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Every Sunday at 10 am

Each week, guest speakers from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines join the Reverend Peter Thompson and other St. Bart's clergy for deep and insightful conversations about topics that matter to our lives as responsible citizens and people of faith. Speakers in recent years have included winners of the Tony Award, the Emmy Award, the MacArthur Fellowship, and the Pulitzer Prize, professors from prominent universities like Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia, and journalists from New YorkThe New Yorker, and The Atlantic.

Sunday, November 24, at 10 am

Trans Justice, the Church, and Rising Authoritarianism

Aaron Scott, the Episcopal Church’s Staff Officer for Gender Justice, draws connections between escalating social and policy violence toward transgender and non-binary people and the ascendancy of White Christian Nationalism and discusses the critical role trans-affirming churches can play in the months and years to come.


Upcoming Sundays

Sunday, December 1

Communion

Matthew LaBanca discusses his autobiographical play Communion about a Roman Catholic school teacher who is fired for marrying someone of the same gender. Communion is currently playing Off-Broadway at the cell theatre (338 W 23rd Street).

Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.

Matters of Life and Death - Tiffany Stanley
03.08.20 | Articles | The Forum

Matters of Life and Death: Religion, Politics and the Contentious Moral Debates of Our TimeAt the intersection of religion and politics, few topics are as contentious as those that bookend a life—from abortion and stem cells to the death...

Faith and the Presidency - Randall Balmer
02.16.20 | Articles | The Forum

God in the White House: Faith and the PresidencyThough the Constitution attempts to draw some boundaries between religion and the government, religion clearly has influenced— and continues to influence—our elected officials, including...

Liz Kineke - Religion is Always in the Room
02.02.20 | Articles | The Forum

Religion is Always in the Room: Liz Kineke on Religion, Politics, and UnderstandingLiz Kineke served for over fourteen years as the producer of CBS’ award-winning Religion and Culture series. As she revisits her transition to religion...

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