Religion & Public Life

Occupy Wall Street: What is it and what should we make of it?

As requested by many students, we will have an opportunity to hear from and speak with two Cornell Professors, Chris Barrett and Bob Hockett, about this movement that has been so prominent in the news this year.

Forgiveness is central to Christian Faith.  Last year we watched a very compelling film entitled As We Forgive.  This year we will be watching selections from The Power of Forgiveness. 

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Tim Keller says that "No writer or thinker has taught me as much as James Hunter has about this all-important and complex subject of how culture is changed." Who is James Hunter?

Hunter is a sociologist who argues in his recent book To Change the World that American Christians are ineffective at cultural change because the working theory that undergirds their strategies--changing "hearts and minds"--is grounded on the shifting sand of idealism, individualism, and pietism. Hunter emphasizes rather the role of elites, networks, technology, and institutions.

Please join us for a fascinating discussion with Jim Crawford '78, the founding director of Community Faith Partners. CFP is a local organization that mobilizes volunteers (including students) to bring Christian care to the least among us - including inmates of the Tompkins County jail.