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Dana Gioia, the poet laureate of California, recites poetry from his book 99 Poems: New And Selected, reflects on beauty and language, and takes questions from the audience at an event sponsored by Fuller Seminary’s Brehm Center that took place in Pasadena, California, in April 2016.

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Dana Gioia, the poet laureate of California, discusses his time as director of the National Endowment for the Arts. He reflects on initiatives like honoring jazz legends, bringing free Shakespeare performances to every state in the nation, equipping veterans with creative writing, and more.

He was interviewed by Mako Fujimura, the director of the Culture Care initiative at the Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts, and the interview was part of an event sponsored by Fuller Seminary’s Brehm Center that took place in Pasadena, California, in April 2016.

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Erin Dufault-Hunter, assistant professor of Christian ethics, responds to Rowan Williams’ second lecture by exploring the ways “human rights” have been used to support the powerful, Emmett Till, a Christian imagination that can resist the principalities and powers within our society.

The Right Reverend Rowan Williams spoke at the 2018 Payton Lectures, an annual lecture series from Fuller Seminary’s School of Theology. Fuller Theological Seminary instituted the Payton Lectures in 1948, providing for a series of divinity lectures by a notable scholar outside the regular faculty. The lectureship is named for Dr. John E. and Mrs. Eliza Payton, parents of the late Mrs. Grace Fuller, wife of seminary founder Charles E. Fuller.

Explore lectures, responses, and more here: https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/fuller-dialogues-theology-and-human-rights/

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Sebastian Kim, executive director of the Korean Studies Center, responds to Rowan Williams’ second lecture by exploring worship, acting justly, and the complex global context for human rights.

The Right Reverend Rowan Williams spoke at the 2018 Payton Lectures, an annual lecture series from Fuller Seminary’s School of Theology. Fuller Theological Seminary instituted the Payton Lectures in 1948, providing for a series of divinity lectures by a notable scholar outside the regular faculty. The lectureship is named for Dr. John E. and Mrs. Eliza Payton, parents of the late Mrs. Grace Fuller, wife of seminary founder Charles E. Fuller.

Explore lectures, responses, and more here: https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/fuller-dialogues-theology-and-human-rights/

For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio

The Right Reverend Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, lectures on the intersection of political discourse and theology and the role of the church to establish human personhood.

The Right Reverend Rowan Williams spoke at the 2018 Payton Lectures, an annual lecture series from Fuller Seminary’s School of Theology. Fuller Theological Seminary instituted the Payton Lectures in 1948, providing for a series of divinity lectures by a notable scholar outside the regular faculty. The lectureship is named for Dr. John E. and Mrs. Eliza Payton, parents of the late Mrs. Grace Fuller, wife of seminary founder Charles E. Fuller.

Explore lectures, responses, and more here: https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/fuller-dialogues-theology-and-human-rights/

For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio

Matthew Kaemingk, associate dean for Fuller Texas and assistant professor of Christian ethics, responds to Rowan Williams’ first lecture by exploring Islamophobia, a culture longing for justice and reciprocity, and communal life.

The Right Reverend Rowan Williams spoke at the 2018 Payton Lectures, an annual lecture series from Fuller Seminary’s School of Theology. Fuller Theological Seminary instituted the Payton Lectures in 1948, providing for a series of divinity lectures by a notable scholar outside the regular faculty. The lectureship is named for Dr. John E. and Mrs. Eliza Payton, parents of the late Mrs. Grace Fuller, wife of seminary founder Charles E. Fuller.

Explore lectures, responses, and more here: https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/fuller-dialogues-theology-and-human-rights/

For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio

Clifton R. Clarke, associate dean for the William E. Pannell Center for African American Church Studies, responds to Rowan Williams’ first lecture by exploring rights discourse in relationship to global policies, colonialism, and white supremacy.

The Right Reverend Rowan Williams spoke at the 2018 Payton Lectures, an annual lecture series from Fuller Seminary’s School of Theology. Fuller Theological Seminary instituted the Payton Lectures in 1948, providing for a series of divinity lectures by a notable scholar outside the regular faculty. The lectureship is named for Dr. John E. and Mrs. Eliza Payton, parents of the late Mrs. Grace Fuller, wife of seminary founder Charles E. Fuller.

Explore lectures, responses, and more here: https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/fuller-dialogues-theology-and-human-rights/

For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio

The Right Reverend Rowan Williams, 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, lectures on the complex—and often fraught—overlap between the political language of “human rights” and a theological account of human personhood.

The Right Reverend Rowan Williams spoke at the 2018 Payton Lectures, an annual lecture series from Fuller Seminary’s School of Theology. Fuller Theological Seminary instituted the Payton Lectures in 1948, providing for a series of divinity lectures by a notable scholar outside the regular faculty. The lectureship is named for Dr. John E. and Mrs. Eliza Payton, parents of the late Mrs. Grace Fuller, wife of seminary founder Charles E. Fuller.

Explore lectures, responses, and more here: https://fullerstudio.fuller.edu/fuller-dialogues-theology-and-human-rights/

For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio

Speakers respond to the stories shared at the conference and take questions from the audience.

"Singleness: Theology, Spirituality, and Practice" was a two-day conversation for church leaders — individuals, single and married — on the topic of singleness in the church. Led by social psychologist Christena Cleveland and hosted by Fuller Arizona, they explored what scripture says about the single life and considered how to celebrate singleness in all its dimensions.

For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio

Christena Cleveland reflects on the freedom of singleness, kinship, and the unique gifts single people can give to the church and society.

"Singleness: Theology, Spirituality, and Practice" was a two-day conversation for church leaders — individuals, single and married — on the topic of singleness in the church. Led by social psychologist Christena Cleveland and hosted by Fuller Arizona, they explored what scripture says about the single life and considered how to celebrate singleness in all its dimensions.

For more resources for a deeply formed spiritual life, visit Fuller.edu/Studio