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Emerging Scholars Lecture: “Breathing Out Violence”

Zoom Chapel Hill, NC, United States

Emerging Scholars Lecture with Emily Branton, department of religious studies. Remote event via Zoom. Registration will be required, please check back in early November for registration link. Monday, November 14, 2022, 5:30pm, remote event: Zoom “Breathing out violence:” Fake News and other dangerous speech in Ancient Israel In the era of social media, we are […]

Heaven and Hell: Ancient Ideas about the Afterlife

Zoom Chapel Hill, NC, United States

A Distinguished Scholar Webinar featuring Bart D. Ehrman Bart D. Ehrman, James A. Gray Professor of Religious Studies, is the author or editor of more than 30 books, including the forthcoming Heaven and Hell: A History of the Afterlife. According to the most recent Pew Research Poll, 72 percent of all Americans believe in a literal heaven […]

Melancholic Redemption and the Hopelessness of Hope: From Kafka to Dylan

Zoom Chapel Hill, NC, United States

"Since late antiquity, a connection was made between Jews and the psychological state of despondency based, in part, on the link between melancholy and Saturn, and the further association of the Hebrew name of that planet, Shabbetai, and the Jewish Sabbath. This depiction seemingly contradicts the common assumption that Judaism is a life-affirming religion that […]