Podcast: Virtues, Civic Friendship and Moral Repair

Dr. Nancy Snow is Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Institute for the Study of Human Flourishing at the University of Oklahoma. She was co-Director of The Self, Motivation & Virtue Project, a $2.6 million research initiative on the moral self, and is currently the Principal Investigator of The Self, Virtue, and Public Life [...] Read More

Blogcast: Cancel Culture

Listen to this BlogCast Michael Reid Trice is Founder of Religica, the Spehar-Halligan Associate Professor for Constructive Theology, and serves as the Director of the Center for Religious Wisdom & World Affairs at the School of Theology and Ministry at Seattle University.  Michael spends his time at home today … because we’re in a pandemic! [...] Read More

2021 Winter Sounding Invitation

Winter 2021 Sounding: Exploring the Connection Between Poverty and Structural Violence Tuesday, March 9th, 2021 - 1:30 - 3:00 PM PST - Webinar via Zoom - Register Now! The Center for Religious Wisdom & World Affairs, alongside the Parliament of the World’s Religions, is collaborating on the Winter 2021 Sounding: “Exploring the Connection Between Poverty [...] Read More

Podcast: Ritual in a Pandemic Time

Recently, Religica Theolab Founder Michael Reid Trice spoke with Pastor Bryon Hansen of the Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church in Seattle. Ordained to the ministry of Word and Sacrament in 1986, Pastor Hansen has served congregations in Idaho, Oregon, and Northern California. His passions in ministry are liturgy, preaching, and faith formation for children, youth, and [...] Read More

Blogcast: Racism and the Response of Religion

Listen to this BlogCast Michael Ramos' career has been at the intersection of ecumenism and interfaith relations and the promotion of social justice.  He currently serves as the Executive Director of the Church Council of Greater Seattle.  He recently received a Doctor of Ministry degree from Seattle University.  He is married to Donna, with two [...] Read More

Blogcast: Sacred Spaces

Listen to this BlogCast Rabbi Kate Speizer loves to make Jewish living and learning accessible for individuals through community and connection. Jewish values are the anchor within the work she pursues as a teacher, parent, partner, and friend. Upon ordination at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 2008, Rabbi Speizer served as Campus [...] Read More

Podcast: Stop Dying with Guilt

Subscribe to our Podcasts at:    Recently, Religica Theolab Founder Dr. Michael Reid Trice had a chance to speak with Human Rights Activist Antje Mattheus. Antje joined the Action Reconciliation Service for Peace and moved to Philadelphia as a volunteer in 1974 to work with the United Farm Workers’ Union. Her forthcoming book, Cresheim Farm, [...] Read More

Blogcast: Amanda Gorman’s Moral Imagination and the Wisdom of Augustine

Listen to this BlogCast Amanda Gorman performs 'The Hill We Climb' Read this BlogCast Amanda Gorman, the Poet Laureate for the January 20, 2021 US Presidential Inauguration, enacted her poem, ‘The Hill We Climb,” with images that encourage a country to hold a mirror up close to the face of our collective well-being.  This is [...] Read More

Blog: Reflecting on Leadership

Leadership is a tightrope to walk at this time in history.  As a leader in any profession or industry, one must look out and look up to God or whatever higher Essence they believe in as to the way forward given the answers to many of the questions and decisions we are faced with are […]

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Blog: To See and Be the Light of Yuletide

I know I’m not alone in this: the 2020 Holiday season is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before.  I would say it’s because of being away from family, but as a nine-year Army veteran, I’ve often been away from friends and family during Yule and their holidays—so, that’s not quite unusual.  After the Army, I […]

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