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.Events Archive 2019
Religion Seminar, Semester 2, 2019
In semester 2, 2019, the Religion seminar will again take the form of a reading group. The book under discussion will be Alan Strathern's Unearthly Powers: Religious and Political Change in World History (Cambridge University Press, 2019). The reading group will meet on the dates below, in AVC3 in the library (or Zoom https://otago.zoom.us/j/300391819), and all are welcome to join the discussions. For further information please contact the convenor of the reading group, Will Sweetman.
| 12 July | Intro & Ch. 1 pp. 1-81 | Introduction Two Forms of Religion (first two sections only) |
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| 26 July | Chs. 1 & 2 pp. 81-154 | ‘An unstable synthesis’ (final section of Ch.1) Religion as the Fabric of the State |
| 9 August | Ch. 3 pp. 155-218 | The Two Forms of Sacred Kingship: Divinisation and Righteousness |
| 23 August | Ch. 4 pp. 219-254 | The Economy of Ritual Efficacy and the Empirical Reception of Christianity |
| 6 Sept | Ch. 5 pp. 255-95 | The Conversion of Kings under the Conditions of Immanentism: Constantine to Cakobau |
| 20 Sept | Ch. 6 & Conclusion pp. 296-321 | Dreams of State: Conversion as the Making of Kings and Subjects |
Other Religion Seminars, Semester 2, 2019
| 25 Oct | Associate Professor Rick Weiss (Victoria University of Wellington) The Emergence of Modern Hinduism: Religion on the Margins of Colonialism Burns 1W1, 1:00pm-2:30pm |
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For further information on the Religion seminar series please contact Joseph Watts.