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SUMMARY:Ramadan Prayer and Iftar Meal
DESCRIPTION:On March 8th\, from 6:00–7:30 pm\, we will attend a Ramadan prayer and Iftar meal at Masjid an-Noor (1117 42nd St\, Des Moines). The event includes the sunset (maghrib) prayer\, the breaking of the fast\, and an iftar meal. \n\n\n\nPlease dress appropriately: women should be covered below the elbows and knees and should cover their head/hair with a scarf. Men should wear long pants.
URL:https://comparisonproject.wp.drake.edu/event/ramadan-prayer-and-iftar-meal/
LOCATION:Masjid an-Noor\, 1117 42nd St\, Des Moines\, IA\, 50311\, United States
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SUMMARY:Amy Donahue\, “The Bhagavad Gītā’s Yoga Model of Disability”
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, March 6\, at 6:00 pm\, in Drake’s Sussman Theater (lower level of Olmsted Center)\, Dr. Amy Donahue\, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Kennesaw State University\, will deliver a lecture on “The Bhagavad Gītā’s Yoga Model of Disability.” \n\n\n\nContemporary medical models of disability assume notions of “normal” human embodiment and functioning that South Asia’s Hindu philosophical and religious traditions largely do not share and in many cases implicitly challenge. Rather than assuming normalcy and ability as default human conditions\, Hindu traditions generally assume that human experience begins with ignorance and dysfunction. All persons\, in other words\, are in some state of “disability\,” and overcoming our traumas takes work that no one initially wants to start. According to the Gītā\, this work involves yoking reflexive tendencies\, including deep-rooted habits of (mis)identification that distort a person’s authentic nature (svabhāva). Realization of our true selves requires\, first\, replacing attachments that lead to torpor\, confusion\, and conflict with habits leading to clarity and joy\, and second\, uprooting even these habits for the sake of a perfect harmony of all beings. This yoga model of disability found in the Gītā therefore contests contemporary medical accounts while offering critical guidance for contemporary cultural disability theorists.
URL:https://comparisonproject.wp.drake.edu/event/amy-donahue-the-bhagavad-gitas-yoga-model-of-disability/
LOCATION:Drake University\, Olmstead Center (Sussman Theater)\, 2875 University Ave\, Des Moines\, IA\, 50311\, United States
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SUMMARY:Roads to Religion
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, February 23\, from 3:00–5:00 pm\, Drake University’s The Comparison Project\, in conjunction with the “Iowa Interfaith Exchange\,” hosts “Roads to Religion” in the Olmsted Center (Parents Hall) on Drake’s campus. The event\, which is free and open to the public\, features dozens of local religious communities\, collectively representing at least a dozen religious traditions. These communities will be arranged throughout the hall as if on a map of the metro area. Visitors will receive a map to guide them in their exploration of them. Refreshments will be provided by Drake’s catering service\, Sodexo. \n\n\n\nThe Comparison Project engages in the practice of comparative philosophy of religion\, increases understanding of local-lived religion\, and cultivates interfaith literacy and leadership. It is supported by Drake’s Center for the Humanities\, Drake’s Slay Fund for Social Justice\, Drake’s Stringfellow and Hay Lectureships\, Humanities Iowa\, and Cultivating Compassion: The Dr. Richard Deming Foundation. \n\n\n\nThe ”Iowa Interfaith Exchange” includes Drake’s The Comparison Project and three other local nonprofits: CultureALL\, the Des Moines Area Religious Council\, and Interfaith Alliance of Iowa. \nRoads to Religion 2025 Photos – The Comparison Project
URL:https://comparisonproject.wp.drake.edu/event/roads-to-religion/
LOCATION:Drake University\, Olmsted Center (Parents Hall)\, 2875 University Ave\, Des Moines\, IA\, 50311\, United States
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