Events
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The Great Search with John Philip Newell
314 Royce Hall/ZoomThe story of Adam and Eve’s fall from innocence in the Garden of Eden is a mythical account of humanity’s broken relationship with the divine, with Earth, and with themselves....
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Seeking Liberation: Contemporary Female Ascetic Orders Among the Jains
Online on ZoomPresent day records show an overwhelming numerical preponderance of nuns in Jain mendicant orders. Their striking presence demands that we question the androcentric models of renunciation in South Asia, as...
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Spread and Stack: The Development of the Roman Catholic Church from 33-461
Kaplan 365In this talk by Gabriel Rossman, he attempts to explain the development of Christianity over its first six centuries from a highly localized charismatic sect to a hierarchical structure spanning...
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Symposium – (Mis)using the Bible: White Evangelicalism & Christian Nationalism in America
Royce Hall 306/ZoomWhite Evangelicalism and Christian Nationalism has occupied an increasingly prominent position since—and in many ways before—the first Trump administration. Events such as January 6 and the second Trump presidency have...
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Progressive Activists and the Bible
Online on ZoomSome of America's most effective reformers did not just refer to the Bible, but fused their own struggles with its narratives, seeing themselves as part of a cosmic divine battle...
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Power and Alterity in Black Religious Thought
Kaplan 365Who is the human? What is legitimate religion? Who is left out of these discourses? Questions of power, humanity, and alterity animate religious discourse and responses to oppression. Leveraging the Rastafari...
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Symposium – Women and Goddesses in Jainism
Hershey Hall Salon 801 Hilgard Av, Los Angeles, United StatesPhoto credit: Samyak Modi Throughout the history of Jainism, one of the world’s oldest living religions, Jain women have played a crucial role. Jain renouncers, whose self-denying lifestyle is...
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Islamic China: An Asian History – Book Talk
UCLA Public Affairs Bldg., Rm 2270 337 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesFor more than a millennium, Islam has been a Chinese religion, and native-born Chinese Muslims have played important roles in their homeland—as butchers, merchants, and farmers; diplomats, scholar-officials, and royal...
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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...