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Statement On Lt. General Boykin's Appearance at Ocean City Mayoral Prayer Breakfast

Read a statement from the Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson, President of Auburn, regarding Lt. General William “Jerry” Boykin's scheduled remarks to Ocean City's Mayoral Prayer Breakfast....

Auburn Media January Download: Ask Auburn Media

Ask Auburn Media: Comments ... the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Our good friend Ari Hart, Co-Founder of Uri L'Tzedek: Orthodox Social Justice in NYC, reports that the organization's Web site sometimes...

Village Voice Founder's Son Joins Groundswell Campaign

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Future of Faith

Auburn Media in partnership with Brick Presbyterian Church, First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York and Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church Church attendance and membership is falling…fast...

Statement from The Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson on Queens Firebomb Attacks

Read a statement from The Rev. Dr. Katharine Henderson on recent firebomb attacks in Queens....

Faith Leaders Deliver 200,000+ Petition Signatures to Lowe’s in Support of “All‐American Muslim"

Christian clergy from the Charlotte area gathered at the Lowe’s national headquarters this morning to deliver over 200,000 petition signatures from Groundswell, Faithful America, CREDO Action, Chang...

Auburn Media Training Download: Meaningful media: What's a good hook?

The current news cycle is timely and compelling content for your weekly message, blog or sermon. You can enter the space that's on your community's hearts and minds and go deeper into your religious t...

Groundswell Calls on Americans to Support TLC’s “All-American Muslim”

Tens of thousands of Americans expressed outrage that advertisers were pulling their sponsorship of TLC's hit series “All-American Muslim” in response to a smear campaign from anti-Muslim groups. ...

Peace Is Possible 2011, in Video and Image

On November 7, friends of Auburn joined at CAPITALE for the fifth annual Peace Is Possible dinner, to benefit our Face to Face | Faith to Faith program. We invite you to click and watch the video high...

Auburn Seminary Announces New Staff Appointments

What do the former Editor-in-Chief of O, The Oprah Magazine, J Street’s former Vice President of Communications and New Media, and an acclaimed filmmaker, Harvard-educated theologian and Yale Law Sc...

Your Guide to November Resources on the Auburn Web Site

November marks the one year mark of the 2012 Presidential election which means values issues such as economic justice, immigration reform and healthcare will be on the country’s hearts and minds. Le...

Groundswell of Responsibility in the Media

Fifty-one U.S. Attorneys General have called on Village Voice Media's Backpage.com to shut down its Adult section. Groundswell has brought together a coalition of more than 400 faith and moral leaders...

One Child Is Too Many

It is a basic fact of the moral universe that young girls and boys should not be sold for sexual exploitation. However, every day in America, thousands of girls and boys are regularly manipulated, coe...

The Preacher, The Prophet, and King: The Prophetic Voices of Religious Community Leaders

Drew Stockstill is currently a senior at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, GA where he is completing his Master of Divinity. In his recent post on State of Formation, he discusses politicking ...

Religion Claims its Place in Occupy Wall Street

At Occupy Wall Street and across the country, clergy are standing up for shared moral values. Auburn's President, Katharine Henderson, speaks with the Associated Press....

Discrimination Lingers in Post-9/11 Era

Auburn's Valarie Kaur, a filmmaker and minority rights advocate, speaks about the social prejudices in America’s post-9/11 cultural landscape....

My Mother, My Self: Thinking About "Occupy Wall Street"

Whatever you think about Occupy Wall Street, people are talking about it—a lot. My hope is that the protest will be a rallying cry for all Americans to remind us of our shared values, not simply the...

“Are Mormons Christian?"

Auburn’s Rev. J.C. Austin reflects on the New Hampshire GOP debate, Romney’s ascent, and one religion question on the media’s mind: Are Mormons Christians?...

Is the Good Samaritan a Criminal in Alabama?

In a recent HuffPo Religion and Politics piece, Auburn's Rev. J.C. Austin reflects on Alabama State Legislature and the parable of The Good Samaritan....

Your Guide to October Resources on the Auburn Web Site

This October Auburn is tracking the news and information that your community needs to trouble the waters and heal the world. We’ll tell you how to join the Groundswell, a new multifaith voice for ju...

Troy Davis and Lawrence Brewer: The Burden of Care

Auburn's Rev. J.C. Austin reflects on the value of every individual life and the power of redemption....

Auburn Study helps Association of Theological Schools step toward multifaith education

The Association of Theological Schools accredits the majority of seminaries in North America. The Association is poised to add multifaith education requirements to the accreditation process. The new m...

Prominent Muslims urge Hamas to release Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

Not a story you hear everyday. During Ramadan this year, prominent American Muslim leaders urged Hamas to immediately release captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Their rationale: Hamas doesn't like ...

The Domestic Crusaders: A Muslim American Family on Stage

The Domestic Crusaders is an award-winning play written by Muslim American Wajahat Ali depicting the day in the life of a Pakistani-American Muslim family, showing this September in New York City....

Welcoming Newcomers: The New Face of Southern Hospitality

With tensions mounting between the U.S. and the Muslim world, integrating newcomers from those countries raises a whole set of sensitivities and challenges. This September 11th, host a screening of "H...

Love, Not Fear, in Interfaith Relations

On September 15, 2001, I received an email from my close friend and Stanford classmate Valarie Kaur, an email that would launch us both into a whirlwind over the subsequent decade .. A Sikh man in A...

Groundswell Connects People Across U.S. in Shared Remembrance and Renewal on 9/11

Thousands of people across the nation honored the tenth anniversary of 9/11 with vigils, film screenings, and service projects with a shared vision to overcome fear and hatred. Through community-based...

Auburn in the Press

In the weeks before and after 9/11/11, Auburn staff has been busy in the press, speaking about the need for a new movement, the significance of the tenth anniversary of 9/11, and the importance of mul...

Eleven Spiritual Lessons for 9/11

9/11 changed us - whether we were alive at that moment or yet-to-be born. Ten years later, it makes sense to consider what we have learned. These are the eleven (9+1+1) spiritual lessons that 9/11 tau...

Journal of Inter-Religious Dialouge: Volume 7 Released

Check out volume 7 of the Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue, featuring top scholarly religious voices from around the globe. Once again, we hear perspectives that aren’t always highlighted or incl...