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Casual Conversation: June 7 reading of Ibsen's Lady from the Sea admin

On Sunday, June 7 at 1:30 pm Eastern Time, please join us for a reading of Henrik Ibsen’s The Lady from the Sea.  The play was chosen by classmate Eric Forsythe and

Casual Conversation May 17 Professor Kurlander admin

On Sunday, May 17 at 3 pm Eastern Time, Professor Eric Kurlander, History Department Chair at Stetson University in Florida will join us for a Casual Conversation.  Professor Kurlander is the au

Casual Conversation May 3rd Professor Shackelford admin

On Sunday, May 3 at 3 pm Eastern Time, Elizabeth E.

Casual Conversation April 19th with Charles Murray

Independent scholar Charles Murray will return to be our guest for a Casual Conversation on Sunday, April 19 at 3 pm.  Last time Mr. Murray spoke to us about the possible causes for exceptional accomplishment by Jews.  This time will be more directly about religion: his own investigation of faith and more particularly the Christian faith.   You will find his journey about and into faith chronicled in his new book Taking Religion Seriously (Encounter Books 2025). 

Barton Swain reviewed the book for the Wall Street Journal:

Danford, John William (11/10/2025)

John W. Danford passed away peacefully at his home in Pan Yack Park on November 10, 2025, surrounded by his family, after a years-long struggle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.


John was born in 1947 to William and Elinor Jean Danford of Racine, Wisconsin, the second of five children. He completed his undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College (summa cum laude, 1969), earned a master’s at the University of California, Berkeley (1971), and his PhD at Yale (1976).