Public Dialogue
Whatever pressing issues are on the minds of citizens and communities, WIPPS can be a resource to help facilitate healthy dialogue and deliberation. From…
Whatever pressing issues are on the minds of citizens and communities, WIPPS can be a resource to help facilitate healthy dialogue and deliberation. From…
…“Should every American have the freedom to live and do business according to their faith? Or should Washington politicians and bureaucrats be able to…
…Abrahamic faiths who engaged in an ecumenical dialogue, discussing living the faith in a diverse world, how sacred texts impact relationships with one another…
This ecumenical dialogue features pastors and authorities from the Abrahamic faiths (faiths that trace a common origin to the prophet Abraham) who will have a moderated panel discussion about timely issues related to faith traditions. Five representatives from the Mainline Protestant, Evangelical Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Islamic communities of faith, will be present….
…Hunt said another aim of the event is to bring people together who might not normally run in the same social circles and celebrate…
…feedback at listening sessions, story circles and deliberative dialogues. These conversations were designed to help people come to reasoned public judgment about the problems…
Jim Veninga, former UW-Marathon County dean, religious studies professor and a founding father of WIPPS, created this annual lecture series to help engage people on religion and its relationship to society. The upcoming lecture will be our tenth, and for this occasion, WIPPS proudly welcomes the Rev. Dr. Jennifer Elisa Veninga, daughter of the late […]…
…stations at no charge. Student journalists also bring younger demographic “circles of influence” to the newspapers and radio stations for whom they write. One…
…—outside our immediate circles. Jennifer (Jenny) Elisa Veninga has served as a professor in the Department of Religious and Theological Studies at St. Edward’s…
A More Enthused, Involved Community Tackling tough issues can be tricky. Sometimes it’s hard to wade through complex policy talk. WIPPS aims to cut…