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Clark forum on religion, power
TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
WORCESTER— Clark University’s “Difficult Dialogues” program this fall will examine the issue of religion and power.
“Of the issues suggested by Clark students and faculty as needing to be addressed through dialogue, religion and power were at the top of the list,” said Sarah Buie, co-director of the project.
The program, which runs from Wednesday to Oct. 24, includes lectures, performances, and panel discussions. The free events are open to the public.
It kicks off with a screening of “Jesus Camp,” a documentary about a program that recruits born-again Christian children to become future activists in American politics.
A discussion will follow the Academy Award-nominated film, which will be shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Razzo Hall.
A panel discussion about faith and tolerance will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 20 in Tilton Hall at the Higgins University Center.
Participants will include the Rev. Thomas McKibbens, senior pastor of First Baptist Church; Melissa Blacker, a teacher at the Boundless Way Zen Buddhist community; Mohamed Lazzouni, visiting scholar of Islamic studies at Boston College; and David Coyne, director of Hillel at Clark.
At 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 in the Daniels Theater, Anne Fadiman will discuss her book, “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.”
The book, which won the 1997 National Book Critics Circle Award, traces the trials of an epileptic Hmong child and her California family.
“Questions of Faith,” a “spoken word chorus,” will take place at 7 p.m. Oct. 10 in Razzo Hall. The performance will examine Clark students’ questions, discoveries, perspectives and challenges arising from their encounters with organized religion and personal faith.
At 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 in Daniels Theater, Diane Eck will explore the questions of whether religions can be tolerant and whether pluralism is possible.
Ms. Eck is a professor of comparative religion and Indian studies at Harvard University and is director of the school’s The Pluralism Project.
The program concludes at 7 p.m. Oct. 24 with an improvisational dialogue by the sacred singing group “BoneSong.”
The performance takes place in Razzo Hall.
Clark is one of 27 institutions to receive a $100,000 Ford Foundation grant to sponsor the Difficult Dialogues program, which is now in its second year.
http://www.telegram.com/article/20070907/NEWS/709070747/1008/RSS01&source=rss
TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
WORCESTER— Clark University’s “Difficult Dialogues” program this fall will examine the issue of religion and power.
“Of the issues suggested by Clark students and faculty as needing to be addressed through dialogue, religion and power were at the top of the list,” said Sarah Buie, co-director of the project.
The program, which runs from Wednesday to Oct. 24, includes lectures, performances, and panel discussions. The free events are open to the public.
It kicks off with a screening of “Jesus Camp,” a documentary about a program that recruits born-again Christian children to become future activists in American politics.
A discussion will follow the Academy Award-nominated film, which will be shown at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Razzo Hall.
A panel discussion about faith and tolerance will be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 20 in Tilton Hall at the Higgins University Center.
Participants will include the Rev. Thomas McKibbens, senior pastor of First Baptist Church; Melissa Blacker, a teacher at the Boundless Way Zen Buddhist community; Mohamed Lazzouni, visiting scholar of Islamic studies at Boston College; and David Coyne, director of Hillel at Clark.
At 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1 in the Daniels Theater, Anne Fadiman will discuss her book, “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.”
The book, which won the 1997 National Book Critics Circle Award, traces the trials of an epileptic Hmong child and her California family.
“Questions of Faith,” a “spoken word chorus,” will take place at 7 p.m. Oct. 10 in Razzo Hall. The performance will examine Clark students’ questions, discoveries, perspectives and challenges arising from their encounters with organized religion and personal faith.
At 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 in Daniels Theater, Diane Eck will explore the questions of whether religions can be tolerant and whether pluralism is possible.
Ms. Eck is a professor of comparative religion and Indian studies at Harvard University and is director of the school’s The Pluralism Project.
The program concludes at 7 p.m. Oct. 24 with an improvisational dialogue by the sacred singing group “BoneSong.”
The performance takes place in Razzo Hall.
Clark is one of 27 institutions to receive a $100,000 Ford Foundation grant to sponsor the Difficult Dialogues program, which is now in its second year.
http://www.telegram.com/article/20070907/NEWS/709070747/1008/RSS01&source=rss
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