Prompted by insightful (and award-winning!) analyses by my doctoral student Lucas Sharma, SJ, the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) hosted a webinar inviting reflections on transitions in the papacy, attitudes toward homosexuality, and the priesthood.

The full conversation should be available on YouTube soon.

Thanks to SSSR President Ruth Braunstein, council member Ariela Keysar, and EO Karen Hutchison for the invitation to participate — and to Lucas Sharma and Tia Noelle Pratt for a lively dialogue!