In recent months, the Institute For Human Sciences at Boston University has held a series of lectures on the changing relationship between Europe and the United States.
On this week’s show, we heard historian, author, and teacher Timothy Garton Ash attempt to answer the question: “Could a United States of Europe Rival the United States of [...]

On our last show, we presented readings by seven distinguished faculty members of the internationally-known Creative Writing Program at Boston University. These readings have taken place annually for the last 10 years.
We heard from poets Robert Pinsky, Geoffrey Hill, and Roseanna Warren, playwright and Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott, and novelists Leslie Epstein, Suzanne [...]

The allegations of sexual abuse by Catholic priests that have surfaced during this past year, have plunged the U.S. Catholic Church into the worst scandal to ever hit it. The sex-abuse scandal has also triggered a renewed debate over the reformation of the Church’s policies on such issues as gay men in the priesthood, priestly [...]

At the dawn of the 20th century, theologian William Ernest Hocking projected a time when the fundamental tenets of Christianity would gradually permeate other societies, leading to a world of free-standing individuals prepared to fully participate in their times. He also believed that Christianity would become the foundation for a future world religion in a [...]

On this week’s show, we heard University Professor and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Elie Wiesel discuss the concept of caring as well as comment on violence around the world. Wiesel delivered the lecture titled “Why Care?” as part of his annual Boston University lecture series “The Fascination with Jewish Tales.”
Throughout his lecture, professor Wiesel used [...]