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64 results for "Judaism"

64 results for "Judaism"

Video: Are Psychedelics Theologically Significant for Judaism?

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On April 27, 2023, The Center for the Study of World Religions co-hosted this discussion with panelists Sam S. B. Shonkoff, Taube Family Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies at the Graduate Theological Union. Melila Hellner-Eshed, professor of Jewish...

Fellows Breakfasts

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Much of the programming of the Center is public, and we are delighted when our audience includes visitors from the wider community. Some events, however, are by invitation, for select groups, and aim at cultivating longer term conversations, along with...

Video: The Jew as Migrant: From Theory to Poetry

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On February 25, Vivian Liska, Professor of German literature and director of the Institute of Jewish Studies at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, delivered the annual List Lecture in Jewish Studies at the CSWR. The Jew as archetypal migrant is a...

Video: The Comparative Study of the Abrahamic Religions

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How is the comparative scholarship on Judaism, Christianity, and Islam possible? What are its presuppositions, and what does it entail? How can the history of religions help interfaith understanding? These are some of the questions this lecture addresses...

Natalie Bloch

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Natalie Bloch is a research fellow in Hebrew Bible Exegesis at Lund University. Her research interests include Second Temple Judaism; Rabbinic Literature; Jewish reception history of mystical traditions; Psychedelics and religion; and contemporary Hebrew...

Video: My Neighbor's Faith—A Critical Conversation

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This event, cosponsored by CSWR and the Pluralism Project, featured discussion of the book My Neighbor's Faith: Stories of Interreligious Encounter, Growth, and Transformation. Presenters include two of the book's editors, Jennifer Peace (Assistant...

Rebecca Gould

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Rebecca Kneale Gould is Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, where she co-directs the Religion, Philosophy, and Environment Focus. Trained in the study of religion, her research explores the intersections of religion...

A Contemporary Jewish Theology of Creation

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Arthur (Avraham Yizhak) Green defines himself as a neo-Hasidic Jewish theologian. Hasidism, as he sees it, is an approach to religion that begins with the prophet’s intoxicating and transformative insight that “The whole world is filled with God’s glory...

Video: List Lecture: What is Midrash? with Ishay Rosen-Zvi

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The nature of Midrash has perplexed scholars since the very inception of Jewish Studies as an academic discipline. This systematic analysis of midrashic terminology presented by Ishay Rosen-Zvi, offers a perspective that stands in sharp contrast to the...

On Jewish Liturgy as Jewish Theology

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On Thursday, October 1, Steven Kepnes, director of the Chapel House and chair of the Department of Religion at Colgate University, will deliver the Albert and Vera List Fund for Jewish Studies Lecture at the Center for the Study of World Religions (CSWR)...