The Boston University School of Theology is proud to present the bi-annual Lowell Lecture, which features renowned speakers in fields related to theological studies. The Spring 2025 Lowell Lecture on March 25 will feature Dr. Marcia Riggs, who will present "Womanist Moral Imagination for Living in an Absolutist Culture." This lecture will explore how womanist moral imagination helps answer the question: How do we facilitate authentic moral community?
Spring 2025 Event
Our Spring 2025 speaker, Dr. Marcia Riggs, will present "Womanist Moral Imagination for Living in an Absolutist Culture" on March 25, 2025. Anger and fear are anchoring our political and religious life. This anger fear has warped our sense of how to be national and religious community that is moral community. Political discourse is uncivil; religious discourse is confrontational. Whether members of Congress are holding their party’s line or members of denominations are holding a doctrinal line, there is partisan polarization. At the heart of this polarization is absolutist morality. Womanist moral imagination helps us to answer this question: How do we generate and facilitate authentic moral community?
Simulating Religious Violence
Fall 2024 Lowell Lecture
Prompted by the tragic events of 9/11 in New York and the Boston Marathon bombing, go behind the scenes of a three-year project with computer scientists and religion scholars as they harness the power of computer simulation and modeling to explore solutions for global conflicts rooted in religious violence. Special thanks to WGBH and Boston University Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences.
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