Universities Welcome Muslim Students Through Interfaith Efforts

New York University students, faculty, and clergy gather at the Kimmel Center on the NYU campus to discuss the discovery of surveillance by the New York Police Department on Muslim communities. By Aaron Shapiro | November 13, 2012 Many American universities—both religious and secular—have recently launched efforts to accommodate and encourage religious diversity on their campuses. Universities are fosteringthis […]

Book of the week: Hospital Politics in Seventeenth-Century France. The Crown, Urban Elites and the Poor.

Tim McHugh, Hospital Politics in Seventeenth-Century France. The Crown, Urban Elites and the Poor,” (Ashgate Publishing Limited: Hampshire England, 2007). pp. 191,  ISBN: 978-0-7546-5762-0.  Tim McHugh is Wellcome Trust Researcher and Lecturer in the History of Medicine in the School of History at Oxford Brookes University, UK. From the book cover: “The seventeenth century witnessed profound reforms […]

Community, Diversity, Non-Violence: A Reflective Retreat

_ Caelin Niehoff is a sophomore at DePaul University pursuing a degree in American Studies. Caelin is an Interfaith Scholar and is involved with Catholic Campus Ministry at DePaul. _ Tranquility and the warmth of the sun’s reflection off the lake permeated George Williams College grounds: Lake Geneva Wisconsin.  DePaul students departed University Ministry vans […]

The Inner Psychological Revolution

_ Dominique Johnson is a junior at DePaul University pursuing a Religious Studies major. Dominique is on the Executive Board of DePaul Interfaith. _ “You consider that to be important?” he [Inspector Gregory] asked [Sherlock Holmes]. “Exceedingly so.” — Inspector Gregory & Sherlock Holmes in “Silver Blaze.” “I wonder!” said he, leaning back and staring at […]

Seminar about the History of the Daughters of Charity (Paris, Sorbonne University, 7-8 October 2011)

Colloque international Université Paris-Sorbonne, 7-8 octobre 2011 organized by : Pr. Jacques-Olivier Boudon, professeur à l’université Paris-Sorbonne et Dr. Matthieu Brejon de Lavergnée, maître de conférences à l’université catholique de l’Ouest (France). with the help of : Conseil scientifique de l’université Paris-Sorbonne, École doctorale d’Histoire moderne et contemporaine, Centre d’histoire du XIXe siècle, DePaul University […]