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Free Film: Chaplains
See the award-winning PBS documentary film "Chaplains," introduced by its director, Martin Doblmeier, and followed by a panel with Chaplain (Col.) Charles Reynolds, Director of US Army Religion, Culture, and Advisement Directorate; Maj. Gen. Howard Stendahl, former US Air Force Chief of Chaplains, ; Rev. Patrick Conroy, Chaplain for the US House of Representatives; Wendy Cadge, Professor of Sociology, Brandeis University, and author of Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine. To allow time for discussion the one-hour version…
Find out more »Two Psycho-Magic Actions Against Violence – A ritual performance
Guillermo Gomez-Peña and his close collaborators from the legendary troupe La Pocha Nostra perform on Saturday, November 20th at Northwest Vista College Presented by the Northwest Vista College Drama Program in collaboration with Jump-Start Performance Co. $5 at the door / Reservations not required This hybrid performance by La Pocha Nostra, (Gómez-Peña, Balitronica Gomez and Saul Garcia Lopez) is a ritual action, participatory performance involving Xochipilli the Corn God, a human body, an acupuncturist and live spoken word interventions. The…
Find out more »“Bodies and the Bible: The Legacy of Racism and Colonialism in Western Christian Perspectives on Israel and Palestine”
"Bodies and the Bible: The Legacy of Racism and Colonialism in Western Christian Perspectives on Israel and Palestine" is a lecture on the role of religion and racism in the Israel/Palestine conflict. The speaker is Dr. Janneke Stegeman, a scholar in Old Testament from Amsterdam. She works as a theologian at De Nieuwe Liefde (The New Love), a center for debate and encounters on religion, poetry and society in Amsterdam. In 2014 she finished her dissertation on the role of…
Find out more »Islam’s Jesus
Dr. Zeki Saritoprak will examine the place of Jesus in the Qu’ran and Hadiths. He will delve into the Islamic theological perspective, including classical and contemporary theologians’ view of Jesus. Muslims, like Christians, believe in the second coming of Jesus (in Islam, known as the descent of Jesus) and Dr. Saritoprak will discuss the different theological views to the descent. Dr. Saritoprak also will address the important role that Jesus can play in interfaith dialogue. Special Event Corresponding to the…
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