Students experience Hindu food, dance and discussion in the BSC
There are more than 900 million Hindus in the world. Roughly two million reside in the United States and 16,000 in the Saint Louis area....
On March 28, Sr. Helen Prejean, C.S.J., will speak at Saint Louis University. Nominated several times for the Nobel Peace Prize, she is widely known for her 1994 bestselling book, “Dead Man Walking:...
Stanley Hauerwas was the guest speaker at Saint Louis University’s Bellarmine Lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 21. The Theology Department invites a prominent theologian to speak at the lecture each year.
Hauerwas,...
In the fall of 2010, the St. Louis Post Dispatch published a short article on Saint Louis University’s plan to bring undergraduate education to prisoners and custody officers at the state prison in Bonne...
I’ve heard it before, and I’m sure I’ll hear it again: “You are not called to be comfortable in life, nor in your relationship with God. It’s about stepping out, being uncomfortable, and embracing...
I’d like you to take a moment and ask yourself what religion means to you.
This request is something of a trick. I doubt any meaningful answer could come to you in a moment. Taking a moment to describe...
After much debate and controversy concerning the new mandate requiring employers to provide insurance plans that include free contraceptives for employees, Obama has announced alterations to the original...
The Catholic Church has long held the belief that the use of contraceptives is against the will of God. A recent decision by the Obama administration has threatened to make this belief obsolete. Obama’s...
Carlson reflects on Jesus’ integrity and honesty
This past week on Jan. 29, Archbishop Robert James Carlson visited Saint Louis University to preside over the popular 9 p.m. Sunday Mass.
Carlson...
On the weekend of Jan. 27-29, 2012, in the Busch Student Center, the Saint Louis University Muslim Student Association presented an event called “The Balancing Act: Deen & Dunya.”
The term...
It so happened that when one of my students asked me about writing something for the new The University News Religion column, I was in the midst of writing a paper proposal for a conference on “The Role...
“The one unchangeable certainty is that nothing is certain or unchangeable.” John F. Kennedy really hit the nail on the head with that one (Irish people have a way with proverbs, trust me). Nearly...
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