Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

Exploring Jewish Learning and Culture


 

Please call 312.322.1743 or email rsvp@spertus.edu for program reservations, or for more information about Spertus programs.

 

This is the first
in a 4-part program series on
Religion and the Public Square

Mark your calendar
for these upcoming programs:

• Sunday, September 10
Film and Discussion
God in Government

• Sunday, September 17
Lecture
The End of Secular America?

• Monday, September 18
Lunch & Learn
Jewish Policies and Christian Politics

Author Events and Book Groups

Author Event

  • Cathleen Falsani
  • The God Factor
  • Sunday, August 27 at 2 pm
  • A booksigning will follow.
  • $12 | $10 members | $8 students

For reservations call 312.322.1743 or email rsvp@spertus.edu

The God Factor

Spirituality and religion play a key role in today’s United States. But faith is more complex than snapshots convey. To explore this complexity, writer Cathleen Falsani interviewed an array of people of note—including many prominent Jews — who shape our culture and our collective consciousness. The resulting interviews are fresh, illuminating and occasionally controversial. Join us as Falsani discusses her findings and her experiences in the course of writing The God Factor.


Author Cathleen Falsani

Photo by Paul Natkin

Cathleen Falsani is the religion writer for the Chicago Sun-Times, where she has covered the "God beat" from locations as varied as Vatican City, the Caribbean, the West Wing, the Playboy Mansion, and the dugout at Wrigley Field. She writes a weekly syndicated column on spirituality and popular culture, and her work has appeared in publications ranging from Rolling Stone to Christianity Today.
The God Factor is her first book.

 


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