Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life

Jubilation! Papal Jubilees Past and Present With a joyful Papal Bull, Pope Francis declared this year a Jubilee Year of Mercy, a year of indulgence, where pilgrimage can lead to the forgiveness of sins and freedom from “every residue left by the consequences of sin.” Is this just a papal “Get Out of Purgatory Free” card? Federico Canaccini will take us back to Pope Boniface VIII’s first Papal Jubilee in 1300 and explore the context, history and meanings of such extraordinary papal promises.

“Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay” —Oliver Goldsmith, “The Deserted Village” (1770) Inequality is on the rise in the contemporary global economy, both within prosperous economies and between developed and developing countries. Can democracy sustain itself while acquiescing in a growing gap between the world’s haves and have-nots? Does the American dream depend on a foundation of shared prosperity that is increasingly a historical artifact?

Roundtable Discussion: Peter LIndert, Paul Pierson, and David Rueda Chair: Will Pyle, Director, International Politics and Economics Event will also be “live streamed” to Crossroad’s Cafe. SPONSORS: International Politics and Economics Program, Jones Economics Enrichment Fund, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Academic Enrichment Fund, the Departments of History, Political Science, and Religion, the Programs in European Studies and in Privilege & Poverty, the Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life, and Atwater, Brainerd, and Cook Commons

Panel Two: Who Wants What?

Panel Three: American Amnesia: The Forgotten Sources of our Shared Prosperity by Paul Pierson, John Gross Professor of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley Moderator: Allison Stanger, Political Science Student Chair:Brian Rowett Event will also be “live streamed” to Crossroad’s Cafe. SPONSORS: International Politics and Economics Program, Jones Economics Enrichment Fund, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Academic Enrichment Fund, the Departments of History, Political Science, and Religion, the Programs in European Studies and in Privilege & Pove

Panel One: Inequality from 1650-2050 by Peter Lindert, Distinguished Professor of Economicsm, University of California-Davis Moderator: Leticia Arroyo Abad, Economics Student Chair: Grecia De La O Abarca Event will also be “live streamed” to Crossroad’s Cafe. SPONSORS: International Politics and Economics Program, Jones Enrichment Fund, Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Academic Enrichment Fund, the Departments of History, Political Science, and Religion, the Programs in European Studies and in Privilege & Poverty, the Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Li

Featuring:

Local physician and author Jack Mayer, speaking on his new book Before the Court of Heaven, on the history of Weimar and the rise of the Third Reich. Two Middlebury College students who are grandchildren of Holocaust survivors sharing a bit of their family history. The Middlebury College Choir, directed by Jeff Buettner.  Sponsored by Middlebury College Hillel, The Charles P. Scott Center for Spiritual and Religious Life at Middlebury College, Havurah of Addison County, and the Middlebury Area Clergy Association.

Join Middlebury Hillel for Shabbat services at the Jewish Center of the Freeman International Center. Services start at 5:30, dinner at 6:30! All are welcome!

Join Middlebury Hillel for Shabbat services at the Jewish Center of the Freeman International Center. Services start at 5:30, dinner at 6:30! All are welcome!

Join Middlebury Hillel for Shabbat services at the Jewish Center of the Freeman International Center. Services start at 5:30, dinner at 6:30! All are welcome!