Power and Alterity in Black Religious Thought

Kaplan 365

Who 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...

Symposium – Women and Goddesses in Jainism

Hershey Hall Salon 801 Hilgard Av, Los Angeles, United States

Photo 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...