Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
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Since 1999, the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life at Boston College have been hosting lively events at the intersection of religion and American culture.
Our 2nd Annual Nancy Marzella Lecture on Women and American Catholicism featuring Dr. Susan Reynolds on “Where are Women in the Story of Clergy Abuse? has begun in Devlin 101.
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Our 2nd Annual Nancy Marzella Lecture on Women and American Catholicism featuring Dr. Susan Reynolds on “Where are Women in the Story of Clergy Abuse? has begun in Devlin 101.
ICYMI: Our panel discussion on James O'Toole's latest book, For I Have Sinned: The Rise and Fall of Catholic Confession in America, is now available on our YouTube channel.
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For I Have Sinned: The Rise and Fall of Catholic Confession in America
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November 6, 2025 at 7:43 PM
ICYMI: Our panel discussion on James O'Toole's latest book, For I Have Sinned: The Rise and Fall of Catholic Confession in America, is now available on our YouTube channel.
youtu.be/dAmw76NrgCw
youtu.be/dAmw76NrgCw
Our luncheon colloquium featuring Elliott Jones on "Sabbath & Leisure as Remedy for Modernity: A Dialogue Between Abraham Joshua Heschel and Josef Pieper" is now available on our YouTube channel.
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Sabbath & Leisure as Remedy for Modernity: A Dialogue Between Abraham Joshua Heschel & Josef Pieper
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November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Our luncheon colloquium featuring Elliott Jones on "Sabbath & Leisure as Remedy for Modernity: A Dialogue Between Abraham Joshua Heschel and Josef Pieper" is now available on our YouTube channel.
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Join us next Thursday, November 6th for our 2nd Annual Nancy Marzella Lecture on Women and American Catholicism featuring BC Alumni Dr. Susan Reynolds (Emory University). Her talk, Where are Women in the Story of Clergy Abuse?, will take place in Devlin Hall 101 from 5:30 -7pm.
October 31, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Join us next Thursday, November 6th for our 2nd Annual Nancy Marzella Lecture on Women and American Catholicism featuring BC Alumni Dr. Susan Reynolds (Emory University). Her talk, Where are Women in the Story of Clergy Abuse?, will take place in Devlin Hall 101 from 5:30 -7pm.
Continuing our 25th anniversary celebration, our second panel on “How Has Religious Practice in the United States Changed in the Last Quarter Century?“ has begun.
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Continuing our 25th anniversary celebration, our second panel on “How Has Religious Practice in the United States Changed in the Last Quarter Century?“ has begun.
Our Panel Series: Celebrating the Boisi Center’s 25th Anniversary has begun. Panel 1 discusses “How Has the Relationship Between Religion and Politics Changed Over the Past Twenty Five Years?”
October 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Our Panel Series: Celebrating the Boisi Center’s 25th Anniversary has begun. Panel 1 discusses “How Has the Relationship Between Religion and Politics Changed Over the Past Twenty Five Years?”
Our 23rd Prophetic Voices Lecture featuring Dr. Jason Blakely has started in Stokes Hall S195.
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Our 23rd Prophetic Voices Lecture featuring Dr. Jason Blakely has started in Stokes Hall S195.
Our panel discussion on “For I Have Sinned: The Rise and Fall of Catholic Confession in America,” authored by BC History Professor James O’Toole, has begun in Devlin 101.
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Our panel discussion on “For I Have Sinned: The Rise and Fall of Catholic Confession in America,” authored by BC History Professor James O’Toole, has begun in Devlin 101.
Join us next Tuesday, October 28th, as we celebrate the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life's 25th Anniversary. Our panel series and reception will take place in the Murray Function Room, 4th floor, at Yawkey Center from 3 - 6:30pm. See schedule of events & to register on our website
October 20, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Join us next Tuesday, October 28th, as we celebrate the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life's 25th Anniversary. Our panel series and reception will take place in the Murray Function Room, 4th floor, at Yawkey Center from 3 - 6:30pm. See schedule of events & to register on our website
Join us next Thursday, October 23rd for our 23rd Annual Prophetic Voices Lecture featuring Dr. Jason Blakely (Pepperdine University). His talk, "I Have a Theory, But You Have an Ideology," will take place in Stokes Hall S195 from 5:30-7pm. BC Bookstore will be there selling copies of Blakely's book.
October 16, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Join us next Thursday, October 23rd for our 23rd Annual Prophetic Voices Lecture featuring Dr. Jason Blakely (Pepperdine University). His talk, "I Have a Theory, But You Have an Ideology," will take place in Stokes Hall S195 from 5:30-7pm. BC Bookstore will be there selling copies of Blakely's book.
Join us on Wed., Oct. 22 for a book panel discussing James O'Toole's new book, For I Have Sinned: The Rise and Fall of Catholic Confession in America, from 5:30 -7pm in Devlin 101. This panel is co-sponsored with BC Libraries.
The BC Bookstore will be on hand selling copies.
The BC Bookstore will be on hand selling copies.
October 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Join us on Wed., Oct. 22 for a book panel discussing James O'Toole's new book, For I Have Sinned: The Rise and Fall of Catholic Confession in America, from 5:30 -7pm in Devlin 101. This panel is co-sponsored with BC Libraries.
The BC Bookstore will be on hand selling copies.
The BC Bookstore will be on hand selling copies.
Join us on Monday, October 20th, for a lecture with Archbishop Gabriele Caccia. Co-sponsored with C21 and The International Studies Programs, "The Quest for Peace" lecture will take place from 5:30-6:30pm in Gasson Hall 100. Registration Required.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Join us on Monday, October 20th, for a lecture with Archbishop Gabriele Caccia. Co-sponsored with C21 and The International Studies Programs, "The Quest for Peace" lecture will take place from 5:30-6:30pm in Gasson Hall 100. Registration Required.
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Thanks to everyone who came to hear Fordham University President Tania Tetlow speak at Boston College last week. Photo credit: Christopher Soldt, Boston College
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September 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to hear Fordham University President Tania Tetlow speak at Boston College last week. Photo credit: Christopher Soldt, Boston College
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Our luncheon colloquium with Elliott Jones, BC 2026, is taking place at the Boisi Center. Co-sponsored with the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, Jones delivers his research project on “Sabbath and Leisure as Remedy for Modernity: A Dialogue Between Abraham Joshua Heschel and Josef Pieper.”
September 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Our luncheon colloquium with Elliott Jones, BC 2026, is taking place at the Boisi Center. Co-sponsored with the Center for Christian-Jewish Learning, Jones delivers his research project on “Sabbath and Leisure as Remedy for Modernity: A Dialogue Between Abraham Joshua Heschel and Josef Pieper.”
Our 2nd Annual Alfred and Melissa Di Leonardo Lecture Series has begun with Fordham University President Tania Tetlow in the Murray Function Room, Yawkey Center.
September 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Our 2nd Annual Alfred and Melissa Di Leonardo Lecture Series has begun with Fordham University President Tania Tetlow in the Murray Function Room, Yawkey Center.
Join us next week on Monday, September 15 as we welcome Fordham University President Tania Tetlow to deliver our 2nd Annual Alfred and Melissa Di Leonardo Lecture on "Catholic Higher Education and the Work of Hope in Uncertain Times."
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September 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Join us next week on Monday, September 15 as we welcome Fordham University President Tania Tetlow to deliver our 2nd Annual Alfred and Melissa Di Leonardo Lecture on "Catholic Higher Education and the Work of Hope in Uncertain Times."
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The International Society for Media, Religion, and Culture conference is being held at BC August 6-8. For registration and information, check out the link: www.ismrc.org/25boston
July 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The International Society for Media, Religion, and Culture conference is being held at BC August 6-8. For registration and information, check out the link: www.ismrc.org/25boston
Boisi Center director, Mark Massa, S.J.'s newest book, Catholic Fundamentalism in America, has a new reader: Pope Leo XIV!
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Pope Leo XIV gifted a book by a Boston College professor
Monsignor Liam Bergin shares the latest work by<br> Theology Dept. colleague Mark Massa, S.J.
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June 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Boisi Center director, Mark Massa, S.J.'s newest book, Catholic Fundamentalism in America, has a new reader: Pope Leo XIV!
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Check out our Spring 2025 Newsletter - now posted to our website.
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May 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Check out our Spring 2025 Newsletter - now posted to our website.
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Our latest podcast features Boisi Center director, Mark Massa, S.J. interviewed by the Center's students: Madeline Jarrett, graduate research assistant and our URFs William Adamczyk and Joseph Monti on Massa's latest book, Catholic Fundamentalism in America.
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“Catholic Fundamentalism in America,” with theologian and director of the Boisi Center, Mark Massa, S.J.
Join us for a special episode of Religion and American Life in which Fr. Mark Massa, S.J., is interviewed by the student employees of the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life about his r...
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May 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Our latest podcast features Boisi Center director, Mark Massa, S.J. interviewed by the Center's students: Madeline Jarrett, graduate research assistant and our URFs William Adamczyk and Joseph Monti on Massa's latest book, Catholic Fundamentalism in America.
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ICYMI: Dr. Carol Ferrara's luncheon colloquium on Muslim and Catholic Experiences of National Belonging in France is now uploaded to our YouTube Channel.
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Muslim and Catholic Experiences of National Belonging in France
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May 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
ICYMI: Dr. Carol Ferrara's luncheon colloquium on Muslim and Catholic Experiences of National Belonging in France is now uploaded to our YouTube Channel.
youtu.be/Y7ZSZo48b7w
youtu.be/Y7ZSZo48b7w
Our luncheon colloquium with The Rev. Dr. David Grafton on "American Religious Darwinism: Teaching Islam in American Protestant Seminaries during the Gilded Age" is now available on the Boisi Center's YouTube channel.
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American Religious Darwinism: Teaching Islam in American Protestant Seminaries during the Gilded Age
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April 23, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Our luncheon colloquium with The Rev. Dr. David Grafton on "American Religious Darwinism: Teaching Islam in American Protestant Seminaries during the Gilded Age" is now available on the Boisi Center's YouTube channel.
youtu.be/dAP_YmGKz7o
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Book panel discussion on Boisi Center director, Mark Massa's, latest book, Catholic Fundamentalism in America youtu.be/hfhMW_mkWpM?... is now available on YouTube.
Catholic Fundamentalism in America
YouTube video by Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
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April 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Book panel discussion on Boisi Center director, Mark Massa's, latest book, Catholic Fundamentalism in America youtu.be/hfhMW_mkWpM?... is now available on YouTube.
The 5th Annual Boisi Center Graduate Student Conference - co-sponsored with the Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium- has started in 245 Beacon St. Room 102 & 205.
April 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The 5th Annual Boisi Center Graduate Student Conference - co-sponsored with the Boston Theological Interreligious Consortium- has started in 245 Beacon St. Room 102 & 205.
Boisi Center Director Mark Massa’s book panel took place tonight with Randall Balmer, M. Cathleen Kaveny, and James O’Toole - moderated by James Keenan, S.J.
April 3, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Boisi Center Director Mark Massa’s book panel took place tonight with Randall Balmer, M. Cathleen Kaveny, and James O’Toole - moderated by James Keenan, S.J.