Franklin & Marshall College

Events

February 13-17th 2012

Please join us this week for events around community, relationships, love,sex, and marriage.

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Monday, February 13th at 6pm

Multi-faith Dinner

Booth Ferris

         Meaning and Culture kick-off dinner celebrating religious diversity at F&M featuring President Porterfield as the keynote speaker.

Tuesday, February 14th at 11:30am

Common Ground: How do interfaith couples make it work?

Wohlsen Center 

         UnCommon Hour lunch and conversation with couples who successfully negotiate religion in relationships.

Wednesday, February 15th

Multi-faith and Multi-cultural Weddings

Find out how different religious communities do weddings and how same gender couples prepare a wedding in a Christian and Interfaith context.

Thursday, February 16th at 11:30am

Common Hour: Sex in the Bible-Good and Bad

Mayser Gymnasium

         Dr. Knust will talk about her recent book, Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising Contradictions about Sex and Desire. She will address contemporary hot-button issues as well as matters of scholarly debate concerning the meanings of ancient texts.

Friday, February 17th

Popcorn Theology: "Philadelphia"

Brooks College House

         Dinner and a film showing about the judicial system, AIDS, and homophobia.  Co-sponsored by CLAS, Pre-Law Society, and St. John's Episcopal Church.

*Events this week are co-sponsored by the Office of the Chaplain, the Klehr Center, the Women's Center, department of Women and Gender Studies, and the Office of Multicultural Affairs*