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 have in common apart from the name "Jesus"? Many prominent 20th century New Testament scholars ignored this question while they focused on contending that Paul...
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 Event
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 Hospital of Uganda, a pediatric neurosurgical site that pioneered a revolutionary treatment of hydrocephalus, we’ll explore an integrative healing approach based on their specific practical...
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 the group this year. If you are interested in being part of the forum please come and share your ideas and interests with Mary Katherine....
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 women that seem to imply mixed or even negative judgments about particular aspects of their moral characters. We’ll examine how the contributions of classical rabbinic...
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 biblical text and all have considered the role of New Kingdom Egypt and the collapse of empires throughout the Near East circa 1200-1100 BCE. The lecture...
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, collective chant, and other profound ways. Sound unifies communities in sacred worship and arms sacred hierarchies. It is captured in images and contained in built...
Panel Discussion: Faith in Service of the City
Rolfe Hall, Rm 1200What does it mean to serve a city? "Faith in Service of the City" is an event designed to create dialogue on--and offer potential models of--how residents of Los Angeles use their faith commitments, tools, resources, beliefs, practices, and so forth to mobilize service acts to our city. Panelists representing significant faith-motivated organizations in the city...
Winter 2018 Calendar
CSR Calendar of Events - Winter 2018
Preservation and Innovation: The Tracks of the Master Scribe
Sara Milstein is Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible and Near Eastern Studies in the Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia. She published Tracking the Master Scribe: Revision through Introduction in Biblical and Mesopotamian Literature (Oxford UP, 2016), and in 2010, she co-authored with Daniel Fleming The Buried Foundation of...