Interactive, Intensive May Course to Highlight Dialogue Across Abrahamic Faiths
An intensive, residential summer session course on sacred texts and practices in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam for seminarians and religious education students….
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WTC Seeks Interim Executive Director as Rev. Dr. Larry Golemon Prepares to Step Down from Role
The Interim Executive Director would begin immediately after selection to allow time to work with Dr. Golemon prior to his departure at the end of our fiscal year….
MoreThe Nazification of the Church
The prophetic confession, known as the “Barmen Declaration” was written in 1934 as the Third Reich was taking over the German Evangelical Church (composed of Lutheran, Reformed, and United churches). Professor Karl Barth was a primary author. Barmen galvanized the new “Confessing Church” which was a dissident voice against the national Reichskirche that would become an arm of state policy.
Barmen…
MoreDC-Area Ministry Faculty Endorse Statement Against Weaponization of Religion
The statement has received growing public endorsement from faculty of WTC member schools and individuals across interfaith communities….
MoreGolemon Interview with Close Up Radio
As a recognized figure in both theological education and interfaith dialogue, Dr. Golemon brings a wealth of experience fostering unity among diverse Christian traditions and furthering inter-religious understanding…
MoreSAVE THE DATE: Figel Event February 13, 2025 on Council of Nicaea
The 2025 Figel Address on Ecumenical Dialogue will address the topic “The Council of Nicaea and Our Common Life of Prayer: Orthodox and Anglican Perspectives.”…
MoreAnglican and Catholic Bishops on Journey for Christian Unity
Georgetownhosted talks and a presentation of Anglican and Catholic Bishops who have been blessed by the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Pope to pair up and travel with their message of Christian unity. A video of the panel is now available from the Berkeley Center at Georgetown.
International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission on Unity and Mission, held at Georgetown, September 30 -…
Wonderful Sermon Slam Features Excellent Student Preachers
Five outstanding preachers faced off at the 2024 Sermon Slam held at Wesley Theological Seminary on April 6, 2024….
MoreDr. Angelique Walker Smith gives powerful Figel Lecture Feb. 3
Dr. Angelique Walker Smith delivered an inspiring and challenging address at this year’s Figel Event for Ecumenism. Her topic, “The Hope of Pan-African Peoples and the Contradiction of Visible Unity Deferred: Ubuntu as a Vision for Christian Unity” was a critique and source of hope for traditional Ecumenism. I had the joy of meeting her after the address at the…
MoreE.O. Wilson and Archbishop Tutu meet at the Heavenly Gates
I am sad to learn that two giants in the moral and intellectual leadership of our era passed away on the same day, Sunday, December 26, 2021. Thankful for their lives and their work, I can delight in imagining what it might be like for the two of them to meet as they await their next adventure after this life.
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