Speakers: Bishop David Walker, Visitor The Reverend Pan Conrad, Warden of North American Province The Reverend Lucas Mix, Warden They will share a bit about their exciting work and reflect on the role of the Society in a fractious world.
Original and Everyday Sins Attacking the “Other” by Craig Malbon, SOSc
In 21st century America, personhood is under daily assault, sometimes with dire consequences. Scientist, ethicist, and ordained minister Craig C. Malbon encourages the reader to consider such assaults on personhood.
Becoming a Buddhist monk in Thailand has for a long time provided the opportunity for access to a good education and to social advancement, both to bright, poor rural youths and to members of the urban elite whose youth often become monks for a few months as a rite of passage into adulthood.
Finding Unity Through Seeking Truth by Roger Pullin, SOSc
This book is about thought—not the basic thought that we use to determine what to eat or wear or buy—but the Free Thought we use to make personal choices about the higher things of life: faith or unbelief, justice, morality, and the development and use of our creativity.
The retreat was held in Richmond, VA, from the 8 to the 11 January, 2018, for the North American Provence of the Society. The Rt. Rev. Nicholas Knisely, Bishop of the Diocese of Rhode Island, shared his life and experiences of being a physicist, parish priest and now a Diocesan Bishop.