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Progressive Religion, with Jennifer Butler and Wade Clark Roof
Event Start: February 16, 2012 07:30 PM
Event End: February 16, 2012 09:00 PM
Event Details:
Jennifer Butler and Wade Clark Roof, Lecture: “Progressive Religion”
Parish Hall, Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara
American Catholics in the Twenty-First Century, with Michele Dillon
Event Start: January 19, 2012 08:00 PM
Event End: January 19, 2012 09:30 PM
Event Details:
JE and Lillian Byrne Tipton Distinguished Visting Professor in Catholic Studies
Michele Dillon, Lecture: “American Catholics in the Twenty-First Century”
First Presbyterian Church, 21 East Constance Street
Damned Nation: Ending the Global War Against Women and Children, with Samantha Nutt
Event Start: January 17, 2012 08:00 PM
Event End: January 17, 2012 09:30 PM
Event Location: Fleischmann Auditorium at Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Event Price:
Free
Event Details:
Continue Reading Damned Nation: Ending the Global War Against Women and Children, with Samantha Nutt
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America, with Melissa Harris-Perry
Event Start: October 04, 2011 08:00 PM
Event End: October 04, 2011 09:30 PM
Event Details:
Melissa Harris-Perry, Lecture: “Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America”
UCSB Corwin Pavilion
The Desert and the Experience of God, with Richard Rodriguez
Event Start: April 21, 2011 08:00 PM
Event End: April 21, 2011 09:30 PM
Event Details:
Martin E. Marty Lectureship on Religion in American Life
Richard Rodriguez, Lecture: “The Desert and the Experience of God”
Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara
The Lost Art of Democratic Argument — Can We Reason Together About Values Without Rancor and Incivility, with Michael Sandel
Event Start: February 01, 2011 08:00 PM
Event End: February 01, 2011 09:30 PM
Event Details:
Michael J. Sandel, Lecture: “The Lost Art of Democratic Argument — Can We Reason Together About Values Without Rancor and Incivility?"
UCSB Campbell Hall
Co-presented with UCSB Arts & Lectures
California Crackup: Repairing the Golden State, with Joe Mathews
Event Start: October 25, 2010 08:00 PM
Event End: October 25, 2010 09:30 PM
Event Details:
Joe Mathews, Lecture: “California Crackup: Repairing the Golden State”
Fleischmann Auditorium, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Santa Barbara
Frontrunner: The Afghan Woman Who Surprised the World
Event Start: October 21, 2010 06:00 PM
Event End: October 21, 2010 07:30 PM
Event Details:
Film Screening: "Frontrunner: The Afghan Woman Who Surprised the World," with special appearance by the Emmy Award-winning producer and film director, Virginia Williams
UCSB Women’s Center
An American Dilemma: Obama, Afghanistan, and Vietnam, with George Packer
Event Start: May 19, 2010 08:00 PM
Event End: May 19, 2010 09:30 PM
Event Details:
George Packer, Lecture: “An American Dilemma: Obama, Afghanistan, and Vietnam”
Victoria Hall, Santa Barbara
Feminist Leadership in Building Global Community, with Kavita N. Ramdas
Event Start: February 09, 2010 08:00 PM
Event End: February 09, 2010 09:30 PM
Event Details:
Kavita Ramdas, Lecture: “Feminist Leadership in Building Global Community"
Parish Hall, Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara
The Revival of Progressive Religious Activism and the Future of American Public Life, with Robert Jones
Event Start: January 21, 2010 05:30 PM
Event End: January 21, 2010 07:00 PM
Event Details:
Robert P. Jones, Lecture and Book Signing: “The Revival of Progressive Religious Activism and the Future of American Public Life”
Parish Hall, Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara
Speak Truth To Power, with Kerry Kennedy
Event Start: November 05, 2009 08:00 PM
Event End: November 05, 2009 09:30 PM
Event Location: UCSB Campbell Hall
Event Price:
Free
Event Details:
Continue Reading Speak Truth To Power, with Kerry Kennedy
Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World, with Vali Nasr
Event Start: October 11, 2009 03:00 PM
Event End: October 11, 2009 04:30 PM
Event Details:
Vali Nasr, Lecture: “Forces of Fortune: The Rise of the New Muslim Middle Class and What It Will Mean for Our World”
Victoria Hall, Santa Barbara
Cosponsored by UCSB Center for Middle East Studies
An Evening with Karen Armstrong
Event Start: September 22, 2009 08:00 PM
Event End: September 22, 2009 09:30 PM
Event Details:
Karen Armstrong, Lecture: “An Evening with Karen Armstrong”
The Marjorie Luke Theatre, Santa Barbara
Cosponsored by Virgil Cordano O.F.M. Endowment in Catholic Studies in the Department of Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara
Integrity, Leadership, Trust: A Different Measure of Obama’s First 100 Days, with Jim Lichtman
Event Start: June 18, 2009 05:30 PM
Event End: June 18, 2009 07:00 PM
Event Details:
Jim Lichtman, Lecture: “Integrity, Leadership, Trust: A Different Measure of Obama’s First 100 Days”
McCune Founders Room, The Granada Theatre, Santa Barbara
Citizens Cain and Abel: Theological Anthropology and Progressive Religion, with Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite
Event Start: May 24, 2009 03:00 PM
Event End: May 24, 2009 04:30 PM
Event Details:
The Rev. Dr. Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, Lecture: “Citizens Cain and Abel: Theological Anthropology and Progressive Religion”
Victoria Hall, Santa Barbara
Spirituality and Culture, with Joan Chittister
Event Start: April 02, 2009 08:00 PM
Event End: April 02, 2009 09:30 PM
Event Details:
Sister Joan Chittister
"Spirituality and Culture"
The Marjorie Luke Theater
721 East Cota Street, Santa Barbara
Continue Reading Spirituality and Culture, with Joan Chittister
Being the Hands of God: Jewish Perspectives on America’s Social Justice Agenda, with David Saperstein
Event Start: March 22, 2009 03:00 PM
Event End: March 22, 2009 04:30 PM
Event Details:
Rabbi David Saperstein, Lecture: “Being the Hands of God: Jewish Perspectives on America’s Social Justice Agenda”
Victoria Hall, Santa Barbara
The War Comes Home: Washington’s Battle against America’s Veterans, with Aaron Glantz
Event Start: March 01, 2009 03:00 PM
Event End: March 01, 2009 04:30 PM
Event Details:
Aaron Glantz, Lecture: “The War Comes Home: Washington’s Battle against America’s Veterans”
Victoria Hall, Santa Barbara
Everything Must Change: Rediscovering Christian Faith as a Spiritual-Social Movement, with Brian McLaren
Event Start: February 09, 2009 07:00 PM
Event End: February 09, 2009 08:30 PM
Event Details:
Brian McLaren, Lecture: “Everything Must Change: Rediscovering Christian Faith as a Spiritual-Social Movement”
Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara