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RPS LUNCHTIME READING GROUP: FALL 2009
Noon-1.30pm, Room 318, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George Street – Pizza lunch provided

• Thursday 15 October: "God's Zeal: The Battle of the Three Monotheisms", by Peter Sloterdijk. Judaism, Christianity and Islam are now called upon to adjust their relations from peaceful coexistence to dialogue: zealous collectives must become parties in a civil society. [More details…] [Download poster]
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• Friday 20 November: "Why I Am Not a Secularist", by William E. Connolly. Many liberal secularists reject any interaction between politics and religion. Connolly argues that secularism’s pursuit of freedom and diversity too often undercuts these goals through its narrow and intolerant understandings of public reason. [More details…] [Download poster]

RPS FACULTY FELLOWS – CALL FOR PROPOSALS: ART AND THE PUBLIC CONTESTATION OF RELIGION
Submission deadline: 9 October 2009
Music, drama, visual arts, and literature are among the most ancient of media for the staging of religious questions and controversies. Newer technologies—radio, film, video, digital media—have multiplied the avenues for artistic expression in public spheres while also fuelling religious imaginations. At a day-long workshop in March 2010, the four RPS Faculty Fellows will foster interdisciplinary conversations about how the arts, across diverse eras and traditions, have made space for the public contestation of what counts as religion, heresy, and 'secular' critique. [More details…] [Download poster]

RPS SERVICE-LEARNING INTERNSHIP COURSE: RLG492H, WINTER 2010 – ENROLMENT OPEN

For third- and fourth-year undergraduates, from any discipline, who are interested in the study of religion. Students will experience first-hand how religion enters the public sphere in such areas as non-profit organizations, education, public policy, and health care. Goals of this public service are to have students participate in developing policy, communications, and programming in public, professional settings where religion is a focus (or at least an element) of the work at hand. Students will critically reflect on their experience of working with professionals and their "clients" in public settings where religious diversity is at play. [More details…] [Download poster]

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