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Physicist shares Hindu values for solving global, environmental and personal crisis
July 6, 2007
Scholar and author Amir Hussain addresses overflow crowd
June 25, 2007
MU News capsules
June 2007
New name for Center announced
June 19, 2007
KOMU series explores religion of Missouri lawmakers: Faith plays role for many
May 2007
Center
announces keynote of 2007 Open House,
Stephen Prothero, author of Religious
Literacy: What Every American Needs
to Know - and Doesn't
May 2007
MU
News capsules
May 2007
Center
hosts author Mary Jane Engh:
"What Gets Left Out: Religious
Persecution in Context"
April 18, 2007
MU
News capsules
March 2007
Center's
Johnstone gives national presentation
on Spirituality and Disability
March 19, 2007
Center
featured in MU School of Journalism
Newsletter
March 2007
Spring
2007 Quarterly Newsletter
Spirituality
plays role in breast cancer information
processing
Jan. 31, 2007 - A new study from
the University of Missouri- Columbia
has found that spirituality may play
an important role in increasing information
sharing and use of early detection
methods for breast cancer, particularly
for African- American women.
News Archives
2008 events
Lecture: Faith-Based Conflict Resolution: An Introduction and Comparative Study: David D. Schlachter, vice president of Conciliation and Church Support for Peacemaker Ministries, discusses a biblically based model of dispute resolution.
Jan. 24, 2008 -- 1 p.m.
Hulston Hall, Room 7
2007
events
Lecture: "Bioethics and Organ Transplantation in a Muslim Society: A Study in Culture, Ethnography, and Religion," by Dr. Farhat Moazam, founding Chair of the Centre of Biomedical Ethics and Culture, Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan
Oct. 24, 2007 -- noon
Monsanto Auditorium, Bond Life Sciences Center
Conference:
MU Health Ethics Conference, "Spirituality
in Health and Healing "
Oct. 11, 2007
MU Reynolds Alumni Center
Oct. 12-13
Hilton Garden Inn, 3300 Vandiver Dr., Columbia, Mo.
Open
House: Keynote speaker Stephen Prothero,
author of "Religious Literacy:
What Every American Needs to Know
- And Doesn't," a lecture, reception and booksigning
kicking off the Center on Religion & the
Professions' fall
Open House
Sept. 7, 2007 -- 6:30 p.m.
Reynolds Alumni Center
Film series: Center kicks off free "Religion & Politics" film series, 16 films explore intersection of faith, politics and film, August 2007-April 2008
First film is "Malcolm X," directed by Spike Lee and starring Denzel Washington
Aug. 29, 2007 -- 7 p.m.
Ellis Auditorium
MU Ellis Library
Presentation: "What Christians Believe," Dr. Rod Becher leads a Bible-based discussion of the major ideas of Christian belief
July 8, 2007
Campus Lutheran Church
304 South College Ave.
Lecture: "Ancient Wisdom for Global Crisis" Dr. G. Lakshman speaks about insights from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita, and current events
July 6, 2007 -- noon
Tucker Forum, Gannett Hall, Room 85
Missouri School of Journalism
Lecture: "Transmigration: Encountering ‘Others’ in Today’s Pluralistic Nations," with Dr. Peter Gardner, emeritus professor of anthropology. Dr. Gardner recently participated in the prestigious Oxford Round Table on “Migration.”
June 21, 2007 -- noon-1 p.m.
S203 Memorial Union
Lecture
and booksigning: "Little Mosque
on the Prairie: Muslims in North America," a lecture and booksigning by Amir
Hussain, author of Oil & Water,
Two Faiths: One God. Hussain, a Canadian Muslim, is an
associate professor in the Department
of Theological Studies at Loyola Marymount
University, where he teaches courses
on world religions and specializes
in the study of Islam.
June 20, 2007 -- 7 p.m.
Reynolds Alumni Center
Symposium: Health Care and Rehabilitation in America: Communication in the New Media Landscape: Emerging demographics and health care trends; communication strategies for reducing racial and cultural disparities; status and challenges of health communication; and increasing health-related social support.
June 18-19, 2007
Life Sciences Building, Glass House Conference Room
Symposium: Symposium on Global Partnerships for AIDS Research fosters cross-disciplinary research and linkages, including African traditional healing in addressing AIDS
May 30, 2007 -- 9 a.m.-5 p.m
Health Sciences Center, Acuff Auditorium
Workshop:
"Agenda Going Global," covers navigating cultural differences
throughout the
world and understanding cultural nuances
that can affect success in global
markets
May 15 -- 8:30 a.m.-noon
Buttonwood Business Center
3610 Buttonwood Drive, Columbia
Lecture: "Sex,
Politics and the Ethics of Stem Cell
Research," by Dr. Bill Bondeson,
MU Curators' Professor of Philosophy
and Ethics
May 8 -- 7-8:30 p.m.
First Christian Church
2601 West Broadway, Columbia
Lecture:
"Islamic Civilization Scientific
Contributions," a lecture by Dr. Rihab Sawah
May 4 -- 8:30 p.m.
Stotler Lounge, Memorial Union
Lecture:
"Medical Futility: Philosophy
and Politics" by Robert L. Fine,
MD, FACP
April
26, 2007 -- 7 p.m
Old Alumni Center
1105 Carrie Francke Drive
Lecture:
"Medical Futility: Philosophy
and Clinical Practice" by Robert
L. Fine, MD, FACP
April 26, 2007-- noon
Acuff Auditorium
MU School of Medicine
Exhibit:
South Asian Sculpture exhibit features
Buddhist and Hindu sculpture
April 22, 2007 -- ongoing
Museum of Art and Archeology
Workshop:
Eden Summit - MU professors
of nuclear science, engineering and
environmental sciences speak at workshop
on churches' role in protecting the
environment
April 21, 2007 -- 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Community Methodist Church
Book
signing: Columbia resident Ibtisam
Barakat, author of "Tasting
the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood,"
signs books
April 19, 2007 -- 1-2 p.m.
University Bookstore
Lecture
and book signing: "What Gets
Left Out: Religious Persecution in
Context " with author Mary Jane Engh
April 18, 2007 -- noon
Tucker Forum, 85 Gannett Hall
Missouri School of Journalism
Conference:
"Achieving Health Equity: Ensuring
Access to Care"
April 17, 2007 -- 1-6:30 p.m.
April 18, 2007 -- 8 a.m.-3 p.m.
Kauffman Foundation Conference Center
Kansas City, Mo.
Workshop:
Chinese Calligraphy Workshop with
Professor Lamp Leong introduces masterpieces' concepts
of Daoism, meditative quality, mark-making,
rhythmic strokes and shifting perspective.
April 14, 2007 -- noon-6 p.m.
MSA/GPC Craft Studio
Lecture:
"Crossing Over: Images of Death
and the Afterlife in the World's Religions" with
Bill Young, professor, Department
of Classics, Philosophy and Religious
Studies, Westminster College
April 12, 2007 -- 5:30 p.m. reception;
6 p.m. lecture
Museum of Art and Archeology Cast
Gallery; Room 106
Awareness
activities: Islam Awareness Week activities hosted by MU Muslim Students Organization
April 9-14, 2007
University of Missouri-Columbia
Lecture:
Literary Arts Lecture by Elaine Pagels:
Author and Princeton religion professor
Pagels on "Reading Judas"
April 5, 2007 -- 7:30 p.m.
Reynolds Alumni Center
Lecture:
"Clinical Trials of African Traditional
Medicine" by MU biochemistry
professor Bill Folk
March 31, 2007 -- 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Monsanto Auditorium, Life Sciences
Center
Reading:
Columbia author Ibtisam Barakat reading
from her autobiographical book "Tasting
the Sky: A Palestinian Childhood"
March 20, 2007 -- 7:30 p.m.
MU Arts & Science Building, Room
113
Conference:
5th Annual Diversity Conference
March 16, 2007 -- 11:30 a.m.-2:30
p.m.
Reynolds Alumni Center
Lecture:
Sam E. Antar, a Richard M. Orin
Ethics Symposium
March 16, 2007 -- 9:30-11:30
a.m.
Bush Auditorium, Cornell Hall
Lecture:
"Science and Theism: Concord
or Conflict," by Rob Koons,
professor of Philosophy, University
of Texas
March 6, 2007 -- 11 a.m.
217 Mumford Hall
Lecture:
"A Conversation With An Iraqi
Journalist," featuring Zainab
Mineeia, Fulbright scholar
at the Missouri School of Journalism
who reported and translated for
the L.A. Times and the New York
Times in Baghdad.
Feb. 13, 2007 -- 6:30 p.m.
Tucker Forum
Lecture:
"Pope Benedict & Islam"
by Catholic scholar George Weigel
Feb. 9, 2007
St. Thomas More Newman Center
Exhibit:
"Final Farewell: The Culture
of Death and the Afterlife"
Feb.
10-May 20, 2007
MU Museum of Art and Archeology
Lecture: "Feeling Jesus in the Backbeat: Gender, Emotion, and Practice in a Post-Modern Church" by Kevin McElmurry
Feb. 9, 2007 -- 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Middlebush 209
Conference: "Dying in America: Conversation Before the Crisis"
Feb. 8, 2007 -- 7 p.m.
Missouri Theatre, Columbia, Mo.
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