Religious Studies Event Series
Each year the Department of Religious Studies brings noteworthy speakers to Richmond to present lectures. All events are free and open to the public. Please contact Karen Turner for questions, directions, or complete details.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Religious Studies Department Lecture
presented by Brent Plate
Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Hamilton College
5 p.m.
Jepson Hall, Room 120
Monday, March 19, 2012
Documentary Screening
presented by Erin McGinnis, Director of Film
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Religious Studies Department Colloquium
presented by University of Richmond's Stephanie Cobb and B. Diane Lipsett
Assistant Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins, Wake Forest Divinity
5 p.m.
For Religious Studies Majors and Minors only.
Past Speakers
| Professor | Title | Event Flyer |
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Philip Gura Daniel Pals Wayne Proudfoot |
Religious Symposium: "Comparing Comparativits in Context"
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Symposium Flyer |
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Karmen MacKendrick |
"The Seductions of Prayer in the Confessions of Augustine" | Lecture Flyer |
| Farha Ternikar Le Moyne College |
"American Muslim Women and the Process of Unveiling" | Lecture Flyer |
| Bryan Hehir Harvard University |
The Third Nuclear Age: Political and Moral Complexity" | Lecture Flyer |
Melissa Wilcox Whitman College |
"Are Queer Women Religious? Understanding Where they go and Why" | Lecture Flyer |
John Kelsay Florida State University |
"America in Afghanistan: Limits of Just War Action" |
Lecture Flyer |
Jeremy Begbie Duke Divinity School |
"Music and Emotion in Worship: Have we anything to fear?" | Lecture Flyer |
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George Demacopoulos |
The Politics of War in Early Christianity | Lecture Flyer |
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David Halperin |
Halloween's Strangest Visitor: The UFO Alien |
Lecture Flyer |
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David Halperin |
The Mystic and the Moon-Woman: A Case Study in 17th Century Religious Experience |
Lecture Flyer |