Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. New Encounter (September 1, 2017 8:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/17648 17648-9731747@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 1, 2017 8:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: ACCESS

You’ve heard that college is supposed to be a life-changing period full of new experiences. Whether you’ve never stepped foot into a church or are actively looking for a Christian community, come experience a new encounter with God with other students on campus! We invite people of all backgrounds and denominations for a night of worship and fellowship.

This event is hosted by Access, a student organization from Harvest Mission Community Church and is open to all students.

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Other Mon, 28 Aug 2017 21:34:08 -0400 2017-09-01T20:30:00-04:00 2017-09-01T22:30:00-04:00 Angell Hall ACCESS Other New Encounter
North Encounter (September 2, 2017 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/43174 43174-9731752@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 2, 2017 7:30pm
Location: Pierpont Commons
Organized By: ACCESS

Calling all of North Campus! Just as with New Encounter (our night of worship on Central Campus), we would like to invite you to come and experience a new encounter with God, regardless of whether you have ever stepped foot inside a church, or whether you are actively looking for a Christian community. We invite people of all backgrounds and denominations for a night of worship and fellowship on North Campus.

This event is hosted by Access, a student organization from Harvest Mission Community Church and is open to all students.

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Other Mon, 28 Aug 2017 21:36:41 -0400 2017-09-02T19:30:00-04:00 2017-09-02T21:30:00-04:00 Pierpont Commons ACCESS Other Our students gathered together to worship together on campus
Sunday Celebration (September 3, 2017 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/31809 31809-9731750@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 3, 2017 9:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: ACCESS

The school year is about to begin! No matter your background, come kick off this season with new expectations and hope. Join us at 9 am or 11 am to experience church in a fresh way as we worship and seek God together. We meet at the Transformation Center which is located across the street from the Rackham Auditorium and the Power Center.

Curious? Check out our website at hmcc.net to learn more about who we are and what we value.

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Ceremony / Service Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:52:18 -0400 2017-09-03T09:00:00-04:00 2017-09-03T11:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location ACCESS Ceremony / Service Our church gathered together to worship at our Transformation Center for a missions conference
Sunday Celebration (September 3, 2017 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/31809 31809-9731751@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, September 3, 2017 11:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: ACCESS

The school year is about to begin! No matter your background, come kick off this season with new expectations and hope. Join us at 9 am or 11 am to experience church in a fresh way as we worship and seek God together. We meet at the Transformation Center which is located across the street from the Rackham Auditorium and the Power Center.

Curious? Check out our website at hmcc.net to learn more about who we are and what we value.

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Ceremony / Service Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:52:18 -0400 2017-09-03T11:00:00-04:00 2017-09-03T13:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location ACCESS Ceremony / Service Our church gathered together to worship at our Transformation Center for a missions conference
ISP Lecture. Islamotopia: American Exceptionalism and Muslim Reform (September 15, 2017 12:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/41967 41967-9497509@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2017 12:30pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

The notion of "American Islam," signifying a uniquely American expression of Islam that either presently exists or awaits us as an attainable future, has been employed by diverse Muslim thinkers, including Salafi revivalists, progressive feminists, and even Muslim Republicans. Discourse of "American Islam" often represents this present/future as one in which American Muslims shed inauthentic cultural practices, achieve a pure and authentically textualist Islam, and then proceed to export "true Islam" to Muslims worldwide. The United States thus appears in these discourses as a sort of "umma laboratory" in which American Muslims will purify Islam on a global scale. This lecture examines the development of American Muslim exceptionalism, the exclusions and marginalizations that it performs, and calls attention to indicators of its decline.

Michael Muhammad Knight is the author of 11 books, including fiction, nonfiction, scholarship, and scholarly reflection. Knight’s work examines issues of authenticity and authority in Muslim communities, with special focus on American Muslims. He is assistant professor of religion and cultural studies at the University of Central Florida in Orlando. His 12th book, "Muhammad: Forty Introductions," is forthcoming in 2018.

Sponsors: Islamic Studies Program, Arab and Muslim American Studies, Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Sep 2017 08:30:20 -0400 2017-09-15T12:30:00-04:00 2017-09-15T14:00:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Michael Muhammad Knight
Hinduism (September 27, 2017 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/42409 42409-9601956@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Over a billion people practice Hinduism and most of them live in India, Sri Lanka and Nepal, although modern communications have led to the migration of Hindus throughout the world. Hinduism has remained a puzzle to Westerners because the concepts of divinity and afterlife differ from Abrahamic religions.

This study group for those 50 and above will explore these differences in detail, as well as discuss various sects of Hinduism, the core beliefs common to them and the philosophies unique to each. We will also explore the historic evolution of Hinduism, its spread through Southeast Asia, its place in the contemporary political-social-economic environment in India and the global environment and its interaction with other faiths and belief systems.

Instructor Venkat Lakshminarayanan will lead these two hour sessions on Wednesdays from September 27 through November 8.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 16 Aug 2017 14:47:54 -0400 2017-09-27T10:00:00-04:00 2017-09-27T11:30:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Sacred Path, Holy Site (September 29, 2017 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42414 42414-9601961@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2017 1:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

In all times and places human beings have given permanent form to their most ephemeral longings. This group will visit sites and monuments holy to mankind’s great spiritual traditions. We will examine them for their unique characteristics and also for the elements that they share among themselves.

Instructor Michael Kapetan’s interest grew directly from his professional life creating liturgical images and furnishings for churches and synagogues. He will lead this study group for those 50 and above for two hours on Fridays from September 29 through October 20.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:03:59 -0400 2017-09-29T13:00:00-04:00 2017-09-29T15:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
Soul Food Dinner (October 4, 2017 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45246 45246-10121868@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 4, 2017 7:00pm
Location: Mason Hall
Organized By: Black Student Movement InterVarsity

Come out to Black Student Movement's first Soul Food Dinner of the year! Food for the soul and the body. Come gather for fun, inspiration, and down-home cooking in the community.

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Meeting Fri, 29 Sep 2017 18:54:27 -0400 2017-10-04T19:00:00-04:00 2017-10-04T21:00:00-04:00 Mason Hall Black Student Movement InterVarsity Meeting Dinner Photo
"How Did Hagar Become Black?" (October 10, 2017 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45006 45006-10047037@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 4:00pm
Location: Tisch Hall
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

Hagar is known as the wife of Abraham and the mother of Ishmael within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. While many biblical characters are depicted as Europeans within Western art, literature, and biblical interpretation, some interpreters have reimagined Hagar as a Black woman. In this lecture, Dr. Junior will discuss how and why Hagar has been appropriated as Black within some communities. This is a preview of her current book-length project Reimagining Hagar: Blackness and the Bible (forthcoming with Oxford University Press). Join us and follow the conversation at #ReHagar.

Dr. Nyasha Junior is an Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible in the Department of Religion at Temple University in Philadelphia. She holds a Ph.D. in Old Testament from Princeton Theological Seminary. She is the author of An Introduction to Womanist Biblical Interpretation (Westminster John Knox Press, 2015). Visit nyashajunior.com and follow her on Twitter @NyashaJunior.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 25 Sep 2017 08:40:19 -0400 2017-10-10T16:00:00-04:00 2017-10-10T18:00:00-04:00 Tisch Hall Department of Middle East Studies Lecture / Discussion How Did Hagar Become Black?
Jesus, Women, and Early Christianity (October 24, 2017 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/42412 42412-9601959@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

We’ll explore how Jesus interacted with and treated women during his ministry and how they responded. Looking into questions like: What were the cultural norms for women during Jesus’ life? Was Jesus a feminist? What do Paul’s letter to the Romans and John’s Gospel tell us about early women disciples?

Then we will discuss women’s roles in the very early Christian communities up to about 300 A.D. The New Testament will be used as well as several other references. There will be time for questions and discussion and some possibly surprising revelations. An outline and list of references will be provided. Over the past 50 years there has been a wealth of academic and research interest in these topics and well over 100 books have been written.

Instructor Peggy Clough will lead this study group for those 50 and above for two hours on Tuesdays October 24 and 31.

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Class / Instruction Wed, 16 Aug 2017 14:56:53 -0400 2017-10-24T10:00:00-04:00 2017-10-24T12:00:00-04:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
IISS Workshop. What is Your Evidence? A Salafi Therapy in Contemporary Egypt (November 2, 2017 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/45962 45962-10341697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 2, 2017 12:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

This article examines the notion of evidence (dalil) as it circulates in a revivalist religious therapy in contemporary Egypt to address current transformations of Islamic epistemologies, especially in relation to modern science. It focuses on Qur’anic healing, a Salafi-oriented therapy of spirit (jinn) exorcism that has become increasingly popular, visible, and debated in the public sphere beginning with the 1980s. By tracing the semantics and pragmatics of Qur’anic healing’s evidentiary regime, I show that evidence is situated and crosses two domains of knowledge, bringing together a Salafi episteme that foregrounds unmediated induction from the Qur’an and sunna and forms of reasoning and practice, like empiricism and experimentation, that pertain to modern science. In this manner, evidence functions like a hinge notion that hierarchically links the religious and scientific domains, giving precedence to the former over the latter. I argue that the centrality of evidence in this novel Salafi therapy is indicative of an epistemology that unites Islam and science under a wider theory of knowledge as transparent, egalitarian, and public. This discussion suggests new ways of understanding Salafism beyond common depictions as critical of nontextual sources and intolerant of modern formations.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 26 Oct 2017 16:18:30 -0400 2017-11-02T12:00:00-04:00 2017-11-02T14:00:00-04:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Workshop / Seminar Ana Vinea
The 'Radical Empiricism' of Jonathan Edwards (November 30, 2017 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46799 46799-10633980@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 30, 2017 1:00pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Department of English Language and Literature

Join the Nineteenth Century Forum for a Lazarus Belle's dissertation workshop.

This dissertation chapter asks a simple question: to what extent does America's "first philosopher," Jonathan Edwards, demonstrate a strand of philosophical argument that resembles and sets the intellectual conditions for William James's doctrine of radical empiricism? A corollary to the more well-known method of pragmatism, radical empiricism has received less attention, despite being a major concern for James in his later years. Not against but in relation to the obvious reasons why radical empiricism emerges in the history of western philosophy, my gambit is that there are precedents within American religious culture from the antebellum revivals to the postbellum Social Gospel movement that generate the intellectual conditions calling for the radicalization of classical empiricism. This chapter deals specifically with Edwards's place within the so-called first great awakening of the 1730s-40s and his revision of empiricism to explain religious experiences. This examination of the theological underpinnings of American revivalism is the first step in a larger intellectual history about the religious "origins" of pragmatism.

Please Contact Rachel Cawkwell at rcawkwe@umich.edu for a copy of the paper.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 14 Nov 2017 10:32:01 -0500 2017-11-30T13:00:00-05:00 2017-11-30T14:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Department of English Language and Literature Workshop / Seminar Image of Jonathan Edwards
IISS Workshop. The Long-Term Impact of Religious Institutions on Development (November 30, 2017 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46905 46905-10670087@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 30, 2017 5:30pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

How do religious institutions affect development? While religious institutions are frequently depicted and studied as part of history, their long-run role in affecting politics and economy today remains uncharacteristically understudied in the scholarship. Religious institutions around the world have historically commanded political and economic resources. Outside of the limited scholarship on the Church however, religious institutions are little understood for their political and economic impact. I will address this question by researching if and why the Sufi Khanaqah affects long-term development. Development being indicated by contemporary public goods and inequality—the two dependent variables. District is the unit of analysis at which Khanaqahs and development will be analyzed. To identify the mechanism and estimate the effect more comprehensively, I will also examine the effect of covariates measuring Khanaqah patronage and trade routes. The study will constitute districts of India and Pakistan between 1858-2011.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 17 Nov 2017 17:03:06 -0500 2017-11-30T17:30:00-05:00 2017-11-30T19:00:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Workshop / Seminar Weiser Hall
Christmas Soul Food Dinner (December 6, 2017 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47342 47342-10869007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 6, 2017 7:30pm
Location: Angell Hall
Organized By: Black Student Movement InterVarsity

Join Black Student Movement for a Christmas feast featuring Christmas soul food classics from Black and Latinx traditions, games, gifts, and community.

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Meeting Tue, 05 Dec 2017 17:21:26 -0500 2017-12-06T19:30:00-05:00 2017-12-06T21:30:00-05:00 Angell Hall Black Student Movement InterVarsity Meeting Christmas Soul Food Dinner
DISC Lecture. Religion, Ethics, and Climate Change (January 17, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47387 47387-10888277@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 17, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

Pope Francis is a lonely voice in pushing for action on climate change; why are other religious leaders so slow to respond to this ethical challenge? This talk will look at two ways that religions interact with science: either a totalizing view ("religion has all the answers") or a contingent view ("religious answers may be revised"). How do these views interact with the problem of climate change? The speaker will suggest that climate change is more than a challenge to energy policy, it also undercuts the way that many people regard religion.

Jonathan Brockopp, associate professor of history and religion at Penn State University, specializes in the literary remains of early Islamic cultures, including the Qur’an, hadith, legal and theological texts. In his most upcoming book, "Muhammad’s Heirs: the Rise of Muslim Scholarly Communities," he focuses on the question of how early Islamic scholars construct their notion of religious authority. Professor Brockopp is the convener for the Penn State Society for the Study of Religion and the director of the Rock Ethics Institute Initiative in Religion and Ethics.

This lecture will be live-streamed from Michigan State University.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 09 Jan 2018 13:10:53 -0500 2018-01-17T19:00:00-05:00 2018-01-17T20:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Jonathan Brockopp
A Brief History of Icons (January 22, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47666 47666-10973742@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 22, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Christianity spread by the spoken and written word, and by pictures. Jesus’ followers went out into the Roman Empire to tell stories of his life. For two hundred years scribes recorded their tales. Literate Apostles like Paul wrote letters that belong among the world’s great literature. Unknown artists painted portraits, stories, symbols, and signs.

This course for those 50 and over traces the evolution of Christian art focusing on Eastern Christian churches. We will include a field trip to St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church to view newly installed icons.

Instructor Mike Kapetan has created art for churches of all denominations, synagogues and Buddhist temples.

This study group will meet for two hours on Mondays from January 22 through February 12.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 15 Dec 2017 12:38:37 -0500 2018-01-22T15:00:00-05:00 2018-01-22T17:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
ISP Lecture. Interpreting Islam in China (January 22, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47385 47385-10888270@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 22, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

A distinctive Chinese Islamic intellectual tradition emerged during the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Chinese Muslims established an educational system, scripture hall education (jingtang jiaoyu 經堂教育), which utilized an Islamic curriculum made up of Arabic, Persian, and Chinese works. The Han Kitab, a corpus of Chinese language Islamic texts developed within this system, reinterpreted Islam through the religio-philosophical lens of Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian terminology. Several Han Kitab texts were produced by a group of self-identified “Confucian Muslim” scholars (Huiru 回儒). This presentation traces the contours of the Sino-Islamic intellectual tradition and serves as an introduction to Kristian Petersen’s book, "Interpreting Islam in China: Pilgrimage, Scripture, and Language in the Han Kitab" (Oxford University Press, 2017).

Kristian Petersen is an assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies and co-director of the Islamic Studies Program at the University of Nebraska Omaha. He specializes on two main areas of research 1) the development of Islam in China, and 2) Muslims in Cinema. He is currently working on a monograph entitled "The Cinematic Lives of Muslims." He also serves as host of the New Books in Islamic Studies podcast.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Dec 2017 14:21:50 -0500 2018-01-22T16:00:00-05:00 2018-01-22T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Kristian Petersen
Circle of Wisdom (January 23, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/47673 47673-10973749@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 10:00am
Location: Off Campus Location
Organized By: Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+)

Come and examine the perennial wisdom of the world’s great religions that contain central themes that occur repeatedly throughout the ages. These ideas will be explored and discussed with the intent of healing some of the misunderstandings, hate, and wars arising from them.

This study group for those 50 and over will provide a safe place for doubt and dialogue in discussion of the shared insights of the world’s great saints and sages. No text is needed; the instructor will supply handouts or a PowerPoint presentation.

Instructor J.T. Ramelis a lifelong student, teacher, and lover of the world’s great religions and will lead these two hour study group sessions on Tuesdays beginning on January 23 and running through February 27, except for February 13.

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Class / Instruction Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:12:00 -0500 2018-01-23T10:00:00-05:00 2018-01-23T12:00:00-05:00 Off Campus Location Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (50+) Class / Instruction OLLI Study Group
A Celebration of MLK's Biblical Legacy (January 25, 2018 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/46742 46742-10592256@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 25, 2018 7:00pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Department of Middle East Studies

Keynote address: Conjuring Acts with Martin Luther King Jr.: A Hermeneutics of Divine Equality, Radical Socio-economic Equity, and Courageous Maladjustment, by Dr. Mitzi J. Smith, Professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary and first female graduate in New Testament from Harvard University.

Some things have changed since Martin Luther King Jr. gave his last speech, but much remains the same. In his speeches and sermons, King often draws upon the Hebrew Bible prophetic tradition to articulate the moral and ethical responsibility of human beings and nations to engender freedom, equality, peace, justice, and love in the world. King conjures Micah 6:8 where the prophet states that God requires that human beings love mercy, do justice and walk humbly with God and the Exodus tradition wherein God stands on the side of the oppressed and for freedom from oppression. King challenged us to embody and engender God’s beloved community in the world. And for his theological and rhetorical articulation of the beloved community, King sometimes conjures the New Testament Johannine tradition. Although King may draw less from the Acts of the Apostles, his hermeneutic aligns with a theological and social agenda we find in Acts and Luke. There, the burgeoning assembly of believers, like King’s beloved community, struggles to engender equality, inclusivity, elimination of poverty and justice towards the ends of the earth. King’s beloved community is committed to the common humanity of all people, the elimination of poverty, and maladjustment to oppression and evil through nonviolent resistance. King conjures Acts, but both Acts and King at times miss the mark. Where Acts and King hit and miss the mark remain prophetically relevant for our contemporary context and challenge us to become the beloved community characterized by Divine equality, radical socio-economic equity, and courageous maladjustment.

Dr. Smith's lecture will be followed by a panel discussion about the legacy of MLK's Biblical teaching today.

Panelists: Aaron Chapman (Dedicated to Christ Baptist Church); Kenneth Harris (Ecumenical Theological Seminary); Marvin McMickle (Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School); Larry Smith (New Saint Mark Baptist Church)

This event is organized by the Department of Near Eastern Studies of the University of Michigan with the support of the David Noel Freedman Lectures and the Michigan Center for Early Christian Studies.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 22 Dec 2017 08:41:11 -0500 2018-01-25T19:00:00-05:00 2018-01-25T20:30:00-05:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Department of Middle East Studies Lecture / Discussion Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Dancing Globally (February 1, 2018 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42732 42732-9653737@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 1, 2018 7:30pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Department of Dance.

A program of modern dance featuring works by innovative global guest choreographers Ohad Naharin and Shannon Gillen and faculty Missy Beck and Sandra Torijano.

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Performance Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:15:12 -0500 2018-02-01T19:30:00-05:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dancing Globally
Dancing Globally (February 2, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42732 42732-9653738@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 2, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Department of Dance.

A program of modern dance featuring works by innovative global guest choreographers Ohad Naharin and Shannon Gillen and faculty Missy Beck and Sandra Torijano.

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Performance Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:15:12 -0500 2018-02-02T20:00:00-05:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dancing Globally
Dancing Globally (February 3, 2018 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42732 42732-9653739@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 3, 2018 8:00pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Department of Dance.

A program of modern dance featuring works by innovative global guest choreographers Ohad Naharin and Shannon Gillen and faculty Missy Beck and Sandra Torijano.

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Performance Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:15:12 -0500 2018-02-03T20:00:00-05:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dancing Globally
Dancing Globally (February 4, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/42732 42732-9653740@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, February 4, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Power Center for the Performing Arts
Organized By: School of Music, Theatre & Dance

Department of Dance.

A program of modern dance featuring works by innovative global guest choreographers Ohad Naharin and Shannon Gillen and faculty Missy Beck and Sandra Torijano.

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Performance Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:15:12 -0500 2018-02-04T14:00:00-05:00 Power Center for the Performing Arts School of Music, Theatre & Dance Performance Dancing Globally
DISC Lecture. The Lost Gender Egalitarian Voice of the Qur’an (February 19, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/47392 47392-10891048@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 19, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Weiser Hall
Organized By: Global Islamic Studies Center

How can a book that--allegedly--openly advises husbands by saying, “Strike them” in cases of marital conflict have any possible gender-egalitarian interpretation? Does the Qur’an really reflect a misogynist ideology? What can the analytic, linguistic, and critical approach to the Qur’anic text reveal when it comes to women’s issues? Could the hermeneutical investigation of the Qur’an end by the reconquest of a lost humanitarian and gender egalitarian richness of a text that has gone poorly and loosely handled for centuries? What does the Qur’an relay say about gender equality, polygamy, minor marriage, women’s right to education and work, women’s right to public authority positions, and women’s right to Prophethood?

Abla Hasan is assistant professor of practice of Arabic language and culture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She earned her MA in philosophy as a Fulbright grantee and PhD in philosophy of language from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and holds a BA and Diploma of High Studies from Damascus University. At the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, she is Women’s & Gender Studies program faculty, Arabic Studies faculty and undergraduate adviser, and E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues program committee member. Hasan is a native speaker of Arabic. Her current teaching and research interests include Islamic feminism, Islamic studies, and Quranic studies.

This lecture will be live-streamed from Rutgers University.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Dec 2017 14:04:15 -0500 2018-02-19T16:00:00-05:00 2018-02-19T17:30:00-05:00 Weiser Hall Global Islamic Studies Center Lecture / Discussion Weiser Hall
Queer Faith: Navigating Identity, Building Bridges (April 2, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/51328 51328-12055409@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 2, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Hatcher Graduate Library
Organized By: Spectrum Center

Please join the Spectrum Center for a panel discussing what it means to be an LGBTQ+ person and a person of faith. Oftentimes LGBTQ+ folx experience harm from religious/spiritual institutions. Similarly, folx may find that they don’t have spaces within the LGBTQ+ community to speak about their faith identities. We will bring together local LGBTQ+ faith leaders to speak to their own experiences on how they navigate these identities to find community and create inclusive spaces for others.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:49:06 -0400 2018-04-02T17:00:00-04:00 2018-04-02T18:30:00-04:00 Hatcher Graduate Library Spectrum Center Lecture / Discussion A flyer describing the event, with a background image of an individual reading a book.
A Mindful Death: Buddhist Approaches to Dying in Taiwan (April 4, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/50031 50031-11622345@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 4, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)
Organized By: Asian Languages and Cultures

The Quality of Death (QOD, made by Intelligence Unit of The Economist) Index of the Hospice Care in Taiwan is ranked No. 6 out of 80 countries, first in Asia. Hospice palliative care aims at providing all-encompassing services for patients with terminal diseases suffering from physical, mental, social and spiritual symptoms and pain. Since clinical Buddhist chaplaincy training has been practiced for more than 15 years in Taiwan, there are two topics I would like to discuss in this talk: (1) the comparison between spiritual care and mindfulness-based care: body, mind, and spirit as compared with body, feeling, mind, and Dharma; and (2) the relationship between the Fourfold Mindful Establishment and the triune brain model (i.e., the innermost reptilian brain, the old mammalian brain, and the neocortex). Finally, I will show two videos. One is a case-study demonstrating Buddhist chaplaincy training in hospice & palliative care in Taiwan. It illustrates methods for helping terminal stage patients during the Buddhist chaplaincy training. The other video documents natural burial in the Memorial Garden of Dharma Drum Mountain.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 13 Feb 2018 14:11:35 -0500 2018-04-04T17:30:00-04:00 2018-04-04T19:30:00-04:00 Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Asian Languages and Cultures Lecture / Discussion Ven Dr. Huimin Bhikshu
Evolution of Life (July 1, 2018 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52780 52780-13038645@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, July 1, 2018 2:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Vedanta Study Circle

We are delighted to announce the spiritual talk "Evolution of Life" by Rev. Swami Yogatmananda from Vedanta Society of Providence, RI. Please feel free to circulate among interested people.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 27 Jun 2018 13:04:21 -0400 2018-07-01T14:00:00-04:00 2018-07-01T15:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Vedanta Study Circle Lecture / Discussion poster
Consciousness and Self in Vedanta (August 12, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53146 53146-13254677@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, August 12, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Michigan League
Organized By: Vedanta Study Circle

Dear All, we cordially invite you to the spiritual talk "Consciousness and Self in Vedanta", delivered by Rev. Swami Sarvapriyananda ji Mj, who is the present in-charge of the Vedanta Society of New York.

This discussion will delve into the ancient Hindu philosophy of Vedanta and it's differences from materialism to address the true meaning of Self. Complementary reasoning from contemporary research on consciousness and modern psychology as well as Buddhism will also be explored.

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Lecture / Discussion Sun, 22 Jul 2018 15:53:22 -0400 2018-08-12T16:00:00-04:00 2018-08-12T17:30:00-04:00 Michigan League Vedanta Study Circle Lecture / Discussion poster