Reverend Gawain de Leeuw was raised in a multicultural, interfaith family in Rochester, New York.  He graduated from Oberlin College, the University of Chicago,  and General Theological Seminary.  Upon winning the Luce Scholar’s award, he served in Korea for two years as the vicar of the Anglican Cathedral and lecturer in liturgical theology. He serves on the boards of Meals on Wheels, the Housing Action Council of Westchester, and Planned Parenthood Hudson Peconic.  He convenes the White Plains Religious Leaders, and helped found Westchester United, a community based power organization,  He has taught a freshman utopian and dystopian literature  and world religions at local colleges.   He is also a member of the Order of the Ascension, and a Rotarian. 

Science and Religion: Playing in the Sandbox

November 18, 2019 by Dr. Adam Pryor, Ian Binns, PhD, Kat Robison, Rev. Dr. Ruth Shaver, Rev. Gawain de Leeuw

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How does play help us understand the rules of the game for both science and religion? How can they help us better understand and create more joy in the work that we do?

To Overcome Evil, We Need to Rethink Shame

March 23, 2015 by Rev. Gawain de Leeuw

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Rev. Dr. Gawain de Leeuw, an Episcopal priest in White Plains, suggests that perhaps evil is rooted in our need to cover up that which threatens to make us discardable and invisible.