Events | Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion

Religion and Patronage in Divided Societies: Insights from an Experimental Study of Political Behavior in Lebanon

Time: Mon Feb 4, 2019, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Location: Hesburgh Center C103

Cammett’s talk is based on a survey experiment in Lebanon aimed at testing the relative influence of clientelism and religion on citizen political behavior.

David Clough, The Challenge of Christian Animal Ethics

Time: Tue Feb 12, 2019, 5:15 pm - 6:45 pm

Location: Lecture – Andrews Auditorium, Geddes Hall

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David Clough identifies the need for urgent action concerning our treatment of other animals, especially in relation to the rapid expansion of industrial animal agriculture.

Lecture by Chloë Starr, Spiritual Reportage: Christian Literature in China

Time: Thu Feb 21, 2019, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Location: 1030 Jenkins Nanovic Hall

The avant-garde writer Bei Cun 北村 (1965-) is…

How to Eradicate Slavery by 2030

Time: Mon Feb 25, 2019, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Location: 1050 Jenkins Nanovic Halls

John McCarthy, a former ambassador to the Holy See, will discuss the Catholic community’s role in eradicating modern-day slavery.

Panel Discussion: Religion, Human Rights, and Peace in Indonesia

Time: Mon Feb 25, 2019, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location: C103, Hesburgh Center for International Studies

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A panel discussion featuring Peter van Tuijl, Caroline Hughes, Lailatul Fitriyah, and Mun’im Sirry.

On Suicidal Murder

Time: Thu Feb 28, 2019, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Location: C103 Hesburgh Center for International Studies

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Nermeen Shaikh will focus on the particular horror induced by suicide bombing as against other forms of equally lethal and destructive violence.

OPTION FOR THE POOR: Engaging the Social Tradition 2019 Catholic Social Tradition Conference

Time: Thu Mar 21, 2019, All Day

Location: McKenna Hall

This biennial conference, sponsored by the Center for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame, will explore how Catholic social tradition can engage academics and practitioners in the challenges of the most marginalized and vulnerable people in societies today, as well as how the development…

"Religious Freedom in Islam: The Fate of a Universal Human Right in the Muslim World Today”

Time: Thu Mar 21, 2019, 12:30 pm - 1:45 pm

Location: Jenkins and Nanovic Halls - Room 1030

John Allen and Mahan Mirza discuss Dan Philpott's new book, Religious Freedom in Islam.

ISLAM AWARENESS WEEK

Time: Sat Mar 23, 2019, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Join the Notre Dame's Muslin Students' Association for Islam Awareness Week March 23 - 29, 2019

Rob Gleave | “Safe Passage and the Jihad: The amān contract in the Medieval Islamic Law and Practice”

Time: Thu Mar 28, 2019, 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Location: Morris Inn Ballroom - Salon C

Please join the Middle Eastern Studies Committee in hosting Rob Gleave, University of Exeter, for his lecture “Safe Passage and the Jihad: The amān contract in the Medieval Islamic Law and Practice.” Reception to follow. Originally published at …

Academic Publishing Today: A Conversation

Time: Mon Apr 1, 2019, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Location: 1030 Jenkins Nanovic Halls

This panel of industry experts will provide valuable information for emerging scholars looking to revise a dissertation into a book.

"Science and the Good," A Public Lecture by James Davison Hunter and Paul Nedelisky

Time: Mon Apr 8, 2019, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: 126 DeBartolo Hall

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Interrogating the Christchurch Shooting: How Global Racism, Islamophobia, and White Supremacy Manifested in New Zealand

Time: Tue Apr 16, 2019, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Location: Auditorium, Hesburgh Center for International Studies

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A panel of experts will examine the root causes of the March 15 shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, that killed 50 people and injured 50 more.

Notre Dame to offer Mass for victims of Sri Lanka attacks

Time: Wed Apr 24, 2019, 5:15 pm - 6:15 pm

Location: University of Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart

A Mass in remembrance of the victims of terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday (April 21) will be held at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday (April 24) in the University of Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart. Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C.,…

United Religious Community of St. Joseph County annual prayer breakfast

Time: Thu May 2, 2019, 7:30 am - 9:00 am

Location: Century Center, South Bend

Annual breakfast features keynote presentation by David Carlson, author and professor at Franklin College.

The Religion Factor: Why Policy in South Asia Can’t Ignore Faith

Time: Wed May 15, 2019, 8:30 am - 11:30 am

Location: Keough School Washington Office

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Lisa Sideris, De-Extinction Technologies as Theological Anthropology: The Uses and Misuses of Wonder

Time: Wed May 15, 2019, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Location: Lecture – 1030 Jenkins Nanovic Halls

Summary Lisa Sideris Discourse on the relationship between science and religion frequently invokes the language of wonder, and Anthropocene discourse is no exception.…

Catholic Peacebuilding and Mining: Integral Peace, Development, and Ecology

Time: Thu Sep 5, 2019, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

Location: 1030 Jenkins Nanovic Halls

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Join us for a panel discussion on the linkages between mining and issues of conflict, human rights, sustainable development, governance, and environmental justice.

Ethnic Violence and the Healing of the ‘Burden of Ethnicity’

Time: Tue Sep 17, 2019, 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Location: C103, Hesburgh Center for International Studies

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Emmanuel Katongole Professor of Theology and Peace Studies “Ethnic Violence and the Healing of the ‘Burden of Ethnicity’” is part of a book-length project…

Conference: "Cusanus Today: Prospects for Philosophy, Theology, and Mysticism"

Time: Thu Sep 19, 2019, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location: University of Notre Dame

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Conference: "Cusanus Today: Prospects for Philosophy, Theology, and Mysticism"

Time: Fri Sep 20, 2019, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location: University of Notre Dame

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What's Peace Got to Do With It? Peace Studies at the Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender

Time: Fri Sep 20, 2019, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Location: Auditorium, Hesburgh Center for International Studies

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This panel marks the International Day of Peace with a provocative examination of the cutting edges in the study of violence and peacebuilding.

Feminist Theologies in Global Context reading group

Time: Fri Sep 20, 2019, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Location: 4150 Jenkins Nanovic Halls

Feminist Reading Group

The Ansari Institute is pleased to support the F …

Conference: "Cusanus Today: Prospects for Philosophy, Theology, and Mysticism"

Time: Sat Sep 21, 2019, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location: University of Notre Dame

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Feminist Theologies in Global Context reading group

Time: Fri Oct 4, 2019, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm

Location: Ansari Institute Lounge, 4148 Jenkins Nanovic Halls

Feminist Reading Group

The Feminist Theologies in Global Context reading group will consider the topic of ecology from a Christian…

Ansari Global Religion Reading Group meeting

Time: Wed Oct 9, 2019, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location: Ansari Institute lounge, 4148 Jenkins Nanovic Halls

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Graphic: Pew Research Center The Ansari Global Religion Reading Group will read the overview section of the Pew Research Center's 2015 report, "The Future of World Religions: Population Growth…

FILM SCREENING: The Ornament of the World

Time: Fri Oct 11, 2019, 3:15 pm - 5:45 pm

Location: Hesburgh Center for International Studies

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Join director Michael Schwarz and executive producer Kiran Kiki Kapany along with Thomas E. Burman, director of Notre Dame’s Medieval Institute and Atalia Omer, professor of religion, conflict, and peace…

Religion Beyond Memes: Enhancing Public Discourse about Faith and Practice

Time: Fri Oct 18, 2019, All Day

Location: Notre Dame Keough School of Global Affairs, Washington Office 1400 16th Street, Suite 120 Washington, DC 20036

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Religion Beyond Memes: Enhancing Public Discourse about Faith and Practice Third in the Contending Modernities Series on Changing…

Lecture: Johan Elverskog, "The Buddha’s Footprint: An Environmental History of Asia"

Time: Mon Nov 11, 2019, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm

Location: 1030 Jenkins Nanovic Halls

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About the Lecture The Buddha’s Footprint: An Environmental History of Asia Contrary to popular imaginings the Dharma has not historically been an inherently environmental religion. Rather, early Buddhism was a prosperity theology that succeeded largely on account of…

Ansari Global Religion Reading Group Meeting

Time: Wed Nov 13, 2019, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location: Ansari Institute lounge, 4148 Jenkins Nanovic Halls

Reading Group

The Ansari Global Religion Reading Group will discuss the conclusion of Jenny Trinitapoli and Alexander Weinreb's 2012 book, Religion and AIDS in Africa. All are welcome.

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