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Boston College

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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  • 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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  • Frankenstein: Protestant, Catholic, Atheist

    Wed, Feb 26, 2003
    Judith Wilt explores Protestant and Catholic themes in the famous Gothic fable by atheist Mary Shelley. Wilt also reviews various critical views of Frankenstein, from the 1950s through the present day. Wilt is introduced by Dennis Taylor, editor, Journal of Religion and the Arts. **Judith Wilt** holds the Newton College Alumnae Chair in Western Culture at Boston College.
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  • Alan Keyes on the Challenge of Gay Marriage

    Tue, Mar 9, 2004
    Alan Keyes, former US representative to the United Nations, and two-time candidate for the Republican nomination for president, offers an argument in opposition to gay marriage. Keyes bases his argument on a biblically-derived Christian understanding of marriage as sacrament, and a social understanding of heterosexual marriage as a necessary foundation for society. Keyes is introduced by Luke Howe, a UGBC executive and a sophomore in the Carroll School of Management at Boston College. This lecture is sponsored by the Undergraduate Government of Boston College and the College Republicans of Boston College
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  • Meet the Poet: Naomi Shihab Nye

    Mon, Feb 9, 2004
    Naomi Shihab Nye, award-winning author of poetry for adults and children, reads from her work, which includes 19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East, Fuel, and Red Suitcase. Nye is introduced by Susan Roberts of the Boston College English department.
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  • Is America a Christian Nation?

    Fri, Feb 6, 2004
    Hugh Heclo, the Clarence J. Robinson professor of public affairs at George Mason University, discusses the role of Christianity in American law, public institutions, and culture. Boston College professor of political science Dennis Hale provides the introduction.
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  • Lessons from the Holocaust

    Thu, Nov 6, 2003
    Alan Berger, the Raddock Chair of Holocaust Studies at Florida Atlantic University, talks about educating students for altruism, and the lessons that can be learned from Holocaust rescuers. Berger is introduced by Philip Cunningham, executive director of the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning.
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  • Religion and Faith-Based Initiatives in Urban Communities

    Tue, Oct 21, 2003
    Former Indianapolis mayor Stephen Goldsmith, special advisor to President Bush on faith-based and not-for-profit initiatives, keynotes a panel discussion on the role of religion in American cities. The panel also includes Boston College political science professor Marc Landy, Thomas Massaro, of the Weston School of Theology, and Lynch School of Education Interim Dean Joseph O'Keefe. Boston College political science professor Alan Wolfe, director of the Boisi Center, moderates. Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, Joseph Quinn, provides the introduction.
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  • Christian Appy: Vietnam War From All Sides

    Tue, Apr 22, 2003
    Christian Appy, associate professor of history at MIT and author of Working-Class War: American Combat Soldiers and Vietnam, reflects on various American interpretations of the Vietnam War. Appy is introduced by Carlo Rotella, professor of English at Boston College.
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  • Evil: The Artist's Response

    Tue, Nov 27, 2001
    A panel of artists engages in a discussion about about how artists respond to evil. This discussion is the second annual dialogue on Belief and Nonbelief in Modern American Culture, sponsored by Boston College and the Atlantic Monthly. The series is modeled after the annual "Chair of the Nonbeliever", sponsored by the archbishop, Carlo Maria Cardinal Martini of Milan. It is Martini's contention that "there is evil in each of us; whatever our religion, even in a bishop; a believer and a nonbeliever." The series invites philosophers, authors, psychiatrists, politicians, and artists to talk about their work through the prisms of belief and nonbelief.
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  • Why Celibacy? Hindu, Buddhist and Christian Views

    Tue, Mar 25, 2003
    Howard Gray, rector at John Carroll University; Geshe Tsetan, Tibetan Buddhist monk; and Swami Tyagananda, Hindu rector at MIT, offer perspectives on celibacy from the viewpoints of their respective religions. Mary Ann Hinsdale, from the Boston College Theology Department, introduces the speakers.
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