Events
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Antisemitism in the Pagan World
Royce Hall 306/ZoomWhat counts as antisemitism? Did antisemitism exist among Greeks and Romans? How far and how deep did hostility to Jews extend in the pagan and pre-Christian world? What impact did...
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Study of Religion: Commencement Toast 2022
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Welcome Reception Fall 2022
Haines 39/ZoomYou are cordially invited to attend the Center for the Study of Religion Fall 2022 Welcome Reception. We look forward to seeing you there! Event Flyer RSVP Below:
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Tending the Garden: Ahimsa in the Early Indian Literature
314 Royce Hall/ZoomSource: Shakyamuni Buddha - Jataka (Previous Lives). 1800, Zanabazar Mongolia National Museum, Mongolia, https://www.himalayanart.org/items/50191. Accessed 22 Sept. 2022. The practice of ahiṃsā (non-violence) has a long and illustrious history...
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The God of Possibilities: God, Human Freedom and the Obligation to Heal the World by Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller and Professor Leora F. Batnitzky as Respondent
Kaplan Hall 348This discussion constitutes a personal effort at articulating a meaningful notion of God that is spiritually fulfilling, intellectually uncompromising and morally compelling. The search ranges across the Jewish tradition from...
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Why Religion Matters for Educational Stratification
ZoomIt's well-known that Americans’ academic outcomes vary by race, class, and gender. But what about their religious upbringing? In this talk, Dr. Ilana Horwitz will discuss findings from her recent...
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The Origins of Judaism: An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal
Haines 39/ZoomThroughout much of history, the Jewish way of life has been characterized by strict adherence to the practices and prohibitions legislated by the Torah: dietary laws, ritual purity, circumcision, Sabbath...
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At the Origins of Monotheism: A Socio-economic Confrontation in Ancient Syro Mesoptamia
Presented by: Professor Giorgio Buccellati of UCLA's Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Date/Time/Loc TBD
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Mothers and Rituals of Child-Naming in Ancient Israel (Bible and the Ancient World series)
Presented by: Professor Susan Ackerman of Dartmouth University. This event will be recorded with no live audience and shared with community after.
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At the Origins of Monotheism: A Socio-economic Confrontation in Ancient Syro Mesoptamia
Bunche Hall 2209A 11282 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, United StatesWhat is known as monotheism may be seen, in it earliest manifestation, in the light of an epistemic confrontation of the biblical tradition with the system of knowledge that...