Immigration, Girlhood, and The American Dream
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, author of The Undocumented Americans, reads from her new novel Catalina and reflects on what immigrants are experiencing in the present American moment.
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 York, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic.
Sunday, May 18: Citizenship in Troubled Times
David Blankenhorn, co-founder of Braver Angels, discusses the problem of political polarization.
Upcoming Speakers at The Forum
May 25 The Reverend Canon Stephanie Spellers, Assisting Priest, on a non-religious generation and the future of faith
June 1 The Right Reverend Matthew F. Heyd, Bishop of New York on this moment of transition for St. Bart's
June 8 The Reverend Canon Leyla King, Canon for Mission in Small Congregations, Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, on war in Gaza
June 15 Jon Key, author of Black, Queer & Untold, on art, sexuality, and race
June 22 Jacqueline Goldsby, Professor of African-American Studies and English at Yale University, and Charles Cuykendall Carter, Assistant Curator at New York Public Library, on James Baldwin
June 29 The Reverend Mihee Kim-Kort, co-pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Annapolis, Maryland, on queerness and faith
Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.
Featured
Saved by the City: Religion through the Lens of New York
06.04.23 | Articles | The Forum
Roxanne Stone and Katelyn Beaty, co-hosts of the podcast Saved by the City, both grew up in white evangelical America and now live in New York City. Together they examine Christianity, evangelicalism, and other religious topics from the...
Faith and Activism: Energizing Young Adults in the Episcopal Church
05.28.23 | Articles | The Forum
Evangeline Warren, who grew up at St. Bart’s, talks about the emerging role of young adults within the Episcopal Church. Eva, the daughter of Mary Abraham and Rob Radtke, is currently working towards her Ph.D. in sociology at Ohio State...
Our Church in Iraq
05.21.23 | Articles | The Forum
The Reverend Canon Faiz Basheer Jerjes, the priest of St. George’s Church in Baghdad, speaks about conditions on the ground in Iraq and the difficult work of serving as a Christian leader there. Thank you to Stand With Iraqi Christians for...
My Name is Pauli Murray
05.07.23 | Articles | The Forum
My Name is Pauli Murray Betsy West, co-director, and Dana DiCarlo, co-executive producer of the documentary My Name is Pauli Murray, talk about the beloved Episcopal priest, lawyer, scholar, poet, and civil rights activist who once attended...
Earth's Proud Empire? Reckoning with British Monarchy in the Twenty-First Century
04.30.23 | Articles | The Forum
As the United Kingdom prepares for its first coronation in nearly seventy years, Maya Jasanoff, the Coolidge Professor of History at Harvard University, reflects on the role that the British monarchy has played over the past few centuries and...
God Save the King: Coronation and the Church
04.23.23 | Articles | The Forum
The Reverend Peter D. Thompson previews the upcoming coronation of Charles III, taking a specific look at the role the Church will play in the festivities.
The Right Reverend Andrew M.L. Dietsche
04.16.23 | Articles | The Forum
As he makes his final visitation to St. Bart's, The Right Reverend Andrew M. L. Dietsche reflects on over a decade of service as the Bishop of New York.
Women and the Gender of God
03.26.23 | Articles | The Forum
The Reverend Dr. Amy Peeler, Associate Professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, outlines what Scripture actually says about the gender of God. Her book, Women and the Gender of God, was released in fall 2022.
The First Women’s Movement in Western History: Female Religious Institutions and Spirituality in the Later Middle Ages
03.19.23 | Articles | The Forum
Dr. Caroline Walker Bynum, University Professor Emerita at Columbia University and a pioneering scholar of medieval women’s spirituality, highlights the significant impact women made on the Church in the centuries just before the...
Race, Women, and God: Black Womanist Theological Imagination
03.12.23 | Articles | The Forum
Black womanist scholar the Reverend Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman reflects on the intersection of race, gender, and religion. Dr. Turman, one of the first women to serve at Harlem’s famed Abyssinian Baptist Church, is currently Associate...