Elaine Pagels - What do secret gospels suggest about Jesus and his teaching

On October 30, 2019, we hosted Dr. Elaine Pagels as the featured speaker at our annual interfaith academic conference. She gave two lectures, the first being “What do 'secret gospels' suggest about Jesus and his teaching?“ () which was followed by a Panel discussion with Robert Van Voorst, Professor Emeritus of Western Theological Seminary, Sheldon Kopperl, Professor Emeritus, GVSU, Diane Madoush-Pitzer, Professor of Religious studies, GVSU with Douglas Kindschi, Kaufman Interfaith Institute's director, moderating. The panel discussion is viewable here: The evening session was a conversation between Dr. Pagels and Calvin University's Frans van Liere which focused on her latest book, “Why Religion: A Personal Story“ in which she reflects on the persistence and nature of belief and why religion matters in the wake of her own great personal tragedy: the death of her young son, followed a year later by the Элейн Пейджелс - профессор