Tuesday, September 1 Welcome to Union 9:00-9:30 a.m. Listen to President Serene Jones, Dean Kelly Brown Douglas and Dean Pamela Cooper-White kick off orientation by offering their greetings and welcoming you to Union. They will
Wednesday September 2nd Introduction to Faculty and Academic Fields 9:00-11:30 a.m. Union faculty present their areas of expertise to introduce themselves and their fields of study. Break 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Degree Breakout Sessions (M.A., MDiv,
Thursday September 3rd Introduction to Faculty and Academic Fields 9:00-11:30 a.m. Union faculty present their areas of expertise to introduce themselves and their fields of study. Break 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Degree Breakout Sessions (M.A., MDiv,
Friday September 4th Registrar Office Hours (optional) 8:00-10:00 a.m. Dean Nicole Mirando and Registrar Abigail Asgaralli will hold office hours to answer student questions about course registration and general degree requirements. We encourage you to
Saturday September 5th Getting into Community (optional) 5:00-6:30 p.m . Facilitated by Ministers of Fun Bridget Webster and Ryan Felder and hosted by the Union Student Senate, this is a chance for returning students and
Sunday, September 6 Virtual Worship (optional) Times vary Click here to find a spreadsheet with virtual worship communities mostly based in New York City for you to join during your time at Union.
This event brings forth Latinx and Caribbean voices that are historically and strategically ignored in political and cultural discourses among mainstream media, academic circles, and religious institutions. Moderated by Rev. Samuel Cruz, Phd. of Union
A distinguished panel of interfaith scholars and leaders leads a discussion of Pope Francis’ new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti. Pope Francis’ encyclical Fratelli Tutti (“brothers and sisters, all”), released on October 4, 2020, develops at length
Join us on Thursday, February 25 from 5:30 – 7:00 pm EST for a virtual event reflecting on the recent PBS film series The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song. In partnership
Notes on an Affect Theory of Religion Join us on Thursday, March 11 at 6:00 pm EST for a lecture on Religious Animal Bodies by Donovan Schaefer, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University
Please join us on Wednesday, March 24, at 6:00 PM EST, for a virtual book launch for Against the Hounds of Hell: A Life of Howard Thurman (UVA Press, 2021) by Peter Eisenstadt. Click here to purchase
Join us on Thursday, March 25 at 6:00 pm EST for a lecture on Creaturely Cosmologies: Why Metaphysics Matters for Animal & Planetary Liberation with Brianne Donaldson. Brianne Donalson is the assistant professor in religious studies
Join us on Thursday, April 8 at 6:00 pm EST for a lecture on inner Animalities: Theology and the End of the Human with Dr. Eric Daryl Meyer. Professor Meyer is the Gregory Roeben and Susan Raunig
Join us on Thursday, April 15 at 6:00 pm EST for a lecture on Wild Spirituality: Queer Grief and Grievance in an Age of Extinctions with Jacob J. Erickson. Professor Erickson is the Assistant Professor of
Join us on Thursday, May 6 at 6:00 pm EST for a lecture on The Challenge of Christian Animal Ethics with David L. Clough. Professor Clough is the Professor of Theological Ethics at The University of Chester.
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