Events
Shalom as Equity: Disability, Health Care Disparities and Social Justice During COVID-19
C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture: “Shalom as Equity: Disability, Health Care Disparities and Social Justice During COVID-19,” by J. Alexander Sider, professor of religion at Bluffton University
Date & Time: Tuesday, April 19, 2022, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Administration Building, Room 28
Dr. J. Alexander Sider, professor of religion at Bluffton University, will present the C. Henry Smith Peace Lecture, titled “Shalom as Equity: Disability, Health Care Disparities and Social Justice During COVID-19” on Tuesday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m., in the Administration Building, Room 28. This event is free and open to the public.
The lectureship honors the late professor who taught at Goshen College for 10 years and Bluffton University for 35 years. Smith was known for his books on Mennonite history and the peace tradition of the Mennonite churches. After his death in 1948, his estate established a trust in his name that funds projects—including the lectureship—that promote the Mennonite peace message.
The lectureship is awarded each year to a faculty member from one of the Mennonite colleges, with priority given to Goshen and Bluffton faculty. The chosen faculty member must prepare a lecture that promotes the Mennonite peace stance, then present it at Bluffton and Goshen and at other schools and on other occasions as invited.
Beyond basic moral considerations like distributive justice and health care rationing, shalom and its associated concepts provide a moral vocabulary for connecting structural justice with health, well-being, and peace by promoting equity as a basic condition of human flourishing. Nowhere is the relevance of this conceptuality clearer than in response to how the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted
Tue Jun 16–Sun Oct 04
Northern Indiana Amish Quilts From the Rebecca Haarer Collection
The Good Library Gallery will host an exhibit of Amish quilts, collected and documented by Rebecca Haarer ’75, from now until Oct. 8, 2026.Sat Sep 12, 7:30pm
Reflection and Restoration: A Goshen College Musical Offering with Rosalyn Troiano, Philip Serna and friends
On Saturday, September 12 at 7:30 pm in Rieth Recital Hall, guest artists Phillip Serna, Viola da Gamba and Kevin Vaughn, Harpsichord and Organ and Goshen College Music Department Faculty and students will present Reflection and Restoration: A Goshen College Musical Offering, as the inaugural concert of the 2026-27 Rieth Recital Series.Sun Sep 13, 2pm
Juried GC Student Exhibit | Awards Reception
Each year, art students are invited to submit work completed during the previous academic year to a juried exhibit. A juror is selected from the local art community to review the student submissions and select pieces for display, along with…
