The Washington National Cathedral lecture archive is expanding to include multimedia links for lectures dating back to 2001.
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March 21, 2013 7:30 PM
“You’re Such a Martyr!”: The History and Controversy of Persecution in the Early Church
Dr. Candida Moss, professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at the University of Notre Dame, offers an evening lecture based on her new book.
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February 21, 2013 7:30 PM
The Relationship of Faith, Food, and Poverty: An Interfaith Discussion
An interfaith panel explores the questions: How do we grow hospitality, generosity, and reconciliation through food distribution, just water access, and sustainable farming? What does ‘justice for the poor’ look like when the earth and its resources are treated as integral to communion with God?
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February 19, 2013 7:30 PM
Dramas of Love and Dirt: Soil and the Salvation of the World
Norman Wirzba
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February 6, 2013 7:30 PM
“...to the thousandth generation”: God, Poverty, and the Future of Love
Willis Jenkins
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January 30, 2013 7:30 PM
In Search of China’s Soul: Money, Politics, and the Pressure for Social Change
The Ignatius Program 2013 featured keynote speaker Chen Guangcheng, the blind lawyer/activist who dramatically escaped house arrest in northeast China and took refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Beijing before winning asylum in the U.S.
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November 5, 2012 7:30 PM
Reading the Bible as an Ecological Act
Richard Bauckham
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October 23, 2012 7:30 PM
Panel Discussion: The Muslim Experience in America
A timely panel addressed the challenges that Muslims in the United States continue to face, including suspicion and discrimination, and what role the faith community can play in fighting Islamophobia.
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October 16, 2012 7:30 PM
Animals at Home on the Earth: Lessons for People of Faith
Laura Hobgood-Oster introduces the situations animals face today and provides instructive ways for how people of faith can respond with compassion and hospitality.
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May 18, 2012 7:30 PM
An Evening with Ann Patchett
A reading co-sponsored by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation
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March 26, 2012 7:30 PM
An Evening with the Bishop and Brian McLaren
Please join us for the capstone event in our Lenten book study of McLaren’s book Finding Our Way Again. An opportunity to discuss the book with Bishop Mariann and the author and to share your own experiences with spiritual practices and the deepening of faith.
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March 25, 2012 7:30 PM
Jesus and Tragedy
An evening with Terry Eagleton.
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October 13, 2011 7:30 PM
POSTPONED: Ignatius Program: What is a Just War? For and Against Humanitarian Intervention
POSTPONED: The 2011 Nancy and Paul Ignatius Program. Date to be announced.
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April 7, 2011 6:30 PM
Values and Diplomacy: A Conversation with Former Secretaries of State
An evening with former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright, James Baker, and Colin Powell, moderated by Walter Isaacson.
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February 18, 2011 7:30 PM
An Evening with Jonathan Franzen
The award-winning writer reads from his newly published novel, Freedom.
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October 5, 2010 7:30 PM
Ignatius Program: Governing across the Divide
The fall 2010 Ignatius program focused on the breakdown of the political dialogue in our country today.
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May 17, 2010 7:30 PM
The Wisdom Jesus: Transformational Teaching for Today's Times
Cynthia Bourgeault offers a lecture in the Cathedral nave. Time and tickets are tbd.
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April 30, 2010 8:00 PM
Discovering Stories That Need to Be Told
An evening of readings and conversation with celebrated Chilean-American author Isabel Allende
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March 3, 2010 7:00 PM
Christian-Muslim Summit Public Dialogue
The Christian-Muslim Summit concludes with a public dialogue among the summit participants for invited guests on Wednesday, March 3, at 7 pm, in the Cathedral nave.
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January 13, 2010
School of Prayer
Six-week winter session on prayer in the context of the holy season of Lent.
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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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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 11, 2008 7:00 PM
Beyond Tolerance: Touching the Heart of Religious America
Lecture by Gustav Niebuhr
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June 7, 2008
Centennial Artist’s Talk
“Capturing Gothic Light: The Cathedral Photography of Frederick Evans”
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May 31, 2008
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
Centennial Artist’s Talk
“Jewels of Light: The Poetry of Stained Glass”.
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May 10, 2008
Centennial Artist’s Talk
“Forged by Fire: Flora, Fauna, and Fantasy in Wrought Iron” with Nol Putnam.
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May 3, 2008
Centennial Artist’s Talk
Centennial Artist’s Talk: “Inspiration in Stone: Cathedral Architecture” with John Runkle.
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April 26, 2008
Centennial Artist’s Talk
“Shapers of Stone: The Carvers of the Cathedral” with Majorie Hunt.
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April 19, 2008
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
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
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 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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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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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
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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March 5, 2005 9:30 AM
In God(s) We Trust
James Hillman Lecture and Workshop
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February 16, 2005
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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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 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 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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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
Sacred Poetry: An Evening with Scott Cairns
Sacred Poetry: An Evening with Scott Cairns
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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
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
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October 10, 2002
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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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
The Changing Marks of Anglicanism
2001 Claggett Lecture by the Very Rev. John A. Simpson.
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March 24, 2001
Stained Glass at Washington National Cathedral
Rowan LeCompte, who designed many Cathedral stained glass windows, lectures.
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January 18, 2001
Lecture: “Living Faithfully in a Violent World”
With Marian Wright Edelman
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February 4, 1999 7:30 PM
An Evening with the Real-life Heroine of Dead Man Walking
Sister Helen Prejean takes us on the faith journey behind and beyond the Oscar-winning film.
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December 3, 1994 7:30 PM
The Church in a Violent Society
Washington National Cathedral convened a national teleconference on The Church in a Violent Society,, with Tim Russert, George Stephanopoulos, and Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’sConnor.
