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2008-2009 Calendar of Events

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Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe: "The Establishment of the Views of Self-Emptiness and Other-Emptiness and Their Specific Characteristics"

Monday, September 15, 2008, 7:30 pm
Michael C. Carlos Museum Reception Hall (third floor), Emory University

This talk by Professor Geshe Yeshe Thabkhe of the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies and Drepung Loseling Monastery is sponsored by the Emory Buddhist Studies Forum, the Emory Tibet Partnership, and the Visiting Distinguished Tibetan Scholars Program funded by the Donald & Shelley Rubin Foundation, the South Asian Studies Program, the Department of Religion, the Michael C. Carlos Museum and the Graduate Division of Religion.

Conference: "What's At Stake in the Ethnography of Human Experience: Phenomenological and Psychoanalytic Perspectives"

Sept 21 – 23, 2008 Sun-Tues
Emory Conference Center

This international conference features ethnographers from the US, France, Canada, Australia and Israel. The event is organized by Professor Don Seeman (Religion) and Dr. Sarah Willen, with support from the Society for Psychological Anthropology and the Provost's Conference Subvention Fund. Space is limited. Please contact Professor Seeman at dseeman@emory.edu for more information.

Charles Hallisey: "What Do We Want to Learn When We Study Buddhist Ethics?:  Moral Anthropology and the Cross-Cultural Study of Ethics"

Thurs, Oct. 2, 2008, 4:30 pm
Callaway Center C201

Lecture by Prof. Charles Hallisey (Harvard University), “What Do We Want to Learn When We Study Buddhist Ethics?: Moral Anthropology and the Cross-Cultural Study of Ethics.” Sponsored by the Emory Buddhist Studies Forum, the Department of Religion, the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, and the South Asian Studies Program.

Robert P. Jones: "Beyond Left & Right: The Promise of the Emerging Progressive Religious Movement in America"

Monday, October 20, 2008, 4:00 pm
110 White Hall

Robert Jones is a speaker, scholar, and consultant on religion and politics. As president of Public Religion Research, he advises a number of national advocacy groups in Washington, DC, and across the country. His latest book (www.progressiveandreligious.org) tells the story of the emerging progressive religious movement in America. Sponsored by Emory’s Graduate Division of Religion and Department of Religion. For a flyer in pdf format, click here. For more information, please contact the Graduate Division of Religion.

Exhibit and Demonstration: “The Loseling Dolls and Traditional Costumes of the Tibetan World”

Oct 20-25, 2008 Mon-Sat
Visual Arts Gallery, Emory University

Monday 10/20, 6pm: opening reception and docent tour; Tue 10/21-Fri 10/24, 10am-4pm: live demonstration of doll-making craft by Drepung Loseling craftsmen monks; Sat 12:00pm-4:00pm: live demonstration of doll-making craft by Drepung Loseling craftsmen monks and docent tour at 2:00pm. Sponsored by the Emory Tibet Partnership and the Himalayan Arts Program funded by the Donald & Shelley Rubin Foundation, the South Asian Studies Program, the Department of Religion, the Michael C. Carlos Museum, and the Graduate Division of Religion.

Rabbi David J. Wolpe: "Why Faith Matters: A defense of faith in response to the 'New Atheism”

Tuesday, Oct 28, 2008, 4:30
Ethics Commons 102, Candler School of Theology/Center for Ethics [this link will give you a map with the bldg in red], 1531 Dickey Drive, Emory

In the last few years, a host of books have suggested that God is an illusion and religion is a dangerous myth. In response to this movement, known as “the new Atheism’, Rabbi David Wolpe offers a thought-provoking look at faith and history, faith and science, and the way faith functions in the world. David Wolpe is a senior rabbi at the Sinai Temple of Los Angeles, California. He has previously taught at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York, the University of Judaism in Los Angeles, and Hunter College in New York, and currently teaches at UCLA. He is the author of six previous books, including the national bestseller Making Loss Matter: Creating Meaning in Difficult Times.

Books will be available for purchase and signing. Sponsored by the Center for Ethics and cosponsored by the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies, Candler School of Theology, Department of Religion, Graduate Division of Religion, Office of the Dean of the Chapel and Religious Life, and the Pierre Institute for Leadership and Community Engagement. Click here for a flyer in pdf format. For more information, contact the Center for Ethics at 404.727.1179.

"WWGD: What Would Gandhi (or Jesus or Buddha) Do?"
An Update on Kindness in Action with Sharon Salzberg

Friday, October 31, 2008, 3:00-4:00 pm, Reception to follow
Michael C. Carlos Museum Reception Hall (Third Floor)

Sharon Salzberg is one of America’s foremost meditation teachers. Sponsored by The Hightower Fund, Emory Collaborative for Contemplative Studies, Emory Buddhist Studies Forum, Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Science & Society, Department of Religion, and the Emory-Tibet Partnership.

Conference: Jews in a Changing South

November 1-3, 2008 Sat-Mon

Jews in a Changing South: The 33rd Annual Conference of the Southern Jewish Historical Society, hosted by the Tam Institute for Jewish Studies and Emory University; the Department of Religion is one of the co-sponsors. For more information, visit the website: http://www.jewishsouth.org/upcoming_conference.htm or download this registration form: http://www.jewishsouth.org/2008_conference/registration2008.pdf

 

Jonathan Gold: “Illuminating the Ineffable: Yogacara Metaphors and the Self-Referential Problem"

Friday, November 14, 2008, 4:00 pm
Callaway Center C201

Lecture by Prof. Jonathan Gold (Princeton University): “Illuminating the Ineffable: Yogacara Metaphors and the Self-Referential Problem." Sponsored by the Emory Buddhist Studies Forum, the South Asian Studies Program, the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies, and the Department of Religion.

Kim Bobo: "Wage Theft in America - Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid, And What We Can Do About It"

Thursday, November 20, 2008, 4:00 pm
Location TBA

Lecture by Kim Bobo (Executive Director, Interfaith Worker Justice). Sponsored by the Office of the Dean of the Chapel & Religious Life and the Department of Religion. For more information, contact Religious Life at 404.727.6226.

Spring 2009 events

Responses to Those in Our Midst: A Debate on Illegal Immigration

Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Candler School of Theology, Room 252, 7:00-8:30 pm

The vigorous and thoughtful debate between two Catholic attorneys, William Chip and Michael Scaperlanda, which began in the pages of First Things continues as they debate face to face for the first time, sponsored by the Aquinas Center of Theology. The debate will be co-sponsored by the Emory University Department of Religion, the Candler School of Theology, the Emory Center for Ethics, and the Parish and Social Justice Ministries of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. For more information, contact the Aquinas Center at 404-727-8860. Click here for flyer in pdf format. Free and open to the public.

Tibet Week

March 23 – 28, 2009
Various events/venues around campus.

Each year, Tibet Week celebrates the rich culture of traditional and contemporary Tibet. It regularly features guest lectures, films, presentations, a children’s program, and other cultural events. New artists & activities in 2009! The Department of Religion is one of the co-sponsors. For more information, visit the Emory-Tibet Partnership website: http://tibet.emory.edu/news/index.html

DEADLINE: The William A. Beardslee Prize
in Religious Literature

March 20, 2009, 5 pm.

For the best paper about religion written by an undergraduate student in an Emory College course anytime between Spring 2008 and Spring 2009. First Prize: $250.00; Second Prize $100.00. Papers may be revised before being submitted. Honors Theses are not eligible. Please put your contact information on your paper (phone, email), along with the course (and semester) for which it was written.

Submission deadline is March 20th. Please submit your entries to staff in the Religion Dept. office, Callaway Center S214.Students with further questions may call 404/727-7566.

Religion Majors/Minors Reception and
Theta Alpha Kappa Induction Ceremony

April 6, 2009. Ethics Center Commons (room 102 in new Ethics/Theology Building).

Emory Religion majors and minors are invited to this annual event where we induct eligible new members into Theta Alpha Kappa, the national honor society of Religious Studies/Theology.

 

Aurélien Mokoko Gampiot: "Race and Christianity Revisited by an African Messianic Church: Kimbanguism in Africa & Europe"

Wednesday, April 22, 2009, 3 - 5 pm
Candler Library 114
Kimbanguism, a religious movement born from the Congolese people’s reaction to colonial oppression, became an institutionalized African Initiated Church in 1959 and now ranks among the most important messianic churches in Africa. Beyond the term “Kimbanguism” itself lies a PanAfrican message aimed to all Black people, and which involves the
believers in a process of critical reappraisal of their Blackness through a religious activity made of inspired hymns, prayers, healing, preaching and building of sacred edifi ces. Dr. Aurélien Mokoko Gampiot analyzes its network of beliefs from the inside, bringing new historical information
on its development in Central Africa and in the Congolese diaspora in Europe and the Americas. Professor Gampiot was born in Brazzaville, Congo. After receiving his B.A and M.A in sociology at the University of Rennes in Brittany, he did extensive research on African initiated churches both in France and in the two Congos, and earned his Ph.D. summa cum laude from the University of Rennes in 2003. He is currently a visiting faculty member in the Department of Modern Languages & Classics at the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa. This lecture is sponsored by Emory’s Departments of French & Italian, Religion, and African American Studies. Click here for a flyer in pdf format.

The Department of Religion Commencement Day Reception for Graduating Religion Majors and Minors, their Families and Friends

Monday, May 11, 2009, 12 noon (after commencement ceremony)
Callaway Center S221
Recognizing graduating students and department award recipients

You may also be interested in the calendar of Religions and the Human Spirit, The Tam Institute for Jewish Studies calendar of events, Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies Department events and Asian Studies Program events.

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