Professor Knepper’s Spring 2105 Philosophy of Religion course looked at discourses of ineffability in Jewish mysticism and Muslim mysticism (as well as a little Zen Buddhism). In their final papers […]
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Tim Knepper and Leah Kalmanson, Directors of The Comparison Project, Drake University professors of philosophy and religion. April 30, 7 p.m., Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center In the final event of
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Tamara Albertini, Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Undergraduate Certificate of Islamic Studies, University of Hawai’i at Manoa April 16, 7 p.m., Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center The female Muslim mystic Rabi’a
Steven Katz, Alvin J. and Shirley Slater Chair of Jewish and Holocaust Studies, Boston University Feb. 26, 7 p.m., Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center The Jewish mystical tradition, like all mystical
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Craig Owens, Associate Professor of English, Drake University February 12, 7:00 p.m., Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center The narrators of Samuel Beckett’s novels and the characters in his plays fill their
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Drake University’s Comparison Project hosts two exhibitions on art and ineffability during the month of November with opening events on Friday, November 7. The opening events feature poetic and musical
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Christopher Janke, Independent Poet and Artist Thursday, November 6, 6:00 p.m. Cowles Library Reading Room Using a Net to Catch the Air: Poetry, Ineffability, and Small Stones in a Shoe is
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Lecture by Anantanand Rambachan, Professor of Religion, St. Olaf College Thursday, October 9, 7:00 p.m., Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center Advaita is a non-dual Vedānta tradition within Hinduism, based on an
Thursday, September 18th, 7:00 p.m., Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center Lecture by Gereon Kopf, Associate Professor of Religion, Luther College Philosophy of religion as developed in the monotheistic traditions of Christianity and
