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Events Archive 2018
Moore Lectures
Two Moore Lectures, postponed from 2017, will be held in early 2018.
| 27 Feb | Professor Kate Crosby, King’s College London Destroying the Dharma: Non-judgemental Awareness, Heretical Meditation, and Other Polarities of Modern Buddhism Archway 1, 6:00-7:30pm |
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| 15 Mar | Professor Aaron Hughes, University of Rochester The Study of Islam in an Age of Trump Archway 2, 5:15-6:30pm |
Religion Seminars, Semester 1, 2018
| 23 Feb | Professor Flagg Miller, University of California, Davis The Audacious Ascetic: What the Bin Laden Tapes Reveal about Al-Qaida Burns 4, 1:00-2:00pm |
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| 19 Mar | Shekhar Hattangadi Santhara: A Challenge to Indian Secularism? A Short Film Screening followed by Q and A with the filmmaker Archway 2, 5:15-6:15pm |
| 28 Mar | Geoff Troughton, Victoria University of Wellington Religion, Conflict and Peacemaking: Reflections on New Zealand Christianity Burns 7, 4:00-5:15pm |
| 18 April | Professor Pamela Klassen, University of Toronto Frequencies for Listening: Telling Stories of Missionary Colonialism in the Wake of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission on Indian Residential Schools Archway 2, 5:15-6:30pm Co-hosted with the Centre for Research on Colonial Cultures |
| 20 April | Professor Pamela Klassen, University of Toronto Treaty People and the Spiritual Vulnerability of Colonial Settlement Humanities Board Room, 1:00-2:00pm |
Religion Seminar, Semester 2, 2018
In semester 2, 2018, the Religion seminar will again take the form of a reading group. The book under discussion will be Robert Orsi's History and Presence (Harvard) University Press, 2016). The reading group will meet on the dates below, at 1pm in AVC 3 (The Link), and all are welcome to join the discussions. For further information please contact the convenor of the reading group, John Shaver.
| 20 July | Intro & Ch. 1 pp. 1-47 | Introduction: Real Presence The Obsolescence of the Gods |
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| 3 August | Chs. 2 & 3 pp. 48-112 | Abundant History Holy Intamacies |
| 17 August | Ch. 4 pp. 113-161 | Printed Presence |
| 31 August | Chs. 5 & 6 pp. 162-214 | The Dead in the Company of the Living The Happiness of Heaven |
| 14 Sept | Ch. 7 & Epilogue pp. 215-254 | Events of Abundant Evil Epilogue: A Metric of Presence |
Other Religion Seminars, Semester 2, 2018
| 27 July | Professor Bernardo E. Brown, Christian International University, Tokyo Vocation for Travel: Catholic Seminary Education in Sri Lanka Moot Court, 11:00am-12:00pm |
23 Aug | Manvir Singh, Harvard University Why are there shamans and witches? On the design and origins of some religious near-universals St David's 4, 1:00pm-2:00pm |
5 Oct | Rita McNamara, Victoria University of Wellington God's mind on morality: How belief reflects different models of mind St David's 4, 4:00pm |
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For further information on the Religion seminar series please contact John Shaver.