Lecture Series

Fall 2008

September 18
James C. Dobbins, Professor of Religion at Oberlin College
"Buddhist Congregations: The Non-monastic Origins of Shin Buddhist Temples in Japan"
Presented by the Society for the Study of Asian Religions
12:00 noon at Luce Hall (34 Hillhouse Ave), Room 203

October 1, 2, 6 &7
Donald S. Lopez, Professor of Buddhist & Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan
“The Scientific Buddha: Past, Present, Future”
Presented by the Dwight H. Terry Lectureship
Linsley-Chittenden Hall, 63 High Street

Oct. 1st: “A Purified Religion”, 8 PM in Room 101
Oct. 2nd: “Building a Better Buddha” at 4:15 PM in Room 202
Oct. 6th: “The Problem with Karma” at 4:15 PM in Room 202
Oct. 7th: “The Future of the Past” at 4:15 PM in Room 202

October 15
John Cort, Associate Professor of International Studies at Denison University
“God Outside & God Inside: The Performance of Bhakti by North Indian Digambara Jains“
Presented by the Society for the Study of Asian Religions
4:00 PM at 451 College St, Room B-04

October 22
Hans Bakkar, Professor of Sociology & Anthropology at the University of Guelph
Presented by the Society for the Study of Asian Religions
4:00 PM at 451 College St, Room B-04

October 23
Dr. Choon Leong Seow, Professor of Old Testament Language & Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary
“The Musicality of Hope: Job 14 & Its Consequences”
Part of the Hebrew Bible Series
Presented by Yale Divinity School & the Judaic Studies Program
5:30 PM in Latourette Hall at the Divinity School
(409 Prospect Street)

November 6
Peggy Levitt, Associate Professor of Wellesley College
“God Needs No Passport: Immigrants & the Changing American Religious Landscape”

November 18
Uzi Leibener
Presented by the Judaic Studies Program

November 19
Florentino García Martínez, Professor of the University of Leuven
“Rethinking the Bible Sixty Years after the Dead Sea Scrolls Discoveries”
4.30PM at Yale Divinity School, Niebuhr Hall