On Sunday, March 19 from 11:00 am–1:00 pm (roughly), we will join the Hindu Temple and Cultural Center (33916 155th Lane, Madrid) in the annual celebration of Holi. Guests will be able to tour the temple, observe the Holi fire ritual (Holika Dahan), throw colored powered at one another, and dance. (Please dress accordingly if …
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The site visit is to the grand opening and inauguration of the community center of the Hindu Cultural and Educational Center on 1960 East Army Post Road in Des Moines. On Saturday, October 1, from 1:30 to 6:00 pm, this Bhutanese Hindu community will offer a “cultural program” including cultural songs and dances, bhajans in which visitors can …
On Sunday, November 13, members of the local Bahai’i community will visit to Drake University to speak about the Bahai’i faith and conduct a Bahai’i service. The event, which will take place in the second-floor “Reading Room” in Cowles Library from 4:00 to 5:00 pm, will feature a “devotional portion” (reading prayers and writings), an “administrative portion” …
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James “J.” Hughes Ph.D. is a bioethicist and sociologist who serves as the Associate Provost for the University of Massachusetts Boston (UMB), and as Senior Research Fellow at UMB’s Center for Applied Ethics. He holds a doctorate in Sociology from the University of Chicago where he taught bioethics at the MacLean Center for Clinical Medical Ethics. Since …
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The lecture, titled “The Desire to Upload: Digital Immortality and the Transhumanist Push for Radical Life-Extension,” will be given by Seth Villegas on September 29 at 7:00 pm in Sussman Theater (Olmsted Center, Drake University). Seth Villegas is a PhD candidate at Boston University, specializing in the dialogue between religion and science. His research focuses on …
