Lectures tagged "Catholic Church"

Richard Goodwin: Two Men of Florence
Richard Goodwin
March 19, 2009
00:57:51
Playwright Richard Goodwin and his wife, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin, discuss the Huntington Theatre's production of Richard's Two Men of Florence, a drama about the struggle between Galileo Galilei, a man of science, and Pope Urban VIII, a man of faith.
Crisis in Trust and Credibility: Loss of Effective Authority
Michael H. McCarthy
May 5, 2005
01:05:25
Michael H. McCarthy offers a Catholic's critical view of Church leadership, and identifies causes and concerns he believes to have prompted so many Catholics including members of his family to abandon the Church.
The Church and Human Sexuality
Richard P. McBrien
April 28, 2005
01:42:04
Richard P. McBrien reviews the sexual abuse crisis within the broader context of the Catholic Church's teachings and practices regarding human sexuality.
Keeping the Faith: Race and Catholicism
Dominic Pulera
April 6, 2005
00:40:50
Dominic Pulera analyzes the effect of race within American Catholicism as its evolving demographics, like those of the country at large, reflect an increasing contingent of Latinos, Filipinos, and other people of color. Pulera is introduced by Boston College Theology Professor Fr. Michael Himes.
Faith and the Future of American Religion
R. Scott Appleby
November 4, 2003
01:48:51
Five journalists and scholars explore the changing landscape of American faith, using as a starting point two recent books: A People Adrift: The Crisis of the Catholic Church in America, by New York Times religion correspondent and former Commonwealth editor Peter Steinfels; and