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My Morning Cuprack
A welcome to the Corless from its director, David Dupree
By David Dupree
As part of my morning habits, I go to the cup rack and pick a cup for my morning coffee. It's not that I'm obsessive and a pack-rat, but I have thirty to choose from, all neatly displayed in a wall rack I found on the street and painted. There is room for eighteen regular sized cups and six larger ones plus four small cream pitchers on the shelves. If you are mathematical, I have to confess to you that I've placed six odd sized cups on the top of the rack. Each cup has a story, and I have my favorites that I overuse, neglecting more than I should that gather dust.
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About the Corless
We have our roots in the work and estate of Roger Corless – who practiced in both Catholic and Buddhist traditions – but we are more generally interested in promoting dialogue in one of the ways Roger once put it: dialogue as a process “in which all parties to the dialogue would be open to change but no party would be able to predict the change that might occur...”
The Corless came into being as a Non-profit 501 C-3 Foundation in 2007 several months after Roger's death. By publishing his archives, supporting scholars with related interests, and generally supporting interfaith dialogue, the Corless hopes to keep his hopes alive – and to keep a little dust off of his very human and compassionate words.
About Roger
Roger Corless understood himself as a dual practitioner in both Catholic and Buddhist traditions – but did not seek to blend them. Rather, he sought to be present to each in their own irreconcilable differences and deep richness.
Roger was baptized into the Roman Catholic church in 1964 after coming to the United States to pursue a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. From there, he joined the Department of Religion at Duke University and remained there until his retirement to the Bay Area in 2000.
Though he continued to write and publish work from his home in the North Bay, he became increasingly devoted to community action; this deepening social engagement is reflected in his last writings, many of which have yet to be published.
A longer biography is available. We also have articles on Roger's involvement with a queer studies and religion, and his work on faith and alcoholism.
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