Religious Studies Faculty at PlayMakers
PlayMakers Repertory Company 120 Country Club Rd, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesReligious Studies Faculty will participate in discussions of performances at PlayMakers Repertory Company this month! On February 18, Professor Brandon Bayne will take part in a free post-show discussion of Lucas Hnath's “The Christians” with members of the creative team, cast, and community members, and on Feb. 25, Professor Evyatar Marienberg will take part in a free post-show discussion of […]
RELI CCC: What can I do with a RELI major?
Carolina Hall, Room 124 220 E. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC, United States
“Faith in Our Lives: Why We Follow” at Playmakers
Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre 120 Country Club Road, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesPlayMakers Repertory Company will host a FREE symposium with two national luminaries in the world of religious scholarship: FAITH IN OUR LIVES: WHY WE FOLLOW The program will offer a rare opportunity for substantive exploration of how our beliefs and faith serve us both personally and collectively. We will also explore what is at risk when […]
Sorcery, Celebration, and Religious Life in Rural Cuba
Chapel Hill Public Library 100 Library Dr, Chapel Hill, NC, United StatesHow do scholars become fascinated by their subjects? What is it like when they make a new discovery? How do the processes of research, analysis, writing, and teaching change their perspectives of the world? "Sorcery, Celebration, and Religious Life in Rural Cuba" with Todd Ochoa: Associate Professor, Religious Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel […]
Duke and UNC Center of Late Ancient Studies Symposium
Rubenstein Rare Books and Manuscript Library 411 Chapel Dr, Durham, NC, United StatesThe Duke and UNC Center of Late Ancient Studies (CLAS) Graduate symposium on March 19 will feature Professor Zlatko Pleše speaking on the question of God's culpability for evil in the context of Hellenistic rhetoric and philosophy. Increasingly, studies of late antiquity have problematized easy boundaries between religion and philosophy and between labels of identity such as "Neoplatonic," "Christian," and "Gnostic." The goal of the […]