Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Speaking in Tongues in Africa
In this video, Senior Writer Nick Street explores glossolalia (speaking in tongues), the Pentecostal movement in Jos, Nigeria, and a Charismatic Catholic congregation in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Rev. Mark Whitlock on Black History – Biola University Chapel
Rev. Mark Whitlock, executive director of the USC Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement, spoke at the Biola University Chapel on February 16, 2012. His speech was the keynote address for Black …
Rev. Cecil Murray speaks on “What Matters to Me and Why”
What matters to Reverend Cecil “Chip” Murray? History, education, faith, people. But most of all, understanding. Murray, holder of USC’s John R. Tansey Chair in Christian Ethics and a senior fellow at …
LA Human Relations Commission’s Religious Pluralism Public Forum
CRCC Managing Director Brie Loskota moderated a panel at the Religious Pluralism Public Forum, sponsored by the City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission last Wednesday at the Van Nuys City Hall …
Indigenous Pentecostal Churches in Quito, Ecuador
Donald Miller has observed Pentecostal and charismatic services around the globe. In May 2011, he visited indigenous Pentecostal churches in Quito, Ecuador, where he captured footage of prayer, worship, and dance. Miller, …
How Middle East Conflicts Impact LA
CRCC Managing Director Brie Loskota appeared on an episode of LA Cityview 35’s We Are LA, a presentation of the City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission. The series highlights HRC’s work …
The Great Commandment: Theology and Social Science in Dialogue
The Great Commandment: Theology & Social Science in Dialogue was a two-day seminar held Oct. 22-23, 2010 at Vanguard University sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation and co-hosted by the Flame of …
The Megachurches of Orange County
Richard Flory, CRCC director of research, spoke about rise of megachurches in Orange County on the Cal State Fullterton-produced program OC Insight, which aired June 11, 2011 on KCET. He taped the …
Jared Diamond on The Evolution of Religions
Jared Diamond, professor of geography at UCLA, received the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction in 1998 for Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. In 1999, he received the National Medal of Science. His most recent book is Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (2004).
A Creative University in a Flat World
USC provost emeritus Lloyd Armstrong Jr. considers how universities can encourage creativity in groups and individuals. He spoke on November 6, 2006 as part of the USC Templeton Lecture Series.