Dear Undergraduate Concentrators:
Please see the following reminder about tomorrow evening¹s Religion
ColloquiumI hope to see you there!
Best wishes,
Anne
ATTENTION! All Students and Faculty in the Study of Religion * Fall
Religion Colloquium *RE-THINKING RELIGION: STUDYING AND TEACHING THE
"CLASSICS" Tuesday, October 23 from 7:00 to 9:00Barker Center, Thompson
Room Launching the Discussion with Brief Presentations:
Michael Puett, The Chinese ClassicsFarid Esack, The Qur'anKaren King, The
New Testament
What is the role of the great "classics" of scripture and literature in
the study and teaching of religion? This is one of the topics that has been
suggested for wide-ranging and lively discussion in the first of two fall
Religion Colloquia. How do we think about, study, teach the Bible, the
Qur'an, the Tao te Ching, the Analects of Confucius, and a host of other
major primary texts? Some scholars just don't do it at all, for others this
is the foundation of learning the tradition. But all of us need to know how
to read them, and those of us who teach need to figure out how to teach
them. We have invited three professors bold enough to frame such courses in
the "classics" to talk about what they do. We are asking them: What is it
you want students to learn, especially those who are not specialists,
perhaps especially undergraduates? How do you approach thinking about the
topic? Graduate students will eventually have to grapple with the
"classics" in framing their own courses. Undergraduates, even now in this
age of "de-centering the text," flock to courses on "scriptures" or
"classics." We will have very brief presentations and throw it open for
response and, we hope, lively discussion.
Pizza, soft drinks, wine & snacks will be offered following the
discussion.
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