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Boston College STM Online: Encore Podcast

For nearly ten years, our continuing education staff at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry have been recording and archiving the lectures in theology and ministry that we host on campus. We call this collection “STM Online: Encore.” You can find a range of topics including Catholic social teaching, scripture, ministry, and spirituality.

Jun 27, 2017

Evolution and the Primacy of Love

ANNUAL EVELYN UNDERHILL LECTURE IN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY

July 16, 2016
Presenter: Ilia Delio, O.S.F. 

According to Teilhard de Chardin, evolution ushered in a new understanding of reality based on love-energy.  This year's annual lecture explores Teilhard's philosophy of love and...


Jun 21, 2017

Who are the "Nones"?

LECTURE

February 25, 2016
Presenter: Nancy T. Ammerman

Roughly one-third of younger adults now say they have no religious affiliation; but who are they and why aren’t they in church?  What do they mean when they protest that they are “spiritual”?  This presentation examines the...


Jun 13, 2017

 

Ask the Beasts: Spirituality and the Evolving Earth

EVELYN UNDERHILL LECTURE IN CHRISTIAN SPIRITUALITY

July 13, 2013
Presenter: Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J.

 “Ask the beasts and they will teach you;
the birds of the air, and they will tell you;
ask the plants of the earth and they will instruct you;
and the fish...


Jun 6, 2017

Thomas Merton: A Prophet for Our Time

LECTURE

October 29, 2015
Presenter: Colleen M. Griffith

In an age of unrest and distraction, Thomas Merton poses many challenges to contemporary culture, inviting a deeper sense of the human, a broadened grasp of catholicity, and a way of communal solidarity.  Celebrating the...