Armstrong to re-evaluate ‘violent’ history of religion
Karen Armstrong is tired of hearing the phrase: “Religion has been the cause of all the major wars in history.”
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Soltes focuses on Georgia, Ukraine to pose larger questions
Georgia and Ukraine are somewhat “off the beaten track” of American familiarity, but Ori Soltes will use the countries to illuminate larger questions of what kind of role religion plays in society, what role it can play and if religion is a force of unity or disunity.
Schneider to bring Occupy Wall Street to conversation
Nathan Schneider, author and editor of two online publications, Waging Nonviolence and Killing the Buddha, and Tippett, host of public radio’s “On Being,” will speak at 2 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy. Week Seven’s Interfaith Lecture theme is “Conversations on the American Consciousness.”
NPR’s Martin joins Tippett to consider big-picture questions
Michel Martin, former host of NPR’s “Tell Me More,” will join fellow radio host Krista Tippett today to continue to address the topic on the Interfaith lecturers’ minds this week: the American consciousness.
Tippett, Rodriguez explore religion, role of women
Richard Rodriguez will join radio host Krista Tippett today at 2 p.m. in the Hall of Philosophy for a conversation on the American consciousness, which is Week Seven’s Interfaith Lecture theme.
Tippett, Perry to discuss race, law, politics in U.S.
Radio host Krista Tippett will continue her series of conversations with “wise citizen-guests,” today with Imani Perry.
Tippett, Unger open week of conversations on American consciousness
A changing, 21st-century American landscape warrants big questions and innovative ideas, and Krista Tippett will address these concepts with five guests this week.
Lesser to evaluate Brazil’s flexible multiculturalism
Many scholars focus on somewhat traditional ways of thinking about Brazil, but Jeffrey Lesser is interested in Brazilians who don’t fit into the typical categories — namely, Japanese, Jewish and Arab Brazilians.
Burdick to evaluate interpretations of Brazilian saint Anastacia
Burdick, professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at Syracuse University, will examine devotions to and meanings of Anastacia, as well as what continues to be deep racial inequality in Brazil, in a lecture titled “Racial Inequality and Religious Belief in Brazil: The Mysterious Case of Slave Anastacia” at 2 p.m. today in the Hall of Philosophy.
Hayes to explore ‘enchanted world’ of Brazil’s Valley of the Dawn
While others are often quick to dismiss New Age religions, Kelly E. Hayes is happy to step in and explore the stigmatized and marginalized.
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