows, lectures.
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January 18, 2001 :00 AM
Lecture: “Living Faithfully in a Violent World”
With Marian Wright Edelman
