DIRECTOR'S THANKSGIVING MESSAGE
I recently read a fine study of gratitude in Christian and Muslim thought. The book and the Thanksgiving Season prompt me to send this message.

I am thankful for CTI’s founders. They were led by James McCord, who saw the need in the mid-20thcentury for a research center in theology that was interdisciplinary in character and global in reach. Thanks to McCord and today’s trustees, CTI flourishes in the 21st Century.

I am thankful for CTI’s scholars. In this newsletter, you will meet a range of leading thinkers from a Nobel Laureate on economics and a Pacific theologian on the environment to Maori and Black critics of racism in architecture. Thanks to them, CTI is an environment for fresh thinking.

And I am thankful for CTI’s supporters. You are intellectually curious, globally concerned, and persuaded of the importance of ideas. Thanks to your donations, CTI’s work thrives today.

This November issue of Insights is therefore sent with my deep gratitude for your stewardship, scholarship, and support, and my good wishes for this Thanksgiving Season.
CTI@COP26: Reflections on the Conference
Wednesday, December 1, 2021
Fresh Thinking on the Environment in Two Sessions
Be part of the global conversation on COP26
Session 1 with members of CTI's Research Workshop on Religion and the Environment
December 1 at 12:30pm Eastern
Session 2 with Maina Talia, Pacific Island Theologian & Environmental Leader at COP26
December 1 at 5:30pm Eastern
The recordings of our Leading Thinkers LIVE sessions are now available and you have the opportunity to watch these important conversations again. As Keith put it so well, “None of us are bystanders in the pandemic or the climate or our mental health epidemic.”
THEOLOGY MATTERS PODCAST
Raising Theology's Relevance on Global Concerns
Thinking Theologically About Architecture
Season 5, Episode 1

CTI launches Season Five of its Theology Matters Podcast featuring CTI's Associate Director Joshua Mauldin interviewing members from the Religion & Built Environment Workshop 2020-21 on how their time at CTI impacted their thinking and practice in architecture. Listen in to Episode One featuring leading Maori architect Whare Timu and systematic theologian and architect Murray Rae.

RESEARCH INSIGHTS
Raising Theology's Relevance on Global Concerns
Launching New Research Report Series

CTI is proud to announce a new series of annual Research Reports from the Center.

This second report synthesizes the work of eight scholars and practitioners who took part in CTI's 2020-21 Research Workshop on Religion & the Built Environment. This program focused on how the built environment is integral to the flourishing of human communities, and explored how religion and theology intersect with the challenges of architecture and urban design. This fascinating and highly readable report was written by Professor Murray Rae, the William Scheide Fellow in Theology.
CTI Breakfast Reception at the AAR/SBL Annual Meetings
Christian Ethicist Elise Edwards addresses fellow CTI Members & Friends
Christian Ethicist Elise Edwards was among the CTI Members and friends who attended our ever popular Breakfast Reception at the recent annual meetings of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Edwards shared her work on countering racism in the built environment as a member of CTI's Spring Research Workshop on Religion and the Built Environment, drawing on her studies in Black Womanist Theology and Architecture. To learn more about Elise's work, read our new Research Report featured above.
Webinar on Trauma in Faith Communities
Tuesday, November 30
3:00 - 4:30PM

CTI is proud to co-sponsor this important conversation on trauma in faith communities, inspired by the #1 best-seller book What Happened To You? with author Bruce Perry and CTI Trustee Darrell Armstrong.
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