BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Lewis & Clark//NONSGML v1.0//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Lewis & Clark Events BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20090308T100000 RDATE:20090308T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20091101T090000 RDATE:20091101T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20100314T100000 RDATE:20100314T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20101107T090000 RDATE:20101107T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20110313T100000 RDATE:20110313T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20111106T090000 RDATE:20111106T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 RDATE:20120311T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 RDATE:20121104T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 RDATE:20130310T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 RDATE:20131103T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 RDATE:20140309T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 RDATE:20141102T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 RDATE:20150308T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 RDATE:20151101T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 RDATE:20160313T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 RDATE:20161106T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 RDATE:20170312T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 RDATE:20171105T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 RDATE:20180311T100000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 RDATE:20181104T090000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20091028T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20091028T163000 LOCATION:Miller 105 SUMMARY:Classical Studies Program Colloquium Series Presents The Trireme: Ancient and Modern by Gordon Kelly DESCRIPTION:Powered by 170 rowers\, triremes were the premier warships of the ancient Mediterranean. Although these ships helped to shape the hist ory of the Greco-Roman world\, modern scholars knew little about their de sign or operation until recently. In 1987\, the Olympias\, a modern repli ca of a 5th century BC Athenian trireme was launched. Based on the sea tr ials of the Olympias\, this presentation (richly illustrated with slides) will examine what daily life may have been for the crews of these ancien t vessels. Gordon Kelly served as a rower on the Olympias during the 199 2-94 sea trials. This event is free and open to the public. \; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Powered by 170 rowers\, triremes were t he premier warships of the ancient Mediterranean. Although these ships he lped to shape the history of the Greco-Roman world\, modern scholars knew little about their design or operation until recently. In 1987\, the Olympias\, a modern replica of a 5th century BC Athenian trireme wa s launched. Based on the sea trials of the Olympias\, this prese ntation (richly illustrated with slides) will examine what daily life may have been for the crews of these ancient vessels.
Gordon Kelly served as a rower on the Olympias during the 1992- 94 sea trials.
This event is free and open to the public.
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UID:20091028T223000Z-458@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20091023T105637Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/458-classical-studies-program- colloquium-series LAST-MODIFIED:20091023T181601Z X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:458 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-TAGS:conference|lecture|symposia END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101015T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20101015T163000 LOCATION:John R. Howard Hall 244 SUMMARY:Islamic Law in the (Bulging) Eyes of al-Jahiz: (Rep)resenting Sha ri`a in Early Islamic Culture by Paul Powers (Lewis & Clark College) DESCRIPTION:Abu `Uthman `Amr b. Bahr al-Fuqaymi al-Bahri\, known famously as al-Jahiz ("the goggle-eyed")\, lived and died (d. 868 CE) in Basrah\, Iraq\, then one of the major centers of Islamic cultural activity. He is widely regarded as one of the most important figures in shaping early Mu slim Arabic prose literature. I show that al-Jahiz\, though no jurist him self\, was well-informed about the emergent legal-ethical frameworks of h is day\, and he robustly took part in trying to shape them. He deftly par odies the highly symbolic figure of the qadi\, or Muslim judge\, a stoic dispenser of justice brought low\, in al-Jahiz's portrayal\, by a pesky f ly. He further skewers what he sees as the convoluted and self-serving fo rmal reasoning of legal theorists and sharply attacks the leading scholar ly lights of Mecca and Medina while systematically defending the legal st atus of nabidh\, or date-wine. All this in the service\, I assert\, of pr omoting a Mu`tazilite "rationalism" and a broader self-reliance in ethica l and legal matters. This is part of a wider project exploring the ways I slamic legal discourses are reflected in and shaped by their wider cultur al contexts\, especially in the pre-modern\, Arabophone Muslim world. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:–
Highlights of course work – what's exciting about work in your major
– Opportunities outside the classroom–internships\, research opp
ortunities
– What can you do with a Religious Studies major? Wha
t are some of your majors doing?
So please stop by our offices and meet some of our Profess ors and majors.
Pi
zza will be served.
Monica R. Miller
(PhD 2010\, Chicago Theological Seminar
y)
She will teach a class session on the topic:
"And the Word Became Flesh in Hip-Hop Culture"
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UID:20110330T205000Z-5692@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20110328T145357Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/5692-and-the-word-became-flesh -in-hip-hop-culture-by LAST-MODIFIED:20110328T222459Z X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:5692 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:The Department of Religiou s Studies welcomes a candidate for the 2011-12 Mellon Post-Doctoral Fello wship in the Humanities and Humanistic Social Sciences:In honor of the tenth anniversary of Se ptember 11\, 2001\, Lewis &\; Clark will host an academic symposium fe aturing perspectives from across the institution.
Janet Bixby\, a ssociate professor of education and associate dean of the graduate school \, will moderate the panel of Lewis &\; Clark speakers\, who will focu s on the following subjects:
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UID:20110907T223000Z-7157@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20110906T161224Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/7157-tenth-anniversary-commemo ration-of-911 LAST-MODIFIED:20110907T220459Z X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:7157 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:In honor of the tenth anniversary of September 11\, 2 001\, Lewis &\; Clark will host an academic symposium featuring perspe ctives from across the institution.\;What's this religion in material culture? How does the performativity of religion in material cultural pr actices often remake religion into forms of humanist expressions? Althoug h the Pacific Northwest\, in particular\, has been dubbed the 'None Zone' due to low rates of institutional religious participation\, scholars hav e suggested that the cultural cartography of religion points towards a mo re "spiritual" remaking of religion. What does this landscape look like\, especially among young people in Portland\, Oregon? \;
  \; \; \;
\; \; \;This one day symposium
brings scholars together\, whose scholarship\, in divergent ways\, gives
thought to the shifting context\, understanding\, classification\, and mo
dalities of how material culture (broadly understood)\, reshapes how we t
hink about the category of religion\, both theoretically and methodologic
ally. The shape shifty landscape of contemporary culture offers a robust
terrain to interrogate and rethink how we give thought to categories such
as religion\, as expressed in the multiplicities of material cultural pr
oducts. \;
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60\;This symposium is dedicated to the theme "Living Humanism" to conside
r the complex ways in which religion and religious rhetorical housing oft
en provides a space to negotiate human interests\, means\, and ends. Here
\, we consider how material culture\, as both product and context\, force
s a rethinking of how religion is remade\, often providing a cosmology of
Humanism as both practice and posture in seemingly un/conscious ways.
3:30 - 5:00 Panel Discussions:
\; 
0\; \; \;Patricia O'Connell Killen\, Gonzaga \;

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; \;Cassie Trentaz\, Warner Pacific \;
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Morrill\, Lewis &\; Clark \;
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\; \; \; \;Monica Miller\, Lew
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7:30pm Dr. Anthony B. Pinn\, Keynote Speaker
What Are We
to Each Other?
Thoughts of Ethics in the Age of "None" \;
The department will welcome an alumnus\
, Dusty Hoesly\, who graduated in '02 with a double major in Philosophy a
nd Religious Studies. Having finished a master's degree in '04 at Yale Di
vinity School in the history of Christianity (and an MAT at the LC Grad S
chool in '06)\, Dusty is currently a PhD student in Religious Studies at
the University of California\, Santa Barbara. He will be on campus to vis
it classes in the Philosophy Department and has also graciously agreed to
make himself available to RELS majors and minors who are interested in d
iscussing life after LC for Religious Studies students.
Come
join us in the department lounge for light refreshments and conversation
. Bring your interested and interesting friends!
\;
UID:20120319T223000Z-10389@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20120315T114713Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/10389-opportunity-to-discuss-l ife-with-a-religious LAST-MODIFIED:20120315T185524Z X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:10389 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:The department will welcome an alumnus\, Dusty Hoesly \, who graduated in '02 with a double major in Philosophy and Religious S tudies. Having finished a master's degree in '04 at Yale Divinity School in the history of Christianity (and an MAT at the LC Grad School in '06)\ , Dusty is currently a PhD student in Religious Studies at the University of California\, Santa Barbara. He will be on campus to visit classes in the Philosophy Department and has also graciously agreed to make himself available to RELS majors and minors who are interested in discussing life after LC for Religious Studies students.Please join us for our year-end academic
and social gathering. On Friday\, April 27 (the first "reading day")\, 2:
00-5:30 pm\, JRHH 202\, our senior majors will present capstone projects
(seminar or thesis papers):
Natalie Saing
Georgia Car
y
Nathan Tucker
Hannah McCain
Lizzy Leider
He
len Vernier
Khnik Haefner
\;
\;Ea
ch will present for about 20 minutes\, followed by 10 minutes for questio
ns and comments from the audience.
\;
For more informatio
n\, please contact Claire Kodachi at ckodachi@lclark.edu or (503) 768-745
0.
We elucidate 9th-12th centuries monisti
c Kaśmiri Śaivism through
comparisons to contemporary science. &
#160\;We show that Kaśmiri Śaivism can
be transposed into Fichte
's philosophy and so set on a trajectory
towards Hegel. \;Whi
le Kaśmiri Śaivism reaches Prussia\, the resources
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UID:20120907T223000Z-12708@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20120831T094942Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/12708-kamir-to-prussia-round-t rip-a-comparison-of LAST-MODIFIED:20120907T153516Z ATTACH:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/77/width/80/height/80/cr op/1/src_region/278,0,1376,1099/31638_flowers.rev.1373936885.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:12708 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/77/width/80/h eight/80/crop/1/src_region/278\,0\,1376\,1099/31638_flowers.rev.137393688 5.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:We elucidate 9th-12th centuries monistic Kaśmiri Śa ivism throughWant to know more about Religious Studies as a major? Come to our first Chat and Chew and find out what we are up to this year! FREE VEGGIE DINNER from Veggie Grill! Come meet f aculty and students and hear the many different ways students are explori ng and studying Religious Studies! RSVP here.
UID:20120921T000000Z-13226@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20120920T090039Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/13226-free-veggie-dinner-to-fi rst-25-to-rspv LAST-MODIFIED:20120920T160835Z X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:13226 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:Want to know more about Religious Studies as a major? Come to our first Chat and Chew and find out what we are up to this year ! FREE VEGGIE DINNER from Veggie Grill! Come meet faculty and students an d hear the many different ways students are exploring and studying Religi ous Studies! RSVP here . X-LIVEWHALE-TAGS:academic leadership|FAQ|humanities|media appearances|stu dent event|student END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121004T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121004T194500 LOCATION:Olin 301 GEO:45.4512272542636;-122.667546036987 SUMMARY:Apocalyptic Film Series DESCRIPTION:Starting this Thursday\, 10/4. at 6:45 pm\, we begin the Apoc alyptic Film Series that I am running to go along with my Apocalyptic Ima gination class. Our first film is \;The Tree of Life (http://www.foxs earchlight.com/thetreeoflife/). Please feel welcome to join the class for this showing. \;Further films are: 10/23\, 6:45\, 12 Monkeys 11/ 13\, 6:45\, Take Shelter 11/27\, 6:45\, Zombieland \; Showings wi ll be in Olin 301. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:10/23\, 6:45\, 12 Monkeys
1 1/13\, 6:45\, Take Shelter
11/27\, 6:45\, Zombieland
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The recent publication of the Gospe
l of Jesus' Wife brought the papyri from ancient Egypt into public i
magination. There is\, though\, far more to the story of payrological rem
ains and their implications for understanding religion in the ancient wor
ld than that nine-line fragment\, and the rest of the story is also surpr
isingly much more engaging than the recent item splashed across the pages
of local and national newspapers.
Prof. Rob Kugler\, Religious Studies and Classics\, offers a gl
impse into that larger world with the year's first Religious Studies Depa
rtment colloquium\, to be held onNovember 7\, 2012\, at 3:30 pm in JRHH 124.As a scholar who works in papyrolo
gy in the Hellenistic period\, he brings to the topic his own research\,
which includes direct work with papyri in collections across Germany\, Sw
itzerland\, and Austria. He will address the recent publication of theGospel of Jesus' Wife\, as well as the ongoing debates regarding
its authenticity\, and\, of course\, share parts of that larger\, more in
teresting story. He will take up in particular the question of how the br
oad range of documentary and literary evidence papyri from Egypt help us
understand the emergence of religion in the ancient world.
Showings will be in Olin 301
UID:20121128T024500Z-13493@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20121003T093421Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/13493-apocalyptic-film-series LAST-MODIFIED:20121005T155048Z X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:13493 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:\;
UID:20121204T180000Z-15056@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20121201T161526Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/15056-asian-religious-and-libe ral-arts-by-leena-taneja LAST-MODIFIED:20121204T170941Z ATTACH:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/82/width/80/height/80/cr op/1/34369_faculty_taneja_leena.rev.1373936922.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:15056 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/82/width/80/h eight/80/crop/1/34369_faculty_taneja_leena.rev.1373936922.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:This talk will present my scholarship on Medieval Dev otional Hinduism. It will outline the aims and methods I employ in my sch olarship and what questions drive my research into emerging fields of kno wledge. \; \; Examples will be drawn from current and ongoing res earch projects. \; Finally\, the talk will highlight how my scholarsh ip informs my strategies as a teacher in the classroom and advances the g oals and objectives of a liberal arts curriculum. X-LIVEWHALE-TAGS:international education|send-to-undergraduate END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121206T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20121206T110000 LOCATION:Albany 207 SUMMARY:"To Revitalize Buddhism and Save the Nation: Buddhist Education i n Republican China" L. Rongdao Lai DESCRIPTION:To Revitalize Buddhism and Save the Nation: Buddhist Educatio n in Republican China (1911-1949)L. Rongdao LaiMcGill University \; China's twentieth century opened with educational reform as its most do minant discourse. There was optimism shared by government officials and i ntellectuals that an educated people would solve China's myriad problems and social ills. Similarly\, reformist Buddhists believed that a modern m onastic education would produce a new generation of monks who would revit alize Buddhism and save the nation. Taking into consideration issues in m odernity and secularism\, as well as modern Chinese historiography\, this talk will look at the ways in which young monks who attended these semin aries engaged in identity production. Although very small in number\, the se "student-monks" formed an "imagined community" which exerted a huge im pact on the trajectories of modern Chinese Buddhism. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:To Revitalize Budd hism and Save the Nation: Buddhist Education in Republican China (1911-19 49)
L. Rongdao Lai
McGill University
\;
China's twentieth century opened with educational reform as its most domi nant discourse. There was optimism shared by government officials and int ellectuals that an educated people would solve China's myriad problems an d social ills. Similarly\, reformist Buddhists believed that a modern mon astic education would produce a new generation of monks who would revital ize Buddhism and save the nation. Taking into consideration issues in mod ernity and secularism\, as well as modern Chinese historiography\, this t alk will look at the ways in which young monks who attended these seminar ies engaged in identity production. Although very small in number\, these "student-monks" formed an "imagined community" which exerted a huge impa ct on the trajectories of modern Chinese Buddhism.
UID:20121206T180000Z-15098@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20121204T150517Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/15098-to-revitalize-buddhism-a nd-save-the-nation LAST-MODIFIED:20121206T030139Z ATTACH:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/77/width/80/height/80/cr op/1/src_region/251,0,986,735/34373_picture_1.rev.1373936887.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:15098 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/77/width/80/h eight/80/crop/1/src_region/251\,0\,986\,735/34373_picture_1.rev.137393688 7.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:China's twentiet h century opened with educational reform as its most dominant discourse. There was optimism shared by government officials and intellectuals that an educated people would solve China's myriad problems and social ills. S imilarly\, reformist Buddhists believed that a modern monastic education would produce a new generation of monks who would revitalize Buddhism and save the nation. Taking into consideration issues in modernity and secul arism\, as well as modern Chinese historiography\, this talk will look at the ways in which young monks who attended these seminaries engaged in i dentity production. Although very small in number\, these "student-monks" formed an "imagined community" which exerted a huge impact on the trajec tories of modern Chinese Buddhism.PLEASE NOTE CH ANGE IN ROOM# – JRHH 259
\;Since the governmental r eforms of the Meiji period (1868-1912)\, \;Buddhist priests in Japan have been permitted to openly marry\, and \;parish temples have been passed down from father to son. \;While much \;has been made of the "corruption" and "laicization" of the Japanese \;Buddhist clergy\ , surprisingly little attention has been paid to the \;essential role that priests' wives often play in temple operations and \;in the pro pagation of Buddhism at the local level. \;This presentation \;d raws on two and a half years of fieldwork among temple wives in the \ ;Jōdo Shinshū\, or True Pure Land School of Buddhism\, to bring this 60\;untold story to light. \;Using detailed accounts of two temple w ives as \;a window into the dynamics of Japanese Buddhism "on the gro und\," I \;will show that regardless of their official ordination sta tus\, the \;wives\, sons and daughters of temple priests are consider ed de facto \;religious professionals\, their lives intimately tied t o the operation \;of the temple.
UID:20121211T230000Z-15128@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20121206T131224Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/15128-a-family-of-clerics-the- making-of-a-female LAST-MODIFIED:20121210T193324Z ATTACH:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/82/width/80/height/80/cr op/1/34449_temple_wife_and_teapot.rev.1373936922.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:15128 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/82/width/80/h eight/80/crop/1/34449_temple_wife_and_teapot.rev.1373936922.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE-CAPTION:Job Talk with Jessie Starling X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN ROOM # – JRHH 259The Documentary Action Film Club Will b e screening the documentary film:
The Interrupters (2011)
on Thursday April 11th at Lewis &\; Clark College's Co-op.
Fo od will be provided along with this award-winning film by Steve James (Di rector of Hoop Dreams and author of \;There are no Children Here< /em>).
Trailer: \;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC1 EOm4o_0A
\;
This amazing film follows three violence "interrupters" through Chicago as they struggle to prevent violence in t heir city. All are welcome to this free event as well as the adjoining se rvice project April 15th with Transitional Youth Portland at 5pm.
For more information please contact daf@lclark.edu. \;
UID:20130412T020000Z-17538@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20130409T082232Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/17538-the-interrupters-film-sc reening CATEGORIES:Open to the Public LAST-MODIFIED:20130409T152232Z X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:17538 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-CONTACT-INFO:daf@lclark.edu X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:"The Interrupters" documentary film by Steve James fo llows local activism in Chicago against inner city violence. All are welc ome to this free film screening and food will be provided!The Future of Islam:The Repercuss
ions of the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the Theories of Mohsen Kadivar
The 1979 Iranian Revolution was a watershed moment\,
one that exposed the tensions between the Western\, modern world and the
historic tradition of Islam in a global society. The first part of this p
aper is a historical exploration of the responses to the Iranian Revoluti
on through a case study of Mohsen Kadivar\, a liberal and reformist Irani
an Shia jurist. Kadivar articulates the many contradictions between the h
istorical/traditional approach to Islam (as seen currently in the Islamic
Republic of Iran) and modern human rights before proposing a solution in
the form of "new-thinker" or "goal-oriented" Islam. The second part of t
his paper is a comparative and theoretical analysis of Kadivar and his pr
oposal. I compare Kadivar's theories to those of Reform Judaism for a his
torical perspective and employ Max Weber's ideas on rationalization and s
ecularization for a theoretical analysis.
LIght refreshment
s will be served.
Apocalypse Then: Applying a N ew Theory of Apocalyptic to the Byzantine Apocalypse of Anastasia
Composed during the late tenth or early eleventh century\, the Apocalypse of Anastasia is a unique Byzantine apocalyptic text. Represen ting a non-elite voice in Byzantine society\, the text targets individual s\, aiming at nothing less than complete moral reform in order to achieve salvation. My thesis aims to illustrate how\, and especially why the aut hor of Anastasia used apocalyptic to communicate this message of moral re form. I use a theory of apocalyptic developed by Professor Rob Kugler dur ing a seminar on apocalyptic imagination taught at Lewis &\; Clark Col lege in the fall of 2012. Beginning with the idea that apocalyptic is one strategy of responding to a real or perceived threat of injustice\, the theory helps explain the behavior of groups in crisis. Using this framewo rk\, I argue that the author of Anastasia used apocalyptic to create its own societial epistemology through the construction of a moral map for he arers to either accept or reject\, knowing full well the cosmic consequen ces of either decision. Anastasia thus provides an example of an apocalyp tic community that promotes a homogeneous shatter zone.
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Pizza and drinks will be served!
Unsure about your major? Come and meet
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Already declared? Learn from faculty and upper
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t impacted how they voted and for whom. It determined their perspectives
on social reform\, moral crusades\, and progressive change. It influenced
the curriculum they brought into their schools and their views of Americ
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SUMMARY:Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. Celebration
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DESCRIPTION:We will be having a panel of three recent religious studies a
lums – Ashley Kikukawa works in financial aid at OHSU\, Travis Flye is
a school teacher here in North Portland\, and Matt Karsh is an army chapl
ain and also in a MDiv program in PDX. They'll share a little bit about h
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We will be having a panel of three rece nt religious studies alums – Ashley Kikukawa works in financial aid at OHSU\, Travis Flye is a school teacher here in North Portland\, and Matt Karsh is an army chaplain and also in a MDiv program in PDX. They'll shar e a little bit about how they made their transition to post-college life and any advice they would give you based on their experiences.
UID:20140410T010000Z-26087@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20140404T153230Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/26087-panel-of-religious-studi es-alums CATEGORIES:Open to the Public LAST-MODIFIED:20140404T223230Z X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:26087 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:We will be having a panel of three recent religious s tudies alums – Ashley Kikukawa works in financial aid at OHSU\, Travis Flye is a school teacher here in North Portland\, and Matt Karsh is an ar my chaplain and also in a MDiv program in PDX. They'll share a little bit about how they made their transition to post-college life and any advice they would give you based on their experiences. X-LIVEWHALE-TAGS:alumni|religious studies|send-to-undergraduate|student e vent|student events|student END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140426T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20140426T160000 LOCATION:J.R. Howard Hall GEO:45.451619;-122.669391 SUMMARY:Festival of Scholars DESCRIPTION:It is our pleasure to invite you to the first Festival of Sch olars\, an opportunity for student-scholars and artists to present their research and art\, while also learning from one another. We have set asid e Saturday\, April 26\, 2014\, 1:00-4:00 pm\, for this exciting event\, w hich is sponsored by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sched uled are performances of original compositions\, an exhibition of origina l art\, a play produced and performed by students\, and research presenta tions in a variety of fields\, including international affairs\, politica l science\, religious studies\, environmental studies\, chemistry\, mathe matics\, computer science\, and many more. Click here (https://college.lc lark.edu/festivalofscholars/schedule/) for the full program. Opening int roduction and library presentation at Smith Hall at 1 pm. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:It is our pleasure to invite you to the first Festival of Scholars\, an opportunity for student-scholars and art ists to present their research and art\, while also learning from one ano ther. We have set aside Saturday\, April 26\, 2014\, 1:00-4:00 pm \, for this exciting event\, which is sponsored by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Scheduled are performances of or iginal compositions\, an exhibition of original art\, a play produced and performed by students\, and research presentations in a variety of field s\, including international affairs\, political science\, religious studi es\, environmental studies\, chemistry\, mathematics\, computer science\, and many more. Click here for the full program.
Opening introductio n and library presentation at Smith Hall at 1 pm.
UID:20140426T200000Z-26471@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20140421T082558Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/26471-festival-of-scholars CATEGORIES:Open to the Public LAST-MODIFIED:20140421T152558Z ATTACH:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/558/width/80/height/80/c rop/1/45438_div-a2-1110-0011.rev.1397848053.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:26471 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/558/width/80/ height/80/crop/1/45438_div-a2-1110-0011.rev.1397848053.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:It is our pleasure to invite you to the first Festiva l of Scholars\, an opportunity for student-scholars and artists to presen t their research and art\, while also learning from one another. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141104T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20141104T173000 LOCATION:John R. Howard Hall 302 GEO:45.451619;-122.669391 SUMMARY:"A Religion of Convenience: The Universal Life Church\, Contempor ary Weddings\, and the Secular Sacred" - Dusty Hoesly CAS '02 DESCRIPTION:PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN TIME. \;Major national news outlets have observed that weddings in the United States\, especially for young educated people\, are increasingly performed by ministers who are friends or relatives of the couple and who become ordained online just for that purpose. The primary organization licensing these ministers\, and thus au thorizing these weddings as legally valid\, is the Universal Life Church (ULC)\, which has ordained over 20 million people since 1962. To date\, t here has been no focused study of the ULC or weddings conducted under its auspices. According to my initial research findings\, both ULC ministers and the couples who use them self-describe as non-religious\, usually as agnostic\, atheist\, apathetic\, secular\, or spiritual. Similarly\, the y describe their weddings in non-religious terms\, emphasizing the person alization of the ceremony to match their particular beliefs and tastes as well as the conscious exclusion of most religious language. These secula r or spiritual wedding ceremonies reveal non-religious couples' desires f or an alternative apart from bureaucratic civil ceremonies or traditional religious rites. Using original archival\, survey\, interview\, and part icipant observation data\, mostly based in California and the Pacific Nor thwest\, this paper explores why "secular" people employ ULC-ordained min isters for their weddings\, and how ULC ministers and couples married by them label and valuate their "non-religious\," personalized wedding cerem onies. My examination of ULC weddings reveals not only the diversity of n on-theistic self-identification and lifecycle ritualization\, but also ho w constructs such as religious and secular can be co-constitutive rather than oppositional. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us for the first departmental gath ering of the semester. Senior major Ian Blair will show us a video he cre ated based on his research on religion during his semester abroad in Russ ia last year. Professor Robert Kugler will also talk about a recent confe rence trip that he took to Israel. We'll have questions and informal disc ussion after each presentation. Light refreshments will be served. All ar e welcome to attend.
UID:20150205T000000Z-33740@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20150202T122738Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/33740-discussion-with-ian-blai r-and-rob-kugler CATEGORIES:Open to the Public LAST-MODIFIED:20150202T202738Z X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:33740 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:Join us for the first departmental gathering of the s emester. Senior major Ian Blair will show us a video he created based on his research on religion during his semester abroad in Russia last year. Professor Robert Kugler will also talk about a recent conference trip tha t he took to Israel. We'll have questions and informal discussion after e ach presentation. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome to a ttend. X-LIVEWHALE-TAGS:open to the public|presentation|religious studies|research END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150313T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20150313T160000 LOCATION:Smith Hall GEO:45.451415;-122.668211 SUMMARY:Religion/Modernity: Living on the Slash by Robert Orsi (Northwest ern University) DESCRIPTION:This lecture challenges the widespread agreement today among scholars of modern history and culture that modernity did not mean the en d of religion\, that modernity itself is a religious\, as well as politic al and legal\, project. This may be true\, but such an account of the mod ern fails to capture the fate of special\, supermundane beings since the sixteenth century: gods\, ghosts\, ancestors\, spirits\, demons\, and so on. The "religion" that endured in modernity—that was legally codified\ , epistemologically sanctioned\, and diagnosed as psychologically healthy —was purified of these beings. Modern "religion" consigned them to the past of the species and the infancy of the person. Looking at the experie nce of a Catholic survivor of clerical sexual abuse as she makes her way between the normative modern and "superstition\," which is the necessary other of the modern\, the lecture considers what it means to live everyda y life in a world of plural and incommensurate ontologies. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:This lecture challenges the widespread agreement today among scholars of modern history and culture that moderni ty did not mean the end of religion\, that modernity itself is a religiou s\, as well as political and legal\, project. This may be true\, but such an account of the modern fails to capture the fate of special\, supermun dane beings since the sixteenth century: gods\, ghosts\, ancestors\, spir its\, demons\, and so on. The "religion" that endured in modernity—that was legally codified\, epistemologically sanctioned\, and diagnosed as p sychologically healthy—was purified of these beings. Modern "religion" consigned them to the past of the species and the infancy of the person. Looking at the experience of a Catholic survivor of clerical sexual abuse as she makes her way between the normative modern and "superstition\," w hich is the necessary other of the modern\, the lecture considers what it means to live everyday life in a world of plural and incommensurate onto logies.
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UID:20151016T004500Z-91465@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20151008T093416Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/91465-meet-your-major LAST-MODIFIED:20151008T163416Z X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:91465 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:It time to Meet Your Major! We'll be gathering as a d epartment on October 15th at 5:45 p.m. in the Howard 302. Current and for mer majors will be talking about their research projects (past life regre ssion therapy\, the Asideo community in Sellwood\, Islamic law\, and more !) and about their experiences in the major. Come hear from students abou t some really engaging projects and about why they chose Religious Studie s for a major or minor. Of course\, they'll be food and drink. We hope to see you there! X-LIVEWHALE-TAGS:alumni|religious studies|send-to-undergraduate|student e vent|student events|student END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151029T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20151029T163000 LOCATION:Miller Hall Room 105 GEO:45.450858;-122.668265 SUMMARY:"Oh\, Hell! The Horrible and the Hilarious in Secular Japanese Pi cturebooks" by Heather Blair (Indiana University) DESCRIPTION:Authors and illustrators of picturebooks for Japanese childre n often appropriate characters\, imagery\, and plotlines with recognizabl y religious pedigrees in order to transfer them into the secular world of children's education and entertainment. In this talk\, I examine the tra nsformation of Buddhist hell from dreadful to hilarious in picturebooks f or pre-literate children and emerging readers ages 4 to 7. Arguing agains t conventional interpretations that frame these books as wholly irreligio us\, I show that hell has become a cornerstone in a national vernacular t radition and that it continues to serve moralizing purposes even as it ma kes us laugh. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Authors and illustrators of picturebook s for Japanese children often appropriate characters\, imagery\, and plot lines with recognizably religious pedigrees in order to transfer them int o the secular world of children's education and entertainment. In this ta lk\, I examine the transformation of Buddhist hell from dreadful to hilar ious in picturebooks for pre-literate children and emerging readers ages 4 to 7. Arguing against conventional interpretations that frame these boo ks as wholly irreligious\, I show that hell has become a cornerstone in a national vernacular tradition and that it continues to serve moralizing purposes even as it makes us laugh.
UID:20151029T223000Z-94646@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20151019T121757Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/94646-oh-hell-the-horrible-and -the-hilarious-in-secular CATEGORIES:Open to the Public LAST-MODIFIED:20151021T173952Z ATTACH:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/82/width/80/height/80/cr op/1/55800_blair-heather_lg.rev.1445281780.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:94646 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/82/width/80/h eight/80/crop/1/55800_blair-heather_lg.rev.1445281780.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:Authors and illustrators of picturebooks for Japanese children often appropriate characters\, imagery\, and plotlines with rec ognizably religious pedigrees in order to transfer them into the secular world of children's education and entertainment. In this talk\, I examine the transformation of Buddhist hell from dreadful to hilarious in pictur ebooks for pre-literate children and emerging readers ages 4 to 7. Arguin g against conventional interpretations that frame these books as wholly i rreligious\, I show that hell has become a cornerstone in a national vern acular tradition and that it continues to serve moralizing purposes even as it makes us laugh. X-LIVEWHALE-TAGS:alumni|arts|faculty event|faculty|humanities|lecture|ope n to the public|religious studies|send-to-graduate|send-to-undergraduate| student event|student events END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20160415 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20160416 LOCATION:Undergraduate Campus GEO:45.4509036159039;-122.670120957642 SUMMARY:Festival of Scholars DESCRIPTION:It is our pleasure to invite you to the Festival of Scholars\ , an opportunity for student-scholars and artists to present their resear ch and art\, while also learning from one another. Classes will be cancel ed on that day\, so that the entire community can participate. Activities include performances of original compositions\, exhibition of original a rt\, plays\, and research presentations in a variety of fields. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:It is our pleasure to invite you to the Festival of Scholars\, an opportunity for student-scholars and artists t o present their research and art\, while also learning from one another. Classes will be canceled on that day\, so that the entire community can p articipate. Activities include performances of original compositions\, ex hibition of original art\, plays\, and research presentations in a variet y of fields.
UID:20160415T070000Z-149265@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20160413T104146Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/149265-festival-of-scholars LAST-MODIFIED:20160413T174146Z X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:149265 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-ALL-DAY:1 X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:\n It is our pleasure to invite you to the Festiv al of Scholars\, an opportunity for student-scholars and artists to prese nt their research and art\, while also learning from one another.\n
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170215T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170215T123000 LOCATION:Albany 207 GEO:45.451415;-122.668211 SUMMARY:"Queering Vedic Culture: Paths to Celebrating LGBTQ Relationships in India's Devout Hindu Communities" by Claire Robison (Lewis & Clar k College) DESCRIPTION:Prof. Robison will speak on research conducted along with a c olleague in 2014-2015 on the Gay and Lesbian Vaishnava Association in Mum bai (GALVA). GALVA Mumbai is a local chapter of a transnational grassroot s organization dedicated to increasing acceptance of LGBTQ identities wit hin devout Vaishnava Hindu communities. For people in Mumbai who identify as LGBTQ\, the organization seeks to foster a space that is not exclusiv e of or in opposition to the Hindu religious communities in which many of their members were raised. This project traces their efforts and the int erpretative steps they take to construct a space for queer identities in Vaishnava Hindu communities today. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Prof. Robison will speak on research co nducted along with a colleague in 2014-2015 on the Gay and Lesbian Vaishn ava Association in Mumbai (GALVA). GALVA Mumbai is a local chapter of a t ransnational grassroots organization dedicated to increasing acceptance o f LGBTQ identities within devout Vaishnava Hindu communities. For people in Mumbai who identify as LGBTQ\, the organization seeks to foster a spac e that is not exclusive of or in opposition to the Hindu religious commun ities in which many of their members were raised. This project traces the ir efforts and the interpretative steps they take to construct a space fo r queer identities in Vaishnava Hindu communities today.
UID:20170215T193000Z-223721@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20170209T124231Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/223721-queering-vedic-culture- paths-to-celebrating-lgbtq CATEGORIES:Open to the Public LAST-MODIFIED:20170213T220515Z ATTACH:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/82/width/80/height/80/cr op/1/65095_claire_robison.rev.1487017178.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:223721 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/82/width/80/h eight/80/crop/1/65095_claire_robison.rev.1487017178.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:Prof. Robison will speak on research conducted along with a colleague in 2014-2015 on the Gay and Lesbian Vaishnava Associatio n in Mumbai (GALVA). GALVA Mumbai is a local chapter of a transnational g rassroots organization dedicated to increasing acceptance of LGBTQ identi ties within devout Vaishnava Hindu communities. For people in Mumbai who identify as LGBTQ\, the organization seeks to foster a space that is not exclusive of or in opposition to the Hindu religious communities in which many of their members were raised. This project traces their efforts and the interpretative steps they take to construct a space for queer identi ties in Vaishnava Hindu communities today. X-LIVEWHALE-TAGS:Gender Studies Sponsoring Faculty|human rights|internati onal education|religious studies|student events|student END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170302T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170302T163000 LOCATION:J.R. Howard Hall 102 GEO:45.451619;-122.669391 SUMMARY:"'By the Sweetness of the Tongue': Stories\, Lives\, and Hindu Ho ly Women in India" by Antoinette E. DeNapoli (University of Wyoming) DESCRIPTION:This presentation calls attention to the uncommon religious l ives and worlds of Hindu holy women (sadhus) in India. As sadhus\, these women practice an unconventional religious way of life known as renunciat ion. Sadhus in India are overwhelmingly men\, and the elite religious ins titution in which they participate has traditionally excluded women from its ranks and leadership roles. How do female sadhus create their religio us authority and earn the respect\, trust\, and devotion of their communi ties and\, more generally\, the society? How do their practices spotlight a female tradition of renunciation that offers an alternative to the dom inant male traditions of renunciation practiced in India? In this present ation\, Dr. DeNapoli presents the oral life histories of the female sadhu s with whom she has worked over the last fifteen years in the North India n state of Rajasthan. Through an exploration of the sadhus' personal narr atives\, DeNapoli brings to light the cultural-religious categories\, idi oms\, and mythic models through which female sadhus make sense of their w orlds and their renunciation. Drawing on the metaphor of "singing to God\ ," which the sadhus foreground in their stories\, DeNapoli shows that wha t it means to be a female sadhu in India involves performing the kind of radical devotion exemplified by the extraordinary lives of legendary fema le devotees. \; X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:This presentation calls attention to th e uncommon religious lives and worlds of Hindu holy women (sa dhus) in India. As sadhus\, these women practice a n unconventional religious way of life known as renunciation. Sadhus< /em> in India are overwhelmingly men\, and the elite religious institutio n in which they participate has traditionally excluded women from its ran ks and leadership roles. How do female sadhus create their relig ious authority and earn the respect\, trust\, and devotion of their commu nities and\, more generally\, the society? How do their practices spotlig ht a female tradition of renunciation that offers an alternative to the d ominant male traditions of renunciation practiced in India? In this prese ntation\, Dr. DeNapoli presents the oral life histories of the female sadhus with whom she has worked over the last fifteen years in the North Indian state of Rajasthan. Through an exploration of the sadhus' pe rsonal narratives\, DeNapoli brings to light the cultural-religious categ ories\, idioms\, and mythic models through which female sadhus m ake sense of their worlds and their renunciation. Drawing on the metaphor of "singing to God\," which the sadhus foreground in their stor ies\, DeNapoli shows that what it means to be a female sadhu in India involves performing the kind of radical devotion exemplified by the extraordinary lives of legendary female devotees. \;
UID:20170302T233000Z-223822@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20170213T102507Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/223822-by-the-sweetness-of-the -tongue-stories-lives-and CATEGORIES:Open to the Public LAST-MODIFIED:20170301T170842Z ATTACH:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/82/width/80/height/80/cr op/1/65078_adenapoli2x3_tcb2541.rev.1487010053.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:223822 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/82/width/80/h eight/80/crop/1/65078_adenapoli2x3_tcb2541.rev.1487010053.jpg X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:This presentation calls attention to the uncommon rel igious lives and worlds of Hindu holy women (sadhus) in India. X-LIVEWHALE-TAGS:education|faculty event|faculty|humanities|open to the p ublic|religious studies|staff event|staff|student event|student events|st udent END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170505T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170505T110000 LOCATION:Frank Manor House GEO:45.450219;-122.670175 SUMMARY:Senior Reception with Family and Faculty DESCRIPTION:Come join the Religious Studies department as we celebrate ou r seniors! Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP with Claire Kod achi at ckodachi@lclark.edu with the total number of people in your party . The event will be held in the Frank Manor House. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Come join the Religious Studies departm ent as we celebrate our seniors! Light refreshments will be served. Pleas e RSVP with Claire Kodachi at ckodachi@lclark.edu with the total number o f people in your party. The event will be held in the Frank Manor House.< /p> UID:20170505T170000Z-234928@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20170426T100703Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/234928-senior-reception-with-f amily-and-faculty LAST-MODIFIED:20170504T190751Z X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:234928 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:Come join the Religious Studies department as we cele brate our seniors! Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP with Cl aire Kodachi at ckodachi@lclark.edu with the total number of people in yo ur party. The event will be held in the Frank Manor House. X-LIVEWHALE-TAGS:faculty event|faculty|religious studies|student event|st udent END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171019T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171019T170000 LOCATION:JR Howard 212 GEO:45.451619;-122.669391 SUMMARY:Religious Studies at Lewis & Clark DESCRIPTION:A quintessential liberal arts discipline! A social hour with food\, drink\, and good conversation with faculty members\, majors\, min ors\, and other interested students about what the discipline of religiou s studies has to offer to the liberal arts\; as well as a preview of cour ses to be offered in Spring 2018! X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
A quintessential liberal arts disciplin
e!
A social hour with food\, drink\, and good conversation w
ith faculty members\, majors\, minors\, and other interested students abo
ut what the discipline of religious studies has to offer to the liberal a
rts\; as well as a preview of courses to be offered in Spring 2018!
This talk critiques the oft-repeated ar gument that Japanese animation (anime) is thematically and aesthetically unique because it draws upon Japan's ancient animistic traditions. I argu e that when professional observers describe anime as "animistic\," they u se a politically fraught and technically inaccurate term to engage in cer tain political projects related to environmentalism or cultural nationali sm. I also argue that when these professional observers repeat the essent ialist idea that "Japanese people believe that spirits exist in everythin g\," they categorically ignore the potentially "spiritual" qualities of t he material objects that are actually used to make anime in the first pla ce (celluloid\, ink\, computer screens\, cameras\, cables). I conclude by offering alternative language that can more accurately depict what anime directors and their audiences do when depicting or observing relationshi ps between spirits and nature in animated film. These attitudes and ideas can be deemed meaningful and even religious\, I argue\, without relying on the loaded language of "animism."
UID:20171127T233000Z-269976@college.lclark.edu DTSTAMP:20171102T103704Z URL:https://college.lclark.edu/live/events/269976-spiritmediummedia-a-cri tical-examination-of-the CATEGORIES:Open to the Public LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T173704Z ATTACH:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/82/width/80/height/80/cr op/1/69517_thomas6.jpeg X-LIVEWHALE-TYPE:events X-LIVEWHALE-ID:269976 X-LIVEWHALE-TIMEZONE:America/Los_Angeles X-LIVEWHALE-IMAGE:https://college.lclark.edu/live/image/gid/82/width/80/h eight/80/crop/1/69517_thomas6.jpeg X-LIVEWHALE-SUMMARY:This talk critiques the oft-repeated argument that Ja panese animation (anime) is thematically and aesthetically unique because it draws upon Japan's ancient animistic traditions. I argue that when pr ofessional observers describe anime as "animistic\," they use a political ly fraught and technically inaccurate term to engage in certain political projects related to environmentalism or cultural nationalism. I also arg ue that when these professional observers repeat the essentialist idea th at "Japanese people believe that spirits exist in everything\," they cate gorically ignore the potentially "spiritual" qualities of the material ob jects that are actually used to make anime in the first place (celluloid\ , ink\, computer screens\, cameras\, cables). I conclude by offering alte rnative language that can more accurately depict what anime directors and their audiences do when depicting or observing relationships between spi rits and nature in animated film. These attitudes and ideas can be deemed meaningful and even religious\, I argue\, without relying on the loaded language of "animism." X-LIVEWHALE-TAGS:humanities|lecture|open to the public|Portland|presentat ion|religious studies|send-to-graduate|send-to-law|send-to-undergraduate| staff|student END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180420T151500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180420T170000 LOCATION:JRHH 132 GEO:45.451619;-122.669391 SUMMARY:Santa Muerte: Insights on Deeming "Bad Religion" by Teresa Rios M artinez DESCRIPTION:FESTIVAL OF SCHOLARS - "Hard to Digest" Panel \; Santa M uerte is a folk saint in Mexico with origins in the old religion of the A ztecs that \;has an increasingly growing following not only in Latin America and the United States among \;Latinx populations\, but also i n the broader occult milieu. She is known as the patron saint of \;cr iminals or narcos\, as a large portion of her devotees are involved in ga ngs\, drug trafficking\, \;and prostitution\, however that is not the full demographics of her following. This paper examines \;why the cu lt of Santa Muerte is considered a "bad" and "dangerous" religion. Jason Josephson's \;work on heretical anthropology\, Ann Tave's "specialnes s" theory\, cult theory\, and new religious \;movement theory is empl oyed to gain deeper insights on the factors surrounding the labels \; attached to Santa Muerte and her followers. The Catholic Church claims th at she is satanic and \;the Mexican government actively targets her f ollowers and associates their crimes to her. To her \;followers she i s a religious figure that helps them in a time of need\, especially to th ose who are \;constantly surrounded by violence and death. By looking at Santa Muerte from these three \;different perspectives we can see that she is ultimately labeled a bad religion because of the \;chall enge she poses the steadily declining Catholic population in Mexico. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:FESTIVAL OF SCHOLARS - "Hard to Digest" Panel \;
Santa Muerte is a folk saint in Mexico with o
rigins in the old religion of the Aztecs that \;has an increasingly g
rowing following not only in Latin America and the United States among
60\;Latinx populations\, but also in the broader occult milieu. She is kn
own as the patron saint of \;criminals or narcos\, as a large portion
of her devotees are involved in gangs\, drug trafficking\, \;and pro
stitution\, however that is not the full demographics of her following. T
his paper examines \;why the cult of Santa Muerte is considered a "ba
d" and "dangerous" religion. Jason Josephson's \;work on heretical an
thropology\, Ann Tave's "specialness" theory\, cult theory\, and new reli
gious \;movement theory is employed to gain deeper insights on the fa
ctors surrounding the labels \;attached to Santa Muerte and her follo
wers. The Catholic Church claims that she is satanic and \;the Mexica
n government actively targets her followers and associates their crimes t
o her. To her \;followers she is a religious figure that helps them i
n a time of need\, especially to those who are \;constantly surrounde
d by violence and death. By looking at Santa Muerte from these three 
\;different perspectives we can see that she is ultimately labeled a bad
religion because of the \;challenge she poses the steadily declining
Catholic population in Mexico.
\n FESTIVAL OF SCHOLARS - "Hard to Digest" Panel<
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\n Santa Muerte is a folk saint in Mexico with origins in
the old religion of the Aztecs that has an increasingly growing followin
g not only in Latin America and the United States among \;Latinx popu
lations\, but also in the broader occult milieu. She is known as the patr
on saint of \;criminals or narcos\, as a large portion of her devotee
s are involved in gangs\, drug trafficking\, \;and prostitution\, how
ever that is not the full demographics of her following. This paper exami
nes \;why the cult of Santa Muerte is considered a "bad" and "dangero
us" religion. Jason Josephson's \;work on heretical anthropology\, An
n Tave's "specialness" theory\, cult theory\, and new religious \;mov
ement theory is employed to gain deeper insights on the factors surroundi
ng the labels \;attached to Santa Muerte and her followers. The Catho
lic Church claims that she is satanic and \;the Mexican government ac
tively targets her followers and associates their crimes to her. To her&#
160\;followers she is a religious figure that helps them in a time of nee
d\, especially to those who are \;constantly surrounded by violence a
nd death. By looking at Santa Muerte from these three \;different per
spectives we can see that she is ultimately labeled a bad religion becaus
e of the \;challenge she poses the steadily declining Catholic popula
tion in Mexico.\n