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ISR Lectures
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02/27/12
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American Religion: Love It or Leave It? |
ISR Lectures in
Cox Lecture Hall, Armstrong Browning Library
1:30pm |
Baylor University, Waco, TX |
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Headlines proclaim that religion is in decline in America. Religious affiliation and observance are falling, especially among the young. But is that true? Is religion fast circling the drain, or is it proving more robust? Jeremy Lott, editor of Real Clear Religion, took up that question for a special “state of the union” series this year. In this seminar, he will share his story and his report with students and faculty of Baylor. More important: he will invite their valuable suggestions for how to better understand developments in American religion.
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03/06/12
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Stephen V. Monsma – Pluralism and Freedom: Faith-Based Organizations in a Democratic Society- Stephen V. Monsma Lecture |
ISR Lectures in
Kayser Auditorium
3:30pm |
Baylor University, Waco, TX |
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Stephen V. Monsma explores the question of how much autonomy should faith-based organizations retain when they enter the public realm? He contends that pluralism and freedom demand their religious freedom be respected, but that freedom of all religious traditions and of the general public and secular groups be equally respected, ideals that neither the left nor the right live up to.
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03/26/12
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Timothy Goeglein – “The Man in the Middle” – Baylor University |
ISR Lectures in
Kayser Auditorium
3:30pm |
Baylor University |
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Timothy Goeglein, former special assistant to George W. Bush is now vice president with Focus on the Family. He will share with us his unique insider account of why he believes most of the 43rd president’s in-office decisions were made for the greater good, and how many of those decisions could serve as a blueprint for the emergence of a thoughtful, confident conservatism.
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Lectures – Baylor
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03/01/12
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“Women, Religion, and Agency: Some Reflections on Writing American Women’s Religious History” |
Lectures – Baylor in
Morrison Hall, Room 120
3:30pm |
Baylor University, Waco, TX |
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The Baylor University History department welcomes you to a lecture by Catherine Brekus, Associate Professor of the History of Christianity in the Divinity School; Associate Faculty in the Department of History teaches American religious history. She is the author of Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740–1845, which explores the rise of Protestant female preaching during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and the editor of The Religious History of American Women: Reimagining the Past, a collection of essays that asks how women’s history changes our understanding of American religion. She is currently writing Sarah Osborn’s World: The Rise of Evangelicalism in Early America, a book about the early evangelical movement based on an eighteenth-century woman’s manuscript diaries. With W. Clark Gilpin, she is the coeditor of American Christianities, an introduction to the multiple forms of Christian expression in the United States, which will be published in the Fall of 2011. She has been involved in several collaborative research projects, including the History of Christian Practice in America, Perspectives on Children in Christian Thought, and Religion, Feminism, and the Family.
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Other Conferences
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02/24/12
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J. Gordon Melton – The 5th Annual Religions in Conversation Conference |
Other Conferences in
Claremont Graduate University
8:00am |
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The 5th Annual Religions in Conversation Conference will explore the topic of Religion and Popular Culture related to this year’s theme: “Navigating the Sacred and Profane in American Popular Culture.” In recent years academics have paid increasing attention to the dynamic between religion and popular culture. This development is not surprising given the salience of religion in public consciousness and discourse, especially in the United States: from the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon and commercialized forms of Kabbalah to the Left Behind book series and Bill Maher’s Religulous, the topic is clearly relevant, not to mention marketable. The relationship between religion and popular culture engenders basic but important questions for scholars of religion: what are the demarcations and boundaries between religion and popular culture, between the sacred and profane? Do “religion,” “popular culture,” and “popular religiosity” name separate categories? Or are they somehow related, intertwined, and at times even synonymous?
This conference includes transdisciplinary research related to traditions represented by Claremont Graduate University’s religious councils: Catholicism, Coptic Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Mormonism, Protestantism, and Zoroastrianism, as well as other religious traditions.
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03/01/12
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Gordon Melton – “Rome, Hong Kong, and Tampa Bay—New Religions in Time and Space” |
Other Conferences in
University of South Florida
9:00am |
Tampa, Florida |
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THE UNIVERSTY OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF RELIGIOUS STUDIES PRESENTS
“Interdisciplinary Perspectives on New Religions: Globalization & Sustainability”
Thursday, March 1, 2012
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03/01/12
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Philip Jenkins – Butler Seminar on Religion and World Civilization – Global Christianity in the 21st Century |
Other Conferences in
Butler University: Center for Faith and Vocation
9:00am |
Indianapolis, IN |
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his four-part seminar series brings scholars, religious leaders and other experts from across the nation and around the world to Butler for discussions about the intersection of religion and major issues of our time. The seminar meets throughout the academic year for evening presentations and question-and-answer sessions. All sessions are 7-9 p.m. Most sessions are in the Krannert Room of Clowes Memorial Hall on the Butler campus. Admission is free, BUT TICKETS ARE REQUIRED and available at the Clowes Memorial Hall box office and Ticketmaster*. There is a limit of two tickets per person. Tickets for the Sept. 20 and Oct. 18, 2011 events will be available beginning Sept. 6, 2011. The box office is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday and 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday.
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03/02/12
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Does Religion Contribute to the Common Good? |
Other Conferences in
First Baptist Church
11:30am |
Tallahassee, FL |
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We all know that religion is the source of much conflict and division in our world, but does it also contribute to the common good? On balance, is religion an asset or a liability? What is the data on faith-based programs, especially related to crime and in prison rehabilitation? Joining the God Squad for this month’s discussion is renowned criminologist (and FSU grad) Byron Johnson, president of the Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion and a senior fellow at Princeton University’s Witherspoon Institute. The forum will look at Johnson’s work on the role of religion in promoting the common good generally and in crime rates, prisons and recidivism specifically.
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03/12/12
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03/13/12
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RECAP Summit Washington DC – March 12-13, 2012 |
Other Conferences in
National Press Club
8:00am |
Washington, DC |
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Byron Johnson will speak at this very important conference. With
youth
violence
on
the
national
agenda,
now
is
the
time
for
the
first
ever
national
conference
to
address
this
critical
issue
and
bring
together
law
enforcement
executives
and
leaders
of
faith-‐based
organizations.
A
collaboration
between
The
Pulse
Network
and
Rev.
Jeffrey
L.
Brown
of
the
Boston
TenPoint
Coalition,
RECAP
will
bring
together
experts
and
delegates
for
two
days
of
sessions,
discussions
and
demonstrations.For
more
information
or
to
reserve
your
place,
please
contact
Ben
Abrams
at
781.821.6741
or
babrams@thepulsenetwork.com
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Other Lectures
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03/20/12
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“Judaism, Medicine, and Health: An Emerging Scholarly Field Comes of Age” John E. Fellers Lecture and Grand Rounds- by Jeff Levin |
Other Lectures in
Trevisios’s – John P. McGovern Texas Medical Center Commons
12:00pm |
Houston, TX |
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Institute for Spirituality and Health
Location:
Trevisio’s
John P. McGovern Texas Medical Center Commons
6550 Bertner Avenue
Houston, TX 77030
CONTACT: Jerri Doctor (713-797-0600, x109, or jdoctor@ish-tmc.org) for more information:
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04/01/12
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Jeff Levin: Judaism and Health: New Initiatives at HUC and in the Reform Movement |
Other Lectures in
Temple Beth Sholom 4200 SW Munson Ave.
11:00am |
Topeka, KS 66604 |
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For more information: CONTACT: Patty Foster (785-272-6400, or admin@templebethsholomtopeka.org)
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06/05/12
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“Spirituality and Health: An Epidemiologist’s Perspective” |
Other Lectures in
26th Annual Thomas Nevola, M.D., Symposium on Spirituality and Health
8:05am |
Colby College |
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Waterville, ME 04901
CONTACT: Dr. Frederic C. Craigie, Jr. (frederic.craigie@mainegeneral.org)
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