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CSR Fall Welcome Reception 2017
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Islam and Jews in the Holy Land: Land and Nature and the Construction of Jewish Culture
In this lecture, Dr. Mostafa Hussein will explore the ways the Jewish intelligentsia in pre-state Palestine interacted with Arabo-Islamic civilization, as demonstrated in Hebrew works treating the geography and the...
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Feeling the Love of a Divinity in Bhakti Vaishnavism, Christianity, Sufism, Shia Islam, and Buddhism
Royce Hall, Rm 306The sudden intensification of ‘love,’ ‘union,’ or ‘belonging’ generates a distinct emotion to which we give the scientific name, kama muta. In vernacular language, depending on the context, moments of...
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How Much Did Paul of Tarsus Know About the Historical Jesus, and How and When Did He Know It?
Royce Hall, Rm 306Why did early Christians conclude that four distinct narratives about Jesus and Nazareth and the letters of Paul of Tarsus belonged together in their authoritative Scripture?What do these diverse writings...
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Pastries with Professors
Students come and learn more about the majors/minor for The Study of Religion! Come mingle with other current students and faculty members within the department. Event Flyer Please RSVP for...
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Healing with Joy: Recovering Medicine as a Moral Art in Uganda
Royce Hall, Rm 306What might it mean to recover medicine as a moral art – medicine and health as something beyond a physical, empirical practice? Drawing heavily on my fieldwork of CURE Children’s...
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Multi-Faith Forum
Humanities Bldg, Rm 365The Multi-Faith Forum is back! Please join us on Thursday November 9th from 4-5:30 pm to meet our new Religious Diversity Education coordinator Mary Katherine Sheena who will be facilitating...
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Women in the Hands of Men: Rabbinic Interpretations of the Four Matriarchs
Royce Hall, Rm 306It’s not surprising that many of the familiar Hebrew Bible tales concerning the four Matriarchs portray them very favorably. However, the Book of Genesis also relates some episodes about these...
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How Ancient Israel Began: A New Archaeological Perspective
Over the last hundred years or so, a number of theories have been proposed to explain the origins of ancient Israel. All these have been informed to some degree by the...
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Conference: Sound and the Sacred
Sound—whether thunder or psalmody—plays a role in the formation and perception of the sacred. Religions acknowledge the importance of sound, manifested in the voice of God, the call to prayer,...