Trinity Talks: Pico Iyer
In a society that feels irreparably fractured, how can we work together toward peace in our city and nation?
Join us for a series of Trinity Talks that will get to the heart of this crucial question. These illuminating conversations, centered around the themes of conflict, peacemaking, and faith, will introduce you to new ways of seeing, and being, in the world. Don’t miss these free, in-person opportunities to engage with distinguished writers who have thought deeply about how to hold onto hope in trying times. With a heated and consequential election fast approaching, it’s important now more than ever to deepen our understanding of how to faithfully participate in civic life.
Pico Iyer (Finding Peace Amidst Difficulty and Suffering)
September 22, 1:30-3:30pm, Trinity Commons
Journalist and travel writer Pico Iyer discusses his recent bestseller, The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise, where he journeys through competing ideas of paradise to see how we can live more peacefully.
Other speakers in this series include:
Edwidge Danticat (Migration and Asylum)
October 22, 6:30-8pm, Trinity Commons
Novelist and short story writer Edwidge Danticat will share reflections from her award-winning memoir about her Haitian family’s decision to seek asylum in America, Brother, I'm Dying.
Amanda Ripley (Breaking the Spell of High Conflict)
October 27, 1-3pm, Trinity Commons
Author and investigative journalist Amanda Ripley will speak about navigating periods of intense conflict, drawing from her book, High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out.
Christian Wiman (Christian Hope)
February 9, Trinity Commons
The poet Christian Wiman will discuss faith as a practice of Christian hope, touching on themes in his book, Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair. For Wiman, the antidote to despair is awe.
James McBride (Interfaith and Interracial Solidarity)
March 30, Trinity Commons
Writer and musician James McBride will discuss The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, a novel about how love and community sustain us.
In a society that feels irreparably fractured, how can we work together toward peace in our city and nation?
Join us for a series of Trinity Talks that will get to the heart of this crucial question. These illuminating conversations, centered around the themes of conflict, peacemaking, and faith, will introduce you to new ways of seeing, and being, in the world. Don’t miss these free, in-person opportunities to engage with distinguished writers who have thought deeply about how to hold onto hope in trying times. With a heated and consequential election fast approaching, it’s important now more than ever to deepen our understanding of how to faithfully participate in civic life.
Pico Iyer (Finding Peace Amidst Difficulty and Suffering)
September 22, 1:30-3:30pm, Trinity Commons
Journalist and travel writer Pico Iyer discusses his recent bestseller, The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise, where he journeys through competing ideas of paradise to see how we can live more peacefully.
Other speakers in this series include:
Edwidge Danticat (Migration and Asylum)
October 22, 6:30-8pm, Trinity Commons
Novelist and short story writer Edwidge Danticat will share reflections from her award-winning memoir about her Haitian family’s decision to seek asylum in America, Brother, I'm Dying.
Amanda Ripley (Breaking the Spell of High Conflict)
October 27, 1-3pm, Trinity Commons
Author and investigative journalist Amanda Ripley will speak about navigating periods of intense conflict, drawing from her book, High Conflict: Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out.
Christian Wiman (Christian Hope)
February 9, Trinity Commons
The poet Christian Wiman will discuss faith as a practice of Christian hope, touching on themes in his book, Zero at the Bone: Fifty Entries Against Despair. For Wiman, the antidote to despair is awe.
James McBride (Interfaith and Interracial Solidarity)
March 30, Trinity Commons
Writer and musician James McBride will discuss The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, a novel about how love and community sustain us.
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