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Events Archive 2014
Religion Seminar, Semester 2, 2014
In semester 2, 2014, the Religion seminar takes the form of a speaker series. All seminars meet at 1pm in room 4C11 in the Arts Building, and all are welcome to join the discussions.
For further information on the Religion seminar series please contact Ben Schonthal.
| 25 July | Dr. Benjamin Schonthal, University of Otago "Buddhist Supremacy in Asian Contitutional Law" |
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| 8 Aug | Dr. Will Sweetman, University of Otago "The Veda in European Thought" |
| 22 Aug | Prof. James Cox, University of Edinburgh "Kinship and Location: Re-visiting a Narrow Definition of Indigenous Religions" |
| 5 Sept | Sara Rahmani, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Otago "Boot Camp for Lost Souls" |
| 19 Sept | Dr Mark Allon, University of Sydney "Recent discoveries of Buddhist manuscripts from ancient Gandhara (Afghanistan and Pakistan) and their significance" |
| 3 Oct | Dr. Deane Galbraith, University of Otago "Whence the Giant Jesus and his Talking Cross? The Resurrection in Gospel of Peter 10.39-42 as Fulfilment of Messianic Prophecy" |
Religion Seminar, Semester 1, 2014
In semester 1, the Religion seminar will again take the form of a reading group (except on 16 May). Rather than discussing a single book, we will read a series of articles, each of which will be introduced by the person who chose it as being of particular significance for their approach to the study of religion. All seminars meet at 1pm in room 4C11 in the Arts Building, and all are welcome to join the discussions.
For further information on the Religion seminar series please contact Ben Schonthal.
| 14 Mar | Aaron W. Hughes, 'The Study of Islam Before and After September 11: A Provocation' |
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| 28 Mar | Bruce Lincoln, 'Theses on Method,' and 'How to Read a Religious Text' | |
| 11 Apr | David Hume, 'The Natural History of Religion' | |
| 2 May | Paul Mus, 'India seen from the East: Indian and Indigenous Cults in Champa' | |
| 16 May | Red Silk and Black Cotton: Francisco Cabral’s outlook for the Jesuit Japanese mission (1570-1580) | |
| 30 May | Heidi Campbell, 'Understanding the Relationship between Religion Online and Offline in a Networked Society' | |