Center for the Study of Religion Events, 2008-2009

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9/24/08 “'Doing God in 10 Downing Street': The Relationship between Faith and Politics in a Post-Modern World” a lecture by Lord Brian Griffiths of Fforestfach, Goldman Sachs International. Princeton Lectures in Religion and Ethics.

9/25/08 “Global Pentecostalism: The New Face of Christian Social Engagement” a lecture by Donald E. Miller, University of Southern California. Princeton Lectures in Religion and Global Culture.

9/25/08 Dangisho no sekai 談義書の世界 (talk in Japanese) "The World of Dangisho ('Lecture Books'): Educating Monks in Medieval Japan" by Mariko WATANABE, Hirosaki University. Buddhist Studies Workshop.

9/25/08 Lecture by Jerma Jackson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, in the History of Black Gospel Music lecture series organized by Wallace Best, Religion and African American Studies.

10/6/08 "Left Behind... In the Culture Wars of 2008: Evangelicals, Culture and the Politics of Moose Hunters, Community Organizers and Family Values" by Burns Strider, The Eleison Group. The Crossroads of Religion and Politics Lecture Series. 4:30 p.m., Robertson Hall Bowl 016.

10/13/08 Lecture by Amy Sullivan, TIME Magazine. 4:30 p.m., Guyot 10.

10/22/08, "'I'm Gonna Be a Negro Tonight': Martin Luther King's Preaching in the Black Pulpit" by Jonathan Rieder, Barnard University. Princeton Lectures in Religion and Ethics.

10/23/08 Lecture by Robert Darden, Baylor University, in the History of Black Gospel Music lecture series.

11/9-11/11/08 “Rabbinic Literature and the Material Culture of Late Roman Palestine” a conference organized by Peter Schafer, Religion.

11/6/08 Lecture by Robert Barnett, Columbia University, Crossroads in Religion and Politics.

11/20/08 Lecture by Teresa Reed, University of Tulsa, in the History of Black Gospel Music lecture series.

12/3/08 Lecture by Guthrie Ramsey, Jr., University of Pennsylvania, in the History of Black Gospel Music lecture series.

2/6-2/7/2009, “Approaching God: A Symposium on Hindu Devotion” a conference organized by Isabelle Clark-Deces, Anthropology.

2/10/09 Lecture by Tony Hall, Former U.S. Ambassador. The Crossroads of Religion and Politics Lecture Series.

2/18/09 Lecture by Jok Madut Jok, Loyola Marymount University. The Crossroads of Religion and Politics Lecture Series.

3/2/09, Lecture by Simeon Ilesanmi, Wake Forest University.

3/25/09 “March of the Jacobins: The Advance and Retreat of Political Secularism in the 20th Century” a lecture by Timothy Shah, Council on Foreign Relations. Crossroads in Religion and Politics.

4/1/09, “What Hath God Wrought: Religion in the Transformation of America, 1815-1848” a lecture by Daniel Walker Howe, UCLA. Princeton Lectures in Religion and History.

4/2-4/5/09, “Religion in the Civil Rights Movement” a conference organized by Albert Raboteau, Religion Department, Princeton University.

4/23-4/24/09, “Love as the Practice of Freedom: Romance Fiction and American Culture” a conference organized by William Gleason, English Department, Princeton University.

4/27/09 “Dreams and Shadows: The Future of the Middle East,” Robin Wright, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. The Crossroads of Religion and Politics Lecture Series.

Spring 2009, Lecture by J. Bryan Hehir, Archdiocese of Boston and Kennedy School of Government. The Doll Lectureship on Religion and Money.

Further events for 2008-2009 are being planned. Consult this space for more details as they become available.

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For more information, contact the Center at csrelig@princeton.edu or 609/258-5545.