The Aronov Lecture 2004-5
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Approximately 70 people,
from the University and the local community, attended the
lecture.
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Prof. Plaskow was trained at Yale University and, in 1998,
was the President of the American
Academy of Religion--the primary professional association
for North American scholars of religion. She was a co-founder
of the Journal
of Feminist Studies in Religion, and she has written
and edited several significant books in the field,
including one of the first feminist dissertations in
religious studies, Sex,
Sin, and Grace: Women's Experience and the Theologies of Reinhold
Niebuhr and Paul Tillich (University Press of America,
1979).
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Plaskow also wrote the first full-length Jewish feminist
theology, Standing
Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective
(Harper & Row, 1990).
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Her next book, The
Coming of Lilith: Essays on Feminism, Judaism, and Sexual
Ethics, 1973-2003, is a collection of her essays that
will be published later in 2005 by Beacon Press of Boston.
(PDF order form available here.)
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Prof. Plaskow during her
Aronov Lecture.
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While on campus, Prof. Plaskow also joined a lunchtime
discussion with REL majors and minors, hosted by Samantha
Sastre, President of the Religious
Studies Student Association.
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Watch a sixty minute lecture, "Rethinking
Jewish Sexual Ethics," delivered by Prof. Plaskow,
at the University of California, Santa Barbara, on March 26,
2001. (RealPlayer,
which can be downloaded for free, is required to open this
link.)
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Prof. Plaskow signing a
copy of her book.
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The annual Aronov
Lecture is made possible by the Department of Religious
Studies' Aronov
Endowment. As with all public events in the Department,
Prof. Ted Trost,
chair of the public speakers' committee, is to be thanked
for planning this event. Thanks also goes to Betty Dickey
and Donna Martin for helping to make the event a success.
We would also like to thank the Dean of Libraries for once
again allowing us to use Gorgas
Library for our venue.
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Photos on this page courtesy of the unparalleled
artistry of REL double-major, Christine Scott.
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Prof. Catherine Roach introduces Judith
Plaskow,
the 2004-5 Aronov Lecturer.
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Prof. Plaskow's lecture examined the
work carried out by feminist theologians over the past 30
years.
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Chris Hurt, Vice-President
of the Religious Studies Student Association, seated to the
right of Samantha Sastre, the President.
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At the conclusion of each public lecture,
the guest receives a mounted flyer that advertised their
lecture.
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A number of students from Prof. Jacobs's
REL 100 class attended this year's lecture.
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The elusive John McGaugh of the University
Supply Store (right), who has attended many of our events
to staff a book display, is finally caught on film, along
with Bethany Mutzberg of the University Supply Store.
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Prof. Plaskow (left) speaking
after her lecture with Prof. Roach and REL major Samantha
Sastre.
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Prof. Kurtis Schaeffer speaking
with Prof. George Williamson, of History, who delivered a
Religion in Culture Lecture in 2002-3.
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Ana Schuber, of External
Degree and the person who each Spring teaches the Department's
"Women and Spirituality" course, speaking with Dr.
Sandy Winter of University Presbyterian Church.
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Morgan Weaver (far right),
a student in REL 237, attended the lecture along with (left
to right) Jimmy Welch and Andrew Simpson.
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Profs. Tim Murphy and Kurtis
Schaeffer with Betty Dickey, the Department's Administrative
Secretary who always ensures our events run smoothly.
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As always, a small reception
was held after the lecture. This year, the lecture was held
in Gorgas Library's periodicals room, on the second floor.
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