A Holocaust survivor, who discovered the silver scrolls containing the priestly blessing from 600 BC, has passed away
An obituary for Gabriel Barkay by Thomas Paul Schirrmacher
Ethics · Society · Theology · Mission · Sociology of Religions
Berger had been Professor of Sociology and Theology at Boston University since 1981, and from 1985 to 2010 he was Director of the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs CURA (as it is now called). CURA is housed in a beautiful half-timbered house atypical of US universities.
My esteemed teacher, the religious studies scholar Karl Hoheisel, has died at the age of 73. He was a kind and friendly person who was always there for others, and at the same time he […]