Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

Please see the full schedule of High Holidays events at go/highholidays.

Please see the full schedule of High Holidays events at go/highholidays/.

Join Humanist Chaplain Bill Vitek for a discussion and walkabout to consider how enthusiasm in all its forms can nourish happiness, even in times of uncertainty and anxiety. Snacks will be served.

Please access and read a short essay by Arthur Brooks beforehand. 

Midd Humanists is a community gathering sponsored by the Scott Center for Spiritual & Religious Life for non-theistic, inquiry-based, and action-centered conversation and celebration. All are welcome!

Join us for a morning of silent togetherness, led by Professor Emliy Proctor, at the Scott Center.  This retreat, which will be held in silence, will consist of a series of meditation sits interspersed with breaks for rest or walking meditation.  This simple structure, carried out together, allows for a collective quieting of mind and body, from which can emerge a subtle but deep sense of community.

Join us at the Scott Center for a dinner dialogue with cultural ecologist and geophilosopher David Abram, author of The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World, and Becoming Animal: An Earthly Cosmology.

Part 3 of the Interfaith Dialogue Series.  Space is limited and RSVP’s are required; go/abramdinner/

Join us for a discussion on the role of Islam in promoting environmental stewardship and how it can inspire individuals to take action towards a more sustainable future.  Meet the speakers at a pre-talk reception at 4:00 pm at the Scott Center (46 South St.).

Light refreshments and snacks will be provided. Inspired by adrienne maree brown’s book Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds, this workshop explores the principles of emergence, interdependence, resilience, collaboration and communication through movement in the context of interfaith dialogue. Through improvisational practices, we will learn how small, adaptive changes can connect us across our differences and evolve over time.

Join us to celebrate the birth of the Hindu god Hanuman with a prayer gathering and some Indian desserts! This event also marks the inauguration of a new Hindu altar at the Scott Center.