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Stephen Healey: holds degrees in Religion and Society from Eastern Nazarene College, Andover Newton Theological School, and Boston College. He was named director of the University of Bridgeport's International College's Program in World Religions in 1998. His research and publications have focused on religion and human rights, globalization in religion, religion and conflict, and religion in the post-9/11 era. His major teaching and research methods draw upon the social sciences to undertake comparative analysis of religions and study the public significance of religious belief and practice. Healey also publishes works of fiction and poetry. He currently serves as dean of the University's School of Arts and Sciences.

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Blog Archive

▼ 2012 (2)
- ▼ January (2)
  - Internet Darkness, Freedom
  - Cyberwar! Be (Un)alarmed

► 2011 (16)
- ► October (1)
  - Dan Wheldon Tragedy
- ► September (2)
  - Anwar al Awlaki, dead after Hellfire missile attac...
  - Health Care: The Bigger Questions
- ► August (1)
  - The Dance of Reason and Unreason
- ► May (1)
  - Camping Flabbergasted! Me, too!
- ► April (1)
  - Francis Fukuyama: 'The Origins of Political Order'...
- ► March (3)
- ► February (3)
- ► January (4)

► 2010 (98)
- ► December (7)
- ► November (3)
- ► October (4)
- ► September (5)
- ► August (6)
- ► July (7)
- ► June (13)
- ► May (30)
- ► April (23)

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Blogs of Note

GetReligion

Cult of the Seattle sex pastor? - [image: Share] From *Christianity Today* to *The Tennessean, *Seattle megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll has been making a ton of headlines lately. Most, b...
2 hours ago
Pop Theology

A Panic Takes Hold - Like all great films, Jeff Nichols‘ latest film, Take Shelter, speaks to the times in which we live. It powerfully reveals the destructive hold that irrati...
9 hours ago
Sh'ma Koleinu - Hear Our Voices

Lessons from the Susan B Komen Foundation, Planned Parenthood, and recent events surrounding Contraceptive Coverage - *I delivered the following sermon last Shabbat at Congregation B'nai Israel, Bridgeport, CT. It contains two recent statements, one made by the Women's R...
1 day ago
The hermeneutic of continuity

- [image: Pugin Monstrance] I expect that several other bloggers have picked this up, but there is good news about the historic items from Ramsgate Abbey: t...
1 day ago
The Myth of Home

Red Flannel Hash - I'll be writing more about red flannel hash in the upcoming History of Connecticut Food, and including a fine recipe. However, this dish from Pat's Kountr...
3 days ago
Sonic Labyrinth

Six Hours in the Mall; Thinking about Götterdämmerung Live in HD - In 1980 a film crew came to Bayreuth to capture Wagner's Ring cycle at the close of the infamous centenary production by Patrice Chéreau. The Chéreau Ring ...
3 days ago
BibleBeltBlogger

AP: Whitney Houston has died - The top-selling pop star and actress was 48 years old. AP has more details here. I saw Whitney Houston sing in Boston in probably September of October of 1...
3 days ago
Public Theology | Examing religion in society

Meet (and learn from) Jacob Barnett - We Americans like to take credit for our achievements, and we are especially interested in the achievements of individuals. We have a deeply ingrained—reli...
10 months ago
Libera Me

- Well . . ! I've never done this before; but someone posted an 'Anomymous' comment on my blog the other day which I think deserves consideration : and as it...
1 year ago