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Events
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CANCELLED: And God Laughed: Humor in the Bible
Royce Hall 306Due to unforeseen circumstances, And God Laughed: Humor in the Bible with Joel Kaminsky has been cancelled. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and will re-list if the...
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A Tattered Leaf Covers the Torn: Class Dynamics of Buddhist Charity in Vietnam
Royce 243Professor Sara Ann Swenson (Dartmouth College) presents new research on how global trends in humanitarianism are enacted at the local level through the everyday ethics and informal practices of low-income...
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Between Discordant Shores: Dante’s Francis, the Book of Islam and the Orient
Kaufman Hall Room 101(Image: Coppo di Marcovaldo, St. Francis before the Sultan,” Sultan Malek al-Kāmil and his philosophers, Bardi Altarpiece, c. 1260s, Basilica di Santa Croce, Florence.) Marking the 800th anniversary of St. Francis’s...
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The Dread Heights: Tribulation and Refuge after the Syrian Revolution
Bunche Hall 10383Muslim charities and community organizations have assumed a significant role in refugee support since the Syrian catastrophe: in Jordan and Canada, as elsewhere, they deliver food aid, house orphans, and...
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Study of Religion Welcome Reception
Royce Hall 306Lift a glass to the new academic year and meet friends old and new! Welcome remarks by Dean Stern and Professor Bakhos at 4:30p. RSVP required by October 11. See...
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The Paradox of Pointless Suffering
Royce Hall 306Why do we suffer? Why do people die young? Is there any point to our excessive pain, physical or emotional? This talk explores the ways that we have tried to...
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D. T. Suzuki: Letters, Lectures and Legacies
Charles E. Young Research Library, Main Conference Room 280 Charles E Young Dr N, Los Angeles, United StatesThis Workshop explores the cultural, religious, and intellectual legacy of Daisetsu Teitaro (D. T.) Suzuki (1870–1966), the preeminent figure who introduced Zen and Mahayana Buddhism to the modern Western world....
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Upheavals of Faith: Deconversion, Value Conflict, and Grief
Kaplan 365Why do people grieve a faith they have chosen to leave? If they no longer believe, what exactly have they lost? Ultimately, leaving a religion is rarely the simple loss...
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Idol Talk: False Worship in the Early Christian World
314 Royce HallAre idols real? Do gods or demons dwell in them or around them? Or are they empty, devoid of existence except in the mind of the idolater? Ancient Christians and...