For the second year, the Episcopal Church has sent a delegation to COP, the UN climate conference. Last year in Paris the team was witness to the significant treaty signed there. This year, in Marrakech, for the first time we have three people involved in the Blue Zone (the diplomatic Continue Reading
The Bishop of California on the Election
Dear Diocese of California, I write to you from COP22, the United Nations climate summit, being held in Marrakech. Like many of you, Sheila and I stayed up through the night following the results of our November 8 elections, especially the presidential election. First, I want to say I’m grateful Continue Reading
Regarding Intervarsity’s Stance on Same Sex Marriage
It was announced that Intervarsity Christian Fellowship will terminate staff who disagree with their policies on marriage, specifcally in conflict with the idea that marriage must exist between a man and a woman. The Episcopal Church does not support this stance and we welcome all within the queer spectrum as Continue Reading
Presenters and Topics for Going through Hell
Dr. Morton Paley (Berkeley) – Blake’s illustrations of Dante, Dr. Bill Mahrt (Stanford) Silence in the Paradiso, Dr. Inez Hollander Lake (formerly of Berkeley) – Henry Miller and the Oranges of Bosch, Dr. Henrike Lange (Berkeley) – Visibility and Invisibility of God in Dante and Bosch, Travis Stevens (Harvard) – Continue Reading
Going through Hell – an interdisciplinary symposium
Things are getting exciting for our interdisciplinary symposium on Hieronymous Bosch and Dante Alighieri. Topics include: Music in the Paradiso, Heaven and Hell and Longing , William Blake’s Illustrations of the Inferno, Visibility and Invisibility of God in Bosch and Dante, and Henry Miller and Hieronymous Bosch