Loss and Suffering with Dignity: Abd el-Kader's Jihad with France

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John Kiser, author The Commander of the Faithful: The Life and Times of Emir Abd el-Kader and The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love and Terror in Algeria  Wednesday, November 14 7:00 p.m., Olin 101 John W. Kiser is the author of numerous books, most notably The Monks of Tibhirine: Faith, Love and Terror in Algeria, which won the 2006 French Siloe Prize for […]

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Dancing Our Troubles Away: Native American Ways of Alleviating Suffering

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Michelene Pesantubbee, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and American Indian Native Studies, University of Iowa. Thursday, October 25 7:00 p.m., Olin 101 Professor Pesantubbee is an associate professor of Religious Studies at the University of Iowa.  She earned her Ph.D. in Religious Studies from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She specializes in Native American religious traditions

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Sikhism and Suffering: Understanding and Healing after the Milwaukee Massacre

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Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, Crawford Family Professor of Religion, Colby College Thursday, September 27 7:00 p.m., Harvey-Ingham 104 Sikhism accepts suffering — biological, psychological, and spiritual — as a natural part of life. According to Sikh scripture, “our entire world is full of suffering” (GG, p. 954). But it also acknowledges suffering (dukh) as a medicine that is beneficial (daru). In

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Drake Student Interfaith Dialogue

2012-2013 Religious Responses to Suffering /

Wednesday, September 12 The Comparison Project kicked off its 2012-2013 programming on Wednesday, September 12 with a student interfaith dialogue. The student panel, composed by Nashmi Albadarin, Chloe Ginsburg, Samantha Kenison, Joshua Jeun, Sumit Sen, and Erin Shoup, addressed explanations of and responses to suffering in the religious traditions of Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Christianity.

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