Big Tent Talks

NEXT BIG TENT TALKS: AUGUST 12!
Living Deliberatively with Existential Despair by Justin McDaniel
FREE
Wednesday, Aug. 12 | 6PM | Unitarian Universalist Church Indianpolis
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Join scholar Justin McDaniel, Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Endowed Professor of the Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania, for a public presentation on the nature of connection in an age of distraction, uncertainty, and searching.

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Big Tent Talks brings nationally recognized thinkers, writers, and spiritual leaders to Indianapolis for bold, timely dialogue. Launched in 2024, the series creates space for big questions and expansive perspectives, inviting the community into conversations that cross lines of belief, identity, and experience.

Recent speakers have included Nadia Bolz-Weber and Jay Michaelson, whose 2025 talk explored spirituality and psychedelics.

At its core, Big Tent Talks exists to widen the circle—offering a “big tent” where curiosity, complexity, and connection can thrive.

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