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Peace Initiatives in the Middle East

There is an exciting and timely series of events taking place this spring: The Shalom/Salam Conversations, in which members of the UCSB faculty and community will address aspects of the […]

Christianity and Empire: Unity and Diversity in New Worlds

Fernando Cervantes, J.E. & Lillian Byrne Tipton Distinguished Visiting Professor in Catholic Studies, Department of Religious Studies, UCSB, for Spring 2009 will present a paper exploring the interaction of Christianity […]

Catholicism and the Early Modern Imagination

The imagination as a human faculty was subjected to some of the most fascinating explorations in its history during the period from 1430 to 1680. Fernando Cervantes will explore the […]