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Boston College is a coeducational university with undergraduate and graduate students hailing from every state and more than 95 countries. Founded in 1863, it is one of the oldest Jesuit, Catholic universities in the United States.

Since its founding in 1957, the Lowell Humanities Series has brought distinguished writers, artists, performers, and scholars to Boston College. Follow the series on Twitter at @BCLowellHS .

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  • Centrality of Respect in Culture and Learning

    Thu, Oct 24, 2002
    Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot discusses her book Respect: An Exploration.
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  • Catholic Tradition: Revision or Conservatism?

    Wed, Oct 30, 2002
    Catholic philosopher and historian Garry Wills argues that revision, not conservatism, is the historical norm of the Roman Catholic Church. Catholic theological responses to the sexual abuse crisis are split into two main camps: the traditionalist, which claims that a return to pre-Vatican II values will purge the Church of its "modern" problems, and the revisionist, which sees the crisis as symptomatic of deeper institutional ills and calls for further loosening and modernization of canon law. Wills is a leading figure in the latter camp.
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  • Crucial Endeavor: Catholic-Jewish Relations

    Wed, Nov 6, 2002
    German theologian Cardinal Walter Kasper, the president of the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews, seeks to clarify the Church's position on several controversial issues. Among them, the Church's history of forced conversion of the Jews, and the contemporary debate over the proposed canonization of Pope Pius XII, accused by some of failing to oppose the Holocaust.
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  • Religious Imagery in Navajo Textiles

    Thu, Nov 7, 2002
    Rebecca Vallette, professor of Romance languages at Boston College and an avid scholar of Navajo weavings, explains that the seemingly abstract designs in Navajo textiles are, in fact, religious symbols imbued with specific meanings. These textiles are known, to many, for their bold and repeated geometric patterns.
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  • Courage to Be Catholic: What Future?

    Tue, Dec 3, 2002
    George Weigel argues that the current crisis in the Church is the direct result of a post-Vatican II relaxation of traditional Catholic mores. This, in his view, has led to a "purple priesthood" dominated by active homosexuals and widespread renunciation by the laity of Catholicism's founding principles.
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  • Wasted Day: The Necessary Art of Doing Nothing

    Thu, Feb 6, 2003
    Patricia Hampl, regents' professor at the University of Minnesota, explores "the necessary art of doing nothing."
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  • H. L. Mencken: Confessions of a Believing Critic

    Wed, Jan 22, 2003
    Terry Teachout discusses his newest book, *The Skeptic: A Life of H.L. Mencken*, where he explores the life of one of the greatest literary journalists of the roaring twenties, and certainly one of the most controversial commentators of all time. **Terry Teachout**lives in Manhattan and is the drama critic of the *Wall Street Journal* and the music critic of *Commentary*. He also writes about the other arts, including books, ballet, painting and sculpture, film and TV, and "whatever happens to catch [his] eye or ear." He writes "Second City," a column about the arts in New York that appears in the *Washington Post* on the first Sunday of every month. His work also appears in *The New York Times*, *National Review*, and many other magazines and newspapers.
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  • Democracy and Catholicism in the 21st Century

    Fri, Mar 14, 2003
    Rutgers University political science professor W. Carey McWilliams discusses the future of Catholicism in America.
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  • Claim for Truth: Medieval Judaism and Christianity

    Thu, Feb 6, 2003
    Daniel J. Lasker, professor at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, talks about medieval Judaism and Christianity.
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  • Shakespeare and the Bottom Line: Marketing Higher Ed

    Mon, Oct 25, 2004
    This talk from David L. Kirp, for the sixth annual Monan Lecture on Higher Education, shares its title with Kirp's recently published book. Kirp describes the conflict between the ways in which American universities are increasingly pressured to function as businesses within a competitive market, and their educational goals.
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