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Thursday, February 18, 2010
EPORTER
Issue 13, Vol 122
(Life Under the Veil)
by Suzanne Reffel
What would
happen if you
spent a day wearing
the Hijab? What if
you covered your head for a
day? Would people treat
you the same or would
you receive dirty looks,
lectures and ridicule?
V V hat it you were
"Veiled for a Day?".
"Veiled for a Day
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James Turner
Challenges
Your Concept
of Religion
The noteworthy Shriver
Lecture Series presents
another ethical and
moral conundrum
with Dr. Turner's three
lectures.
by Natalya Jones
Last week, Dr. James Turner delivered a series of three lectures on
religion and American history as a
part of the university's George H.
Shriver lecture series.
Sponsored jointly by the history
and religious studies departments,
the Shriver Lectures bring in eminent scholars to discuss the role of
religion in America's past.
Turner, who teaches in the doctoral program at Notre Dame, gave
the first talk on Tuesday night and
the remaining two on Wednesday.
In Tuesday lecture—titled ""The
Dog That Didn't Bark: The Study
of Religions in America to Circa
1820"—Turner discussed the common roots of religious studies and
humanities. He also talked about
the tensions between polytheism
and monotheism.
The second part of the series—
"Comparing Religions in an Age of
Confusion, Circa 1820 to 1900"—
dealt with Unitarianism and Transcendentalism, sects that were dissatisfied with orthodox Christianity
and, as Turner said, took refuge in
a different set of dogmas: "the fatherhood of God, the brotherhood
of man, and the neighborhood of
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