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Conference
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April 7-8, 2005
"The African Diaspora and the Study of Religion: A
Conference for Young Scholars
The Department of Religious Studies, with the cooperation
of a variety of units at the University of Alabama, is hosting
an international conference, which is free and open to the
public, on the place of Africa in the study of religion.
For more details, visit the conference website.
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The
Aronov
Lecture
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March 3, 2005
East Reading Room on the 2nd floor of Gorgas Library
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Judith
Plaskow
Department
of Religious Studies
Manhattan
College
"Developing a Critical Consciousness: A Feminist Approach
to Religion"
A reception follows this lecture.
For information on the lecture, visit here;
to learn more about a lunctime discussion held earlier that
day, visit here.
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| Religion
in Culture Lectures |
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November 9, 2004
Student Services 101F, 12:30 - 2:00
Lunch to be provided
Julie
Ingersoll
University
of North Florida
Department
of Philosophy/Religious Studies
"Violence in The Passion of the Christ: Fault
Lines and Conflicts within American Christianities"
This event is for REL faculty, majors, and minors only.
Those interested must sign-up in the REL main office where
they can then obtain a copy of the two chapters to be discussed,
one of which was written by Prof. Ingersoll; the other was
authored by UC Santa Barbara doctoral student, Leslie Smith.
More information on the forthcoming collection of essays in
which these chapters appear is available here.
For a PDF of the event flyer, click here.
Learn more
about this event.
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November 15, 2004
360 Ferguson Center, 2:00 - 4:00
Juergen
Zangenberg
Bergische
Universitaet
Wuppertal, Germany
"A Region of Many Faiths: Discovering Ancient Samaria through
Texts and Digs"
A small reception will follow the lecture.
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December 2, 2004
30 ten Hoor, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Paul Bartrop
Deakin
University
Bialik College
Melbourne, Australia
"Genocide: A Social Problem or a Defining Characteristic of
the Modern World?""
A small reception will follow this lecture.
Learn more
about this event.
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February 3, 2005
Gorgas Library, 2nd Floor Reading Room, 4:00-5:30
Amilcar
Shabazz
University of Alabama
American
Studies Department
"Also Sprach Rastafari: Locks, Livity, and Disidentification
with Late Capitalist Interpellation"
A small reception will follow the lecture.
Learn more
about this lecture.
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February 15, 2005
Ferguson Center, Anderson and Mortar Board Rooms, 5:00-7:00
Maarten
Ultee
University of Alabama
Department
of History
"Dismembering the Image of God: Surgery and the Christian
Church"
A small reception will begin at 5:00 p.m. in the Ferguson
Center's upstairs Anderson Room (next door to the Forum Room),
with Prof. Ultee's lecture to follow in the Mortar Board Room.
Learn more
about this event.
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