News and Events
Research Seminars 2012
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Time: Mondays 1-3pm
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Room: NS06-07
The Department of Theology and Religious Studies Research Seminar is forum for scholarly discussion of relevant issues in theology and religious studies. This year it consists of scholars with a shared interest in the critical exploration of religious identity/ies.
The general format is that of either "work-in-progress" or finished papers by speakers followed by discussion. The group gathers in room NS06-07at 12:45 for refreshments and the seminars themselves start promptly at 1pm and close by 3pm.
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Monday Jan 23rd: Dr Jeremy Law (Canterbury) Promise, Identity and Transformation
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Monday Feb 20th: Dr Robert Beckford (Canterbury), God Bless You Barack Obama! Christian Identity and the American President (documentary film)
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Monday March 5th: Professor Erlendur Haroldson (Reykjavik), Identities Reincarnated? Claims of previous life memories by children: cross-cultural data and case studies
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Monday April 30th: Dr Brian Capper (Canterbury), Ancient Jewish and Christian Acquisition of Poverty as Identity
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Monday May 28th: Miss Laura Coles (PhD student Canterbury), Hindu-Christian dialogue and the blurred boundaries of religious identity
For further information please contact: Mrs Julia Scott|, Tel. 01227 782339