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CHQ Assembly’s December 2023 Lineup
In December, we’re highlighting the 2023 Summer Assembly theme “The State of Believing.”
When we talk about the concept of “belief,” what do we mean? Some of our most deeply held beliefs aren’t just religious ones — they’re philosophical, political, intellectual, emotional. They can take the forms of faith and trust (or lack thereof) in institutions, or in each other. Join Chautauqua’s lecturers Almar Latour, Casper ter Kuile, Kate Bowler, Bishop Cynthia Moore-Koikoi, Brian Greene, Simran Jeet Singh, Rev. Dr. Gary V. Simpson, Setti D. Warren, Tyler Ho-Yin Sit, Linda Villarosa, Monica Guzman, and Katherine Smith as they ponder how we confront some of the hardest questions about ourselves, each other, and the world we must live in together.
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In the Spotlight
The State of Believing
Notable Lectures
Brian Greene
Brian Greene is a professor, author and one of the world’s leading theoretical physicists, described by The Washington Post as “the single best explainer of abstruse concepts in the world today.” Greene returns to the Amphitheater and the Chautauqua Lecture Series — after a virtual presentation in 2020 on “The Science of Us” — to explore our state of belief in science, our planet, and our cosmos.
Kate Bowler
Kate Bowler is a New York Times bestselling author, podcast host, and an associate professor of American Religious History at Duke Divinity School. She studies the stories we tell ourselves about success, suffering, and whether we’re capable of change. It is an examination of these forces — both religious and cultural — that she’ll present in her first visit to Chautauqua in a week questioning “The State of Believing.”
Casper ter Kuile
Casper ter Kuile shares insight and inspiration on the future of community and spirituality. His work explores how we’ll make meaning, deepen our relationships, and experience beauty in the 21st century. He’s the author of The Power of Ritual and the co-founder of The Nearness, a dedicated space to explore life’s big questions with like-minded people.
Mónica Guzmán
Mónica Guzmán is senior fellow for public practice at Braver Angels, America’s largest grassroots organization dedicated to political depolarization, and author of I Never Thought of It That Way: How To Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times. She joins the Chautauqua Lecture Series to close a week on “The State of Believing” with a proposal: how we may detach ourselves from our own belief to consider others’ with generosity and good faith, and why we must do this work to build a true, shared reality.
Linda Villarosa
Journalist, educator and contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine, Linda Villarosa covers the intersection of health, medicine and social justice. A journalist-in-residence and professor at the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY, she also teaches journalism, medicine and Black Studies at the City College of New York. Named a best book of 2022 by six publications, including “NPR,” The Washington Post, and The New York Times, Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation is “perhaps the most important and thought-provoking publication of the year,” (Oprah Daily).
Staff Selection
Emily Glinick, General Manager, Chautauqua Theater Company
Selection: Interfaith Lecture Series – Andrew Seidel
Emily is General Manager of Chautauqua Theater Company. When Emily isn’t at work, she enjoys reading, watching theatre/films, and playing with her daughter.
When asked why she recommends this lecture, Emily says;
“As a non-religious Chautauquan who is deeply concerned about the erosion of the separation between church and state in this country, I found Andrew Seidel’s lecture both affirming and sobering. His opening statements, including “parity is not oppression,” “the erosion of privilege is not discrimination,” and “expansions of freedom do not violate other’s rights,” go beyond the issue of religious freedom and can be applied to all forms of discrimination that we see in American society today. A wonderful lecture that gave me hope in the face of difficult challenges.”
Interfaith Lecture Series
Andrew Seidel
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