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SUMMARY:6th Annual Borsch-Rast Lecture
DESCRIPTION:The Graduate Theological Union is pleased to host Dr. Kathryn Barush\, Thomas E. Bertelsen Jr. Associate Professor of Art History and Religion\, for the sixth annual Borsch-Rast Lecture for her 2021 publication\, Imaging Pilgrimage: Art as Embodied Experience (Bloomsbury Visual Arts). Register for this event on Eventbrite. \nIn her acclaimed book\, Dr. Barush explores contemporary artworks created after pilgrimage experiences\, which are intended to act as a catalyst for the embodied experience of others. Each chapter focuses on a contemporary artwork that links one landscape to another—from the Spanish Camino to a backyard in the Pacific Northwest\, from Lourdes to South Africa\, from Jerusalem to England\, and from Ecuador to California\, ultimately comprising the first full-length study to engage contemporary art that has emerged out of the embodied experience of pilgrimage. \n“Dr. Barush invites readers to see with fresh eyes the forms and roles of pilgrimage in contemporary society\,” said Dr. Judith Berling\, a member of the Borsch-Rast selection committee\, Professor Emerita of Chinese and Comparative Religions\, and former Dean at the GTU. “The interdisciplinary approach of Imaging Pilgrimage explores often ignored dimensions of religious pilgrimages and focuses our attention not solely on verbal explanations but on how the material aspects of pilgrimage express meanings to those who experience them.” \nDr. Barush will be joined by Dr. Simon Coleman\, who will be responding to her book. Dr. Coleman is Chancellor Jackman Professor\, Department for the Study of Religion\, University of Toronto and his most recent book is Powers of Pilgrimage: Religion in a World of Movement.
URL:https://gtux.gtu.edu/event/6th-annual-borsch-rast-lecture/
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Spirituality\, Peacebuilding\, and Cross-Border Interlocutions/Engagement
DESCRIPTION:Indigenous spirituality and their approach to peacebuilding offers pathways for cosmic harmony\, beauty\, and respect. It affirms the celebration of life and the continued co-existence of all creation through self-restraint\, respect\, ecological economics\, justice\, a sense of finitude and the need to share space for flourishing of the entire oikos. This is why\, indigenous tradition matters\, and we need to uphold indigenous particularities and contention for self-dignifying indigeneity towards authentic cross-border interlocution and engagement. \nOur panelists for this event are Dr. Zulunungang Lemtur\, Raphael Mkuzi (PhD Candidate\, GTU)\, and Gideon Mbui (PhD Student\, GTU). \nRegister for this event on Eventbrite.
URL:https://gtux.gtu.edu/event/indigenous-spirituality-peacebuilding-and-cross-border-interlocutions-engagement/
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SUMMARY:47th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture with Dr. Richard Payne
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Richard Payne will present the 47th Annual Distinguished Faculty Lecture titled\, “From Ritual to Religion: The Consequences of Taking Nondualism Seriously” on November 15\, 2022\, at 6:00 PM PST. Register for this event on Eventbrite. \n\nEach November\, the GTU faculty honors a distinguished professor who embodies the scholarly standards\, teaching excellence and commitment to ecumenism that defines the GTU. Nominations are made by GTU faculty and are then considered by the Council of Deans\, which selects the lecturer. This year’s lecture is co-hosted by GTUx. \n\nDr. Richard K. Payne is the Chair of IBS Publications Committee and is also the Buddhism and Contemporary Psychology Certificate Program Director at the Institute of Buddhist Studies (IBS) and is a member of the Core Doctoral Faculty. \nDuring his dissertation research into tantric fire ritual (Skt. homa\, Jpn. goma) on Mt. Kōya in Japan\, Payne also completed training as a Shingon priest (ajari). Clustering around his core research program on tantric ritual are broader theoretical concerns about the conduct of such research. This includes the study of ritual across cultural boundaries and over long durations\, and the use of language in tantric Buddhist ritual. He is co-editor with Georgios Halkias of the Oxford Research Encyclopedia/Religion/Buddhism\, and with Glen Hayes is co-editing The Oxford Handbook of Tantric Studies.  \nThe focus of his research is tantric Buddhist ritual practices in Japan. Today the field of tantric Buddhist studies is largely structured by a narrative formed around the simple dichotomy between doctrine and practice. That narrative raises up Mahayana Buddhist thought as the conceptual framework that gives tantric ritual practices their meaning\, significance\, value\, and even their status as Buddhist. The goal of this presentation is to problematize that narrative. Adopting the narrative with its dichotomy between doctrine and practice is made easy because it is in turn based on a more fundamental dichotomy — the distinction between thought and action. The ramifications of this dualism are not simply philosophical. The dualism is pervasive and enduring — so deeply rooted in popular culture and so strongly reinforced by social morality as to be deployed unreflectively on an everyday basis. In other words it appears to be natural. And because the dichotomy between thought and action is naturalized\, the presumption that tantric Buddhist practice derives its meaning\, significance\, value\, and legitimacy from Mahayana doctrine can likewise be accepted without critical reflection. Critical reflection does\, however\, reveal the doctrine/practice dichotomy to be an artifice\, as are also the thought/action and mind/body dichotomies. In turn they constitute constraints on religious studies. Nondual formulations can provide alternatives\, the heuristic value of which is to encourage asking new questions and exploring new answers. \n\nDegrees and Certifications: \nPh.D.\, History and Phenomenology of Religion\, Graduate Theological Union \nAjari\, Shingon Buddhist priest\, Mt. Kōya \n\nRecent Publications: \nBuddhism under Capitalism\, co-edited with Fabio Rambelli (Bloomsbury Academic\, 2022) \nPure Lands in Asian Texts and Contexts: An Anthology\, co-edited with Georgios Halkias (University of Hawai‘i Press\, 2019) \nLanguage in the Buddhist Tantra of Japan: Indic Roots of Mantra (Bloomsbury\, 2018) \nHoma Variations: The Study of Ritual across the Longue Durée\, co-edited with Michael Witzel (Oxford\, 2016)
URL:https://gtux.gtu.edu/event/47th-annual-distinguished-faculty-lecture-with-dr-richard-payne/
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SUMMARY:Greening Spirituality
DESCRIPTION:In this GTUx Live event\, Dr. Rita Sherma and Dr. Devin Zuber will lead a conversation around the innate connections between humans and the natural world. Following the discussion they had in their GTUx Original\, Drs. Sherma and Zuber will lead participants through an opportunity to think deeper about the sacrality of nature in different spiritual traditions.\n\nRegister for this free event here. \n\nWatch the Greening Spirituality GTUx Original for free here. 
URL:https://gtux.gtu.edu/event/greening-spirituality/
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SUMMARY:The 2022 Surjit Singh Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 2022 Surjit Singh Lecture. \nThis year’s speaker will be Dr. Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra\, Alice Drysdale Sheffield Professor of History and Director\, Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Texas\, Austin. \nTitle: “The Virgin Mary as Warrior: Marian models of women’s religious experience in colonial Latin America.” \nDescription: The historiography of women’s piety in Latin America usually focuses on discrimination and dominant colonial ideologies of religious passivity. Yet a study of Mariology suggests that Hebrew Bible models of Mary were not only numerous (Song of Songs\, Book of Wisdom\, Ruth\, Judith\, Yael) but deeply contradictory\, creating enough room for women to gain and wield immense religious power. This talk explores these contradictions to find surprising forms of religious experience that challenge our understanding of Marianism and the power of women in Latin American colonial societies. \nRegister to join the free\, virtual event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-2022-surjit-singh-lecture-in-comparative-religious-thought-and-culture-tickets-252286324187
URL:https://gtux.gtu.edu/event/the-2022-surjit-singh-lecture/
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SUMMARY:29th Annual Reading of the Sacred Texts Lecture with Vanessa Zoltan
DESCRIPTION:Each spring a remarkable person is chosen to reflect upon a sacred text for the Reading of the Sacred Texts lecture. Our speaker this year is Vanessa Zoltan. Vanessa is trained as an atheist chaplain. She is the CEO and Founder of Not Sorry Productions\, which produces the podcasts Harry Potter and the Sacred Text\, Hot & Bothered\, and The Real Question. She runs pilgrimages and walking tours exploring sacred reading and writing. She is also the author of Praying with Jane Eyre; Reflections on Reading as a Sacred Practice.\n\n\n\nRegister to attend this free online event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/292753492577
URL:https://gtux.gtu.edu/event/29th-annual-reading-of-the-sacred-texts-lecture-with-vanessa-zoltan/
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SUMMARY:The Fifth Annual Borsch-Rast Lecture
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Ashley L. Bacchi (GTU\, PhD 2015)\, Assistant Professor of Jewish History and Ancient Mediterranean Religions at Starr King School for the Ministry\, has been awarded the fifth annual Borsch-Rast Book Prize and Lectureship for her 2020 work\, Uncovering Jewish Creativity in Book III of the Sibylline Oracles: Gender\, Intertextuality\, and Politics (Brill). \nRegister to attend virtually here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-fifth-annual-borsch-rast-lecture-tickets-246772762977  \nCheck out the interview with Dr. Bacchi on her book and the wider corpus of the Sibylline Oracles and why she feels they matter today: https://www.gtu.edu/gtu-voices/interview-dr-ashley-l-bacchi-2021-borsch-rast-book-prize-and-lecture-winner \nLearn more about the Borsch-Rast Book Prize and Lectureship here: https://www.gtu.edu/news-events/events/lecture-address/borsch-rast \n 
URL:https://gtux.gtu.edu/event/the-fifth-annual-borsch-rast-lecture/
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SUMMARY:Where Pilgrims Meet the World: Tales of Journeying with Hope and Resilience
DESCRIPTION:Join Drs. Kathryn Barush and Mahjabeen Dhala in this GTUx Live conversation about the power of pilgrimage. \nDr. Barush will discuss her work with The Berkeley Art and Interreligious Pilgrimage Project\, which is an invitation to create and experience art-infused pilgrimages in the Bay Area and beyond. It seeks to link sacred landscapes the world over to neighborhoods\, gardens\, and backyards as a way to connect with each other and our ancestors and as a catalyst for spiritual healing and even physical recovery. Her talk will explore the artworks and built environments that inspired the project and some future directions for growth. \nDr. Dhala’s talk will explore how Islamic practice is much informed by the paradigm of a spiritual journey that begins from and ends with a return to the Divine. Q4:100 alludes to the experiences of a pilgrim as someone who leaves home as a migrant towards God: prepared to face challenges\, having fallen in love with her destination. She will focus on rituals and artifacts to explore how Shias embody their faith\, past history\, present concerns\, and future aspirations through pilgrimage. \nRegister for this free online event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/292786200407.
URL:https://gtux.gtu.edu/event/where-pilgrims-meet-the-world-tales-of-journeying-with-hope-and-resilience/
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SUMMARY:The War in Ukraine and its Religious Roots
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a panel discussion on the the war in Ukraine and its religious roots. \nPanelists will include: \n\nThomas Cattoi\, Associate Professor of Christology and Cultures\, Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University\, GTU\nJohn Klentos\, Associate Professor of Eastern Orthodox Christian Studies\, Patriarch Athenagoras Orthodox Institute\, GTU\nVitaliy Osmolovskyy SJ\, doctoral student at JST-SCU\, Coordinator of Jesuit Outreach to Ukrainian Refugees in Poland\n\nClick here to attend the panel discussion.
URL:https://gtux.gtu.edu/event/the-war-in-ukraine-and-its-religious-roots/
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