Baptist Minister Gregory Mobley and Jewish Rabbi Or Rose discuss the current state of interreligious relations in the United States and Middle East, as well as their book, “My Neighbor’s Faith.”

Yale Professor Tisa Wenger discusses current conflicts of religious freedom in the United States, including the Trump administration’s travel ban restricting certain Muslims from entering the country and the Supreme Court case of the Colorado baker who refused to make a cake for a same-sex couple.

Yale Divinity Professor Andrew McGowan discusses the evolution of Christmas from the first century to the twenty-first century.

Yale Divinity School Professor John Collins discusses the Bible’s relevance for today, his experience editing the Dead Sea Scrolls, and why he challenges the faith of his students.

Yale Divinity School Professor Teresa Berger discusses how digital media is fostering online faith communities and religious practice. She weighs in on the possibility of God working through Wi-Fi and whether social media should be required for church leaders in the twenty-first century.

Opening ceremony of the “Eight Decades of Women at YDS” celebration, Oct. 11, 2010.

The Liturgy Symposium Series is presented by the Institute of Sacred Music. The series features liturgical scholars and practitioners selected by the chair of the Program on Liturgical Studies, Bryan Spinks. The talk focuses on the role of Christ’s passion in the liturgical imagination at the moment when Christianity first met the peoples of the New World (and vice versa), specifically, the indigenous cultures of central Mexico.

Paul Freedman, Chester D. Tripp Professor of History, explores and dispels modern misconceptions regarding historical European tensions in the Middle East, providing illumination of major events from the Crusades to a more modern era.

The Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor, Harry R. Butman Professor in Religion and Philosophy at Peidmont College, preached the sermon at The University Church’s 250th Anniversary Worship Service at Battell Chapel.

Dr. Peter Davies, publisher of “Alien Rights: A Critical Examination of Contemporary English in Anglican Liturgies”, addresses the topic in this presentation and netcast.