Faith in Public Life

God rest his soul. He walked the talk and was an influential and inspiring figure, even if I never was his student. If Heaven Exists, Peter Gomes Is There | Hubbub | Blogs | WBUR. He was a black, Republican, openly gay man of God. He assumed a bow tie and that wonderfully pedantic Harvard accent. Rev. Peter Gomes, the Harvard Divinity School professor, died Monday night after suffering a heart attack and brain aneurysm. He was 68.

I recently gave a series of three talks at Central Synagogue in NYC about Islam. One of the lectures, on the Qur’an, has been posted on the website if you are interested. Studying Modern Islam: The Qur’an at Central Synagogue. Qur’an