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, January 19, at 10 am

Gandhi, King, and Nonviolence

Karuna Mantena, Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, discusses Mahatma Gandhi's influence on the thinking of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the connection they both perceived between social change and nonviolence. Please post your questions in the comments section on Facebook or YouTube, or email the Reverend Peter Thompson at   

Upcoming

January 26
Parishioner Clay Williams on the emerging challenges posed by artificial intelligence

February 2  
Yale Divinity School and Institute of Sacred Music Professor Melanie Ross on the connection between liturgy and everyday life

February 9
Author and academic Isaac Sharp on the changing landscape of American evangelicalism

Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.