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The Problem with “The Jewish People”

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 12:00pm
Part of a Lecture Series titled "Is There Such a Thing as the Jewish People? Rethinking Jewish Membership for a Global Era" featuring Jewish Studies Scholar, Professor and Author, Noam Pianko Osher Marin JCC Visiting Scholar Noam Pianko, Jewish Studies scholar, professor and author of “Zionism and the Roads Not Taken: Rawidowicz, Kaplan, Kohn” will explore probing questions about peoplehood; past, present, and future to reassess the possibilities and limitations of Jewish collectivity today.

First Annual Women & Religion Student Conference

Friday, March 2, 2012 - 12:30pm to 6:00pm

Women’s Studies in Religion hosts The First Annual Women & Religion Student Conference

Tucson Room, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, 2451 Ridge Road, Berkeley

http://gtu.edu/centersandaffiliates/womensstudies/conference

Earth, Tsunami, and Nuclear Crisis in Japan: How Japanese religious communities are reaching out to the suffered

Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 12:00pm

Asia Project Green Tea Conversation

Bring your lunch and join us for a conversation with Dr. Chizuko Saito about how Japanese religious communities are helping to heal victims of the tsunami. Tea will be provided.

Dr. Saito received her Ph.D. from the GTU and is currently an associate professor at Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts in Kyoto, Japan.

Jesus and Confucius on Virtue: Bridging Christian and Confucian Ethics

Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 7:00pm

Confucian Ethics enjoys growing interest in the Western World. Dr. Chan, S.J. will explore strong evidence for a rich comparative dialogue between Christian and Confucian Ethics. Click here for more information.

Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, 1735 Le Roy Avenue, Berkeley

2012 Theodore Keaton Lecture

Friday, May 18, 2012 - 7:00pm

Rev. Dr. Lauran Bethell, MDiv, DD, Global Consultant American Baptist International Ministries, will be the featured speaker for the 2012 Theodore Keaton Lecture. Lauren has been working for more than two decades on behalf of and caring for women who have been exploited and abused. In 2005 she received the Human Rights Award from Baptist World Alliance for her work with at risk women trapped in prostitution. Rev. Dr. Bethell is a 1985 graduate of ABSW. The lecture will take place in the Claiborne M.

Peter Schneck - Brown Madonnas, Red Mothers, and the 'New Negro' from Germany

Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 7:00pm

Tuesday Night Talks at Pacific School of Religion
NOTE: This talk is on Thursday.

1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709

Reception 7 PM, Lecture 7:30 PM

Free and open to the public

Hubert Locke - Girding for Battle: Faith, Politics and the November Elections

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 - 7:00pm

Tuesday Night Talks at Pacific School of Religion

1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709

Reception 7 PM, Lecture 7:30 PM

Free and open to the public

Exhibition and Lecture: The Night Sky

Thursday, July 12, 2012 - 6:00pm

Doug Adams Gallery, Bade Museum, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley CA, 94709

Free and open to the public

John Shelby Spong - Judas Iscariot: Did He Really Exist? Was He a Person or a Symbol? Why Anti-Semitism roots in this Character

Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 3:00pm

Tuesday Night Talks at Pacific School of Religion

1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709

Reception 7 PM, Lecture 7:30 PM

Free and open to the public

Film Showing: Tell Me Something I Can't Forget

Wednesday, July 18, 2012 - 7:00pm

Mudd 102, Pacific School of Religion, 1798 Scenic Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94709

Free and open to the public

LeftOn Wednesday evening, July 18, there will be a showing of the internationally award-winning film, Tell Me Something I Can't Forget, followed by a discussion of using writing to empower the silenced.

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