University of Minnesota

Interpersonal Forgiveness:

What‘s So Good About Loving Your Enemy?

Dr. Gayle Reed, Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, will give a lecture on “Interpersonal Forgiveness: What’s So Good about Loving Your Enemy?”. Dr. Reed has done extensive research on the psychological benefits of forgiveness. In addition to teaching, she gives many workshops and lectures on forgiveness psychology and forgiveness recovery programs. A question and answer time with the audience will follow the lecture. This lecture will provide students and the community with an in-depth look at forgiveness and its moral implications.

This lecture has been approved by the Minnesota Board of Psychology for 1 Continuing Education hour.

Wedded Bliss:

What Makes For Happy Marriages

Would you like to reduce the odds that your (future) marriage would end in divorce court? This lecture will discuss the changing character of contemporary marriage in America and will explore five virtues and values that are crucial to marital success: chastity, commitment, faith, gender complementarity, and equity. This lecture will be helpful to those who hope to marry and to those who are already married.

This lecture has been approved for continuing education credits for the Certified Family Life Educator program through the National Council on Family Relations.

Modern Literature and the Question of Belief

"On subjects of which we know nothing, or should I say Beings," Emily Dickinson wrote in 1882, "we both believe, and disbelieve a hundred times an Hour, which keeps Believing nimble." In this lecture, we will explore the complex interplay of belief and unbelief within modern literature and the life of faith. Our focus will be on writers whose interest in Christianity was strong even though they remained conflicted about some of its most important premises and tenets. Through a discussion of Emily Dickinson, W.H. Auden, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and others, we will explore key issues of modern cultural history as well as matters of deep pastoral concern.