Long Haulers: The COVID-19 Aftereffects That Will Continue to Reverberate Globally Location | TBD Thomas Wright’s recent book “Aftershocks” (written with Colin Kahl) offers a riveting and comprehensive account of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the strangest and most consequential years on record. He draws on his research for this book in a program with … Continued

Reading the Invisible Library: Virtual Unwrapping and the Scroll from En-Gedi Location | Edwards Interfaith Chapel Brent Seales explains the development of non-invasive methods, showing results from restoration projects on Homeric manuscripts, Herculaneum material, and Dead Sea scrolls. The presentation culminates in a new approach that may indeed be the pathway for rescuing still-readable text … Continued

Shared Crossing: A Gift of Peace, Meaning and Joy in Death Location | Zoom Webinar Long whispered about in the hospice and medical communities, shared crossing experiences are the focus of therapist Wiliam J. Peters’ research. For more than two decades Peters has gathered and categorized these stories to identify key patterns and features of … Continued

Tight or Loose: Cultural Variation and Crisis Response Location | Edwards Interfaith Chapel Tight cultures tend to have strong cultural norms and a pronounced lack of tolerance for deviant behavior. Conversely, loose cultures have weak cultural norms and more tolerance for deviant behavior. This program will not set out to prove one culture is better … Continued

Malthus Was Wrong: Declining Global Population and its Consequences Location | Zoom Webinar For half a century, statisticians, pundits, and politicians have warned that a burgeoning population will soon overwhelm the earth’s resources. But a growing number of experts are sounding a different alarm. Rather than continuing to increase exponentially, Darrell Bricker argues that the … Continued