I am blogging from my hotel room in Montreal where I am attending the AAR annual meeting, a gathering of 4,500 scholars of religion from across North America. It is an exciting time for the academic study of religion. A field that was once devoted primarily to history and texts, to the study of institutions [...]
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American Academy of Religion Annual Convention Begins in Montreal
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#February 18, "Finding God in the Other," Samir Selmonovic, Faith House Manhattan, 11:05 a.m. at RRC (for RRC community) #March 19th, "The Big Questions in Science and Religion," Keith Ward, University of Oxford, open to the public, more info at www.metanexus.net #April 1, "Jewish Education and Neuroscience," Adi Flesher, 12:30 p.m. (open to the public with reservations, email mheller@rrc.edu) #April 26, "Sacred Texts Trialogue," Lutheran Theological Seminary(open to the public, see www.Ltsp.edu/trialogue for more information) #May 6, Salon conversation, "Praying with Your Feet," Kristyn Komarnicki, editor of Prism: Evangelicals for Social Action (for RRC community)