Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group

wine glass and booksAll UP faculty and staff are welcome to participate in the Faith and Intellectual Life Discussion Group (FILDG). We read and discuss ideas that matter in a convivial gathering, with good people and reasonable refreshments. If you have suggestions for readings, poems or images to share, contact garaventa@up.edu. Bring a friend!

2025/26 Meeting Dates

Fridays - 4/10
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
NEW LOCATION: Dundon-Berchtold 202 (Greene Conference Room)

READINGS:

For 4/10/2026

Excerpts from Beneath the Roar and Tumult: Promoting Radical Hospitality and Belonging in College Classrooms, edited by Rachel Wheeler and Karen Eifler, Liturgical Press Academic, 2025

1. Preface

2. "Empowering Students to Integrate Disciplinary and Religious Wisdom to Help Improve the World" by Rodger Narloch 

3. "Learning to Scale: Teaching Sustainability as a Spiritually Activated Community Practice" by Christopher J. Cobb

For a list of past readings, contact garaventa@up.edu or 503-943-7702.

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