In the News
- Corinne Dempsey, religious studies professor, traveled to Iceland and wrote Bridges between Worlds: Spirits and Spirit Work in Northern Iceland. Her聽findings are聽featured in Connections magazine.
- Christine Bochen,聽religious studies professor & Thomas Merton scholar, provided expertise for a聽D&C article on Merton聽and The Catholic Sun article on Merton's relevance today. "He speaks to young people who are hungry for spiritual meaning and understanding about the violence in our world or in ourselves," says Bochen. Her latest book responds to the Pope's year of mercy theme: .
- Fr. Patrick Desbois,聽activist, and his team from Paris joined Dr. Susan Nowak, religious studies professor, in mentoring a class of students who worked with Rochester survivors and eyewitnesses of mass violence and trauma. Students learned interview techniques, recorded survivor and eyewitness testimony, and produced a public collection of their work.聽Watch a video of Fr. Patrick Desbois聽on .
- Thomas Donlin-Smith, religious studies professor,聽spoke on 聽about a conference at Nazareth College聽called "Sacred Texts and Human Contexts: Nature and Environment in World Religions."听