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The 2010 Conference will be held March 26-28 at |
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The
North American Undergraduate Conference in Religion and Philosophy is
organized by Westminster College,
PA and St. Francis University,
PA with the support of the North American Association for
the Study of Religion, the Consortium for
Educational Resources on Islamic Studies, and the Heinz
Lecture Series at
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The 2010 Conference has not yet been organized. Here is the schedule of events from the 2008 Conference | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All events were in the Lakeview
Witherspoon Room of the McKelvey Student Center or the Mueller Theater (click here for a campus map) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Friday, March 7th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Business meeting of
attending faculty to discuss the conference, particularly the
criteria for judging the student presentations |
| 7:00pm | Guest Lecturer | Ø
Robert Abernethy, Host of PBS's
Religion
and Ethics NewsWeekly |
| "Talking About Religion"
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| 8:30pm | Socrates Café
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Student-led discussion following Robert Abernethy's talk, with the
participation of Robert Abernethy and Justin Barret |
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| Saturday, March
8th 9:00–10:30 | Session One | Ø
Knut Melvaer, The University of Bergen , Norway | |
“Salvaging the Savage: Talking about
Primitive Religion” | Ø
Justin Lane , The University of Vermont | |
“David Koresh: the Omega Alpha”
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Veronica Geretz, Westminster College | |
“Evilution” |
| 10:45–11:45 | Guest Lecturer | Ø
Justin Barrett, Senior Researcher at |
| “Cognitive Science of Religion: What is it
and Why Does it Matter?” |
| 12:00–1:30 | Session Two-A
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Amanda Miller, Westminster College |
| “Gender Roles within the
Church” | Ø
Natalie Suzelis, Carlow University |
| “Waiting for Free Will: Existentialism's
Roots in Hellenism and Christianity” | Ø
Ian Butcher, St. Francis University |
| “Who was Tituba” | Ø
David Nowakowsi, Saint Vincent College |
| “Interreligious Dialogue as Invitation to
Conversion” |
| Session Two-B (Location
TBA) | Ø
Anastasia Wypasek, St. Francis University |
| “Polish Romanticism, 1795-1863: Creating a
National Identity through Messianism and Christian Universalism”
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Zoe Anthony, Westminster College |
| “Eastern Orthodoxy in Current
Study” | Ø
Ronald Baumiller, Duquesne University |
| “Del Sentimiento Trágico de la Vida
and die Ewige Wiederkehr : an Essay Concerning the
Immortality of the Soul” | Ø
Dawid Karapuda, Mercyhurst College |
| “The Mystic's Mind in an Extended
Examination: How Knowledge, Health and the Good Merge” |
| 1:45–2:45 Lunch |
| 3:00–4:30 | Session Three
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Douglas Alan Robinson, The University of Vermont |
| “Ritual, Relics, and Cognitive Theorizing:
Reflections on Method in an Emerging Wissenschaft ”
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Robin Zheng, Washington and Lee University |
| “The Universe as Explained (and
Unexplainable) by Science” | Ø
Yufanyi Nshom, The University of Pittsburgh |
| "Islam in North Africa” |
| 4:45–6:15 | Session Four
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Rennie Greenfield, Westminster College |
| “The Celluloid Campfire: Implicit Religion
and Film” | Ø
Amber Thompson, Waynesburg University |
| “The Problem of Suffering in Judaism and
Buddhism” | Ø
Ian Pike, Emmanuel College (Boston) |
| “The Desire Paradox: Suffering, Salvation
and Puritan Mysticism in Paradise Lost ” |
| 6:30–8:00 | Awards Dinner
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| 8:30 | Socrates
Café | Ø
Student-led discussion of the proposed topic and emerging themes of
the conference |
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| Sunday, March 9
9:00–12:00 | Faculty Consultations | Ø
Attending faculty members will be available to discuss their areas
of expertise with students and others. |
| 12:15-1:00 | Lunch
& Closing Comments | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Articles and Information About the
Conference:
Click here to
see 2008 CFP