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Religion for Lunch: Gregg Gardner
Join us Wed, Jan 19 from 12PM-1PM over Zoom for our monthly Religion for Lunch series. Join Zoom Meeting Material Religion and Ancient Judaism: A Case Study on the Materiality of Light Hosted by Prof. Gregg Gardner Abstract: This paper initiates a conversation between “material religion” and ancient Judaism. Using artificial lighting as a test […]
Join us Wed, Jan 19 from 12PM-1PM over Zoom for our monthly Religion for Lunch series. Join Zoom Meeting Material Religion and Ancient Judaism: A Case Study on the Materiality of Light Hosted by Prof. Gregg Gardner Abstract: This paper initiates a conversation between “material religion” and ancient Judaism. Using artificial lighting as a test […]
Database of Religious History awarded largest grant for a UBC humanities research project
We’re excited that one of our affiliated faculty, Prof. Ted Slingerland, has obtained a grant for his project. For more information, please click on the link.
We’re excited that one of our affiliated faculty, Prof. Ted Slingerland, has obtained a grant for his project. For more information, please click on the link.
Webinar: Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists
UBC’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society will be hosting a book talk and interview with Chenxing Han, scholar and author, entitled: Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists. Chenxing Han’s book, Be the Refuge (North Atlantic Books) is both critique and celebration, calling out the […]
UBC’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society will be hosting a book talk and interview with Chenxing Han, scholar and author, entitled: Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists. Chenxing Han’s book, Be the Refuge (North Atlantic Books) is both critique and celebration, calling out the […]
Webinar: Mid-Century Modern: Jōdo Shinshū and the Making of American Buddhism
UBC’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society will be hosting a public talk by Dr. Scott Mitchell (Institute of Buddhist Studies) entitled: Mid-Century Modern: Jōdo Shinshū and the Making of American Buddhism. The lecture will discuss how the narrative of American Buddhist history is altered when we center the invisiblized […]
UBC’s Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Program in Buddhism and Contemporary Society will be hosting a public talk by Dr. Scott Mitchell (Institute of Buddhist Studies) entitled: Mid-Century Modern: Jōdo Shinshū and the Making of American Buddhism. The lecture will discuss how the narrative of American Buddhist history is altered when we center the invisiblized […]
