Institute for Communication and Religion

Contemplative Community Week: Interview with Dr. Pradeep Deshpande

For Contemplative Community Week 2025 ICR Director Jon Radwan interviewed Dr. Pradeep Deshpande (Professor Emeritus, University of Louisville) and Dr. A.D. Amar (Professor, SHU Stillman School of Business) on “Meditation and The Bhagavad Gita." Listen and learn about how spiritual wisdom can guide physical practices.

“Forum on Courage: How Monsignor Fahy helped me Learn and Lead.”

Listen to the Forum on Courage: How Monsignor Fahy helped me Learn and Lead. This event included a reading of Monsignor Fahy’s 1970 Inaugural Address and a Q&A session.

Contemplative Community Week: Meditation Workshop with Dr. Deshpande

Join Dr. Deshpande for a relaxing meditation and mindful breathing workshop.

A Conversation with Msgr. Dick Liddy

ICR Director Jon Radwan interviews Msgr. Dick Liddy, one of Seton Hall’s most committed educators, to gather and document oral history about SHU and the people who make our university a very special ‘home for the heart, the mind, and the spirit'.

Book Talk, Ethics in Contact Rhetoric: Communication and the Dance of Bodies and Power

Join Jon Radwan, PhD., and his co-authors, Dale Cyphert and Ellen Gorsevski, as they discuss their newly published book Ethics in Contact Rhetoric: Communication and the Dance of Bodies and Power.

Scholars Forum in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition

Listen to the 2024 Scholars Forum in the Catholic Intellectual Tradition, featuring Jon Radwan, PhD., speaking about his soon to be published book, Ethics in Contact Rhetoric: Communication and the Dance of Bodies and Power.

CORECast: Julian of Norwich's 'Showings'

Today we have with us Dr. Erin Zoutendam and her student, Tristan Nguyen. Dr. Zoutendam is a historian of Christian spirituality, with a focus on  mysticism, prayer, and biblical interpretation. She recently was awarded Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise, by the University of Heidelberg.

Dr. Zoutendam and Tristan are here to discuss Julian of Norwich's Showings.

CORECast: Refugees, Religion, and Politics

Today we have with us Dr. Roger Alfani and his student, Billy Austin. Dr. Alfani is a Peace and Religion expert, author of the book “Religious Peacebuilding in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” which was described as groundbreaking and that it “gives a voice to religious peace activists who are usually voiceless in both the media and academic circles.” Alfani’s current research projects explore the nexus between religion and foreign policy, and the relation between religion, resilience, and refugees. We are very lucky to have him teach here, in our Core.

He is currently teaching a “Refugees, Religion, and Politics” Core 3 course, in which Billy Austin is a student. Billy Austin is a Junior in Political Science, an honor student, and an awarded mock trial competitor with the goal to be a criminal law expert.

Contemplative Community Week: Meditation and Sound

Join Dr. Jon Radwan and Dr. Jason Tramm as they discuss mindful listening and the concept of Nada Brahma in celebration of Contemplative Community Week. 

Contemplating Beauty in Music: Listening with Pan and Apollo

Listen as Dr. Jon Radwan and Dr. Gloria Thurmond reflect on beauty in diverse forms of music. Dr. Radwan opens with an interpretation of Ovid’s myth on musical victory, and Dr. Thurmond presents three musical examples.  Listen as each piece helps us feel and contemplate spiritual beauty in its own way.  Headphones are recommended.