Religious Responses to Suffering: A Comparative Discussion
| 2013-04-22 | 2012-2013 Religious Responses to Suffering, Programs |
Please join us on Tuesday, May 7th, 7:00 p.m. in Olin 101 for Religious Responses to Suffering: A Comparative Discussion with Bradley Herling, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Marymount Manhattan, Jin Y. Park, Associate Professor of Philosophy, American University and John Thatamanil, Associate Professor of Theology & World Religions, Union Theological Seminary. The Comparison Project 2012-2013 explored a range…
Buddhism and the Ethics of Memory
| 2013-04-05 | 2012-2013 Religious Responses to Suffering, Buddhism, Uncategorized |
Please join us on Wednesday, April 17th at 7:00 p.m. in Olin 101 for Dr. Gereon Kopf’s lecture, Buddhism and the Ethics of Memory. Gereon Kopf received his Ph.D. from Temple University and is currently professor of Asian and comparative religion at Luther College. As a research fellow of the Japan Foundation and the Japan Society for…
Innovative Jewish Responses to Holocaust
| 2013-03-11 | 2012-2013 Religious Responses to Suffering, Judaism, Programs |
Please join us on Thursday, April 4th at 7:00pm in Olin 101 for Dr. Steven Katz’s lecture on “Innovative Jewish Theological Responses to the Holocaust.” (Photo courtesy of the USHMM) Steven T. Katz is Director of the Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies and Chair in Jewish and Holocaust Studies at Boston University. He has…
Above + Beyond Cancer’s Journey to the High Himalaya: Creative Nonfiction Narratives of Recovery, Discovery, and Advocacy
| 2013-02-18 | 2012-2013 Religious Responses to Suffering |
Please join us on Thursday, March 7th at 7:30pm in the Cowles Library Reading Room for a creative nonfiction reading by Ruth Bachman and Andy Fleming, two member of Above + Beyond Cancer’s recent journaey to the High Himalaya. Above + Beyond Cancer’s Journey to the High Himalaya: Creative Nonfiction Narratives of Recovery,…
A Guide to the Supplementary Resources for 12-13
| 2013-02-02 | 12-13 Supplementary Resources, 2012-2013 Religious Responses to Suffering, F12 Comparative Religions |
Below you will find supplementary resources pertinent to The Comparison Project’s 12-13 theme of Religious Responses to Suffering. These resources come from students in Prof. Knepper’s F12 Comparative Religions course and S13 Philosophy of Religion course. They are ordered from most recent (top) to least recent (bottom). The F12 Comparative Religions course first examined then…
Student Comparisons (F12, Comparative Religions)
| 2013-01-25 | 12-13 Supplementary Resources, F12 Comparative Religions |
After studying Sikh, Lakota, and Muslim responses to suffering throughout the Fall 2012 Semester, students in Professor Knepper’s class were tasked with performing unique comparisons of their own design on some aspect of these three faiths and their responses to suffering. These papers were designed to ask students to think critically about the similarities and…
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