Faith Formation Resources Online

Click on the title of each conference for online resources. Full conferences may provide the basis for weekend retreats or a weekly Faith Formation series. Shorter interviews with each speaker fit well into Sunday morning classes and discussion groups. Each comes with leader guides for group facilitators. All may be streamed for free from this site. For each event:

  • The “Themes and Speakers” button will lead you to a description of the conference’s purpose and its keynote speakers. 
  • The “Watch Online” button will allow you to watch each of the plenary sessions (90 minutes each). 
  • The “Discussion Guides” or "Theological Reflection" button will lead you to downloadable guidelines for facilitators leading theological reflection on each of the plenary sessions. 
  • The page for each keynote speaker (click on their photos) will lead you to 20-minute interviews with each speaker.

 

Who Do We Want to Become: Remembering Forward Ten Years After 9/11 Trinity Institute partnered with public radio's OnBeing to produce this special program, moderated by Krista Tippett.

 

Building an Ethical Economy: Theology and the Marketplace Rowan Williams; Sir Partha Dasgupta; Kathryn Tanner; Bernard Ntahoturi

 

Radical Abundance - A Theology of Sustainability Majora Carter; Timothy J. Gorringe; David C. Korten; Néstor O. Míguez; Miriam MacGillis

 

Religion & Violence: Untangling the Roots of Conflict James Carroll; James H. Cone; Tariq Ramadan; Susannah Heschel; Katharine Jefferts Schori

 

God's Unfinished Future - Why It Matters Now Jürgen Moltmann, The Rev. Barbara R. Rossing, Th.D., The Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes

 

The Anatomy of Reconciliation James Alison; The Rt. Rev. Michael Bruce Curry; Helen Prejean, CSJ; Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons; Miroslav Volf

Past Conferences


2007: Soul of the Earth: Justice, Ecology & Contemplation A Trinity Institute Retreat with Majora Carter and Barbara Crafton

2006: Practicing Reconciliation: Love & Work Retreat led by Ann Belford Ulanov and The Rev. Barbara Cawthorne Crafton

2006: Sacred Dying: Reconciliation, Ritual & Reverence Workshop led by Megory Anderson

2004: Naming Evil Kofi Annan; Michael J. Sandel; Jon D. Levenson; Seyyed Hossein Nasr; Joan D. Chittister; Joan Brown Campbell

2003: Shaping Holy Lives Rowan Williams; Kathleen Norris; Joan D. Chittister; Laurence Freeman

2002: How Then Must We Live? Phyllis Tickle; André Delbecq; Roberta Bondi; Parker Palmer

2001: Who Are We? Warren Brown; Anne Foerst; Kenneth Gergen; Colin Gunton; William Hurlbut

2000: God at 2000 Karen Armstrong; Marcus Borg; Joan Chittister; Diana Eck; Lawrence Kushner; Hussein Nasr; Desmond Tutu

1999: Roots & Wings: Episcopal Identity and Vocation in the New Millennium Stephen Carter; George Gallup Jr.; Frank T. Griswold; Donald Miller; Phyllis Tickle; Robert Wuthnow

1998: Acquiring A Listening Heart Frederick Buechner; Michael Curry; Gail Godwin; Frank T. Griswold

1997: Ordered Freedom: An Anglican Paradox George Leonard Carey, Featured Speaker; Rev. Dr. Walter Brueggemann; Rev. Dr. Frederic B. Burnham; Rev. David M. Gitari; Madeleine L'Engle; Rev. Dr. Daniel Paul Matthews; Rev. Canon Herbert O'Driscoll; Rev. Dr. John Polkinghorne; Rev. Dr. Rowan Williams

1996: Jesus at 2000 Marcus J. Borg; Harvey Cox; John Dominic Crossan; Alan F. Segal; Huston Smith; Karen Jo Torjesen

1995: The Biblical Language for Relationships Marcus J. Borg; Douglas John Hall; Elizabeth A. Johnson; Parker J. Palmer; John Updike; Renita J. Weems

1994: The Other: Embracing Pluralism Walter Brueggemann; Steven Charleston; Krister Stendahl; Ann Belford Ulanov; Cornel West

1993: The Art of Conversation: Speaking of God in a Pluralistic Age Robert N. Bellah; Rebecca S. Chopp; Robert M. Franklin Jr.; Alan Jones; Martin E. Marty; Parker J. Palmer; Ronald E. Thiemann

1992: Imagination: Reconstructing Reality Walter Brueggemann; Sallie McFague; Elisabeth Schüssler Florenza; Garner Calvin Taylor

1991: Creation: The New Story Frederic B. Burnham; Terence Fretheim; Douglas John Hall; Catherine Keller; Arthur Peacocke; John Polkinghorne

1990: God With Us Maya Angelou; Frederick Buechner; James Carroll

1989: Spirituality and Justice Margaret A. Farley; Stanley M. Hauerwas; Desmond M. Tutu

1988: Authority in Crisis Frederick H. Borsch; Ann Lammers; Robin W. Lovin; Jaci Maraschin; John S. Pobee; Robert Runcie; Frederica Harris Thompsett; J. Robert Wright

1987: The Church in a Postmodern Age Diogenes Allen; Robert N. Bellah; George A. Lindbeck; Michael G. Peers; Pheme Perkins; Sandra M. Schneiders; Rowan D. Williams

1986: Love: The Foundation of Hope José Miguez Bonino; Hans Frei; James Kauluma; Charles McCoy; Douglas Meeks; Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel; Jurgen Moltmann; Christopher Morse; Letty Russell; Stephen Sykes

1985: The Christian View of Humanity Frederic B. Burnham; Langdon Gilkey; Madeleine L'Engle; John Macquarrie; Margaret R. Miles; Herbert O'Driscoll

1984: The Mission of the Church George Browne; Alastair Haggart; Richard Norris; Melinda Roper; Krister Stendahl

1983: God's Words and Our Words A.M. Allchin; Anselmo Carral; Edward Schillebeeck; Ann Belford Ulanov; Penelope Washbourn

1982: Hope in Helplessness James A. Forbes Jr.; H. Carl McCall; Herbert O'Driscoll; William Stevens; Mary Luke Tobin

1981: The Experience of God William Sloane Coffin Jr.; James W. Jones; Henri J.M. Nouwen

1980: Scripture Today: Handling the Word Rightly Frederick H. Borsch; O.C. Edwards; James A. Forbes Jr.; David W. Tracy; Jim Wallis; Peggy A. Way

1979: The Myth / Truth of God Incarnate John Coburn; Don Cupitt; John Macquarrie; Michael Marshall; Dennis Nineham; Richard Norris; Roy Sano; Jon Sobrino; Desmond M. Tutu

1978: God at the Center FitzSimons Allison; Julian Charley; Schubert Ogden; David Steindl-Rast

1977: Theological Trends José Miguez Bonino; John C. Fletcher; Edward W. Scott; Thomas F. Stransky

1976: The Word of God Donald Coggin; Bertil Gartner; John Meyendorff

1975: The Gift of Ministry John Allin; Frederick H. Borsch; Myles Bourke; Louis Bouyer; Harvey Guthrie; Thomas Hopko; Graham Leonard; John Macquarrie; Michael Marshall; C. Kilmer Myers

1974: The Holy Spirit A. Michael Ramsey; Roger Schutz; Leon-Joseph Suenens

2006: Jesus Davis Jenkins; Leon-Joseph Suenens

2006: The Charismatic Christ Anthony Bloom; A. Michael Ramsey

2006: The Conversion of Religion Carl E. Braaten; Louis Dupre; Michael Marshall; John Meyendorff

2006: The Actuality of Christ Anthony Bloom; Carl E. Braaten; Raymond Brown; John Macquarrie; David H.C. Read; Alexander Schmemann

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