Stories about "Zerby Lecture"
Theologian’s lecture to propose ‘collective conscience’ as response to climate change
Thursday, November 17, 2011 10:05 pm
With climate change looming as a great challenge of this century, theologian Celia Deane-Drummond will call for the development of a collective conscience as a moral response to the phenomenon in a lecture at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30, in Chase Hall Lounge.
Advocate of interfaith dialogue to give Zerby Lecture
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 4:46 pm
Paul Knitter, a leading theologian of religious pluralism, offers the lecture Without Buddha, I Could Not Be a Christian, at 7 p.m. Monday, March 7, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives at Bates College, 70 Campus Ave.
American historian to discuss contemporary religious literacy
Wednesday, November 2, 2005 3:37 pm
Stephen Prothero, professor of religion at Boston University, will give a presentation titled "Religious Literacy: What Americans Don't Know About the World's Religions, and Why Their Ignorance Is Imperiling Our Politics" at 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave., at Bates College. The public is invited to attend the 2005-06 Zerby Lecture in Contemporary Religious Thought, sponsored by the chaplain's office, free of charge.
Feminist theologian to deliver annual Zerby lecture at Bates
Thursday, January 29, 2004 10:42 am
Judith Plaskow, author of the landmark text "Standing Again at Sinai: Judaism from a Feminist Perspective" (HarperCollins, 1991) and professor of religious studies at Manhattan College, will give a presentation titled "Asking the Right Questions: The Development of Jewish Women's Studies" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5 (snow date: Thursday, Feb., 12), in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives, 70 Campus Avenue.
Roman Catholic feminist scholar to deliver Zerby Lecture
Thursday, March 15, 2001 4:22 pm
Rosemary Radforth Reuther, acclaimed Roman Catholic feminist scholar of religion, will discuss Are Gaia and God on Speaking Terms? Feminism, Ecology and Religion Monday, March 26, in Chase Hall Lounge, 56 Campus Ave.
Feminist theologian to discuss rights of women in Islam
Wednesday, September 29, 1999 12:00 am
Riffat Hassan, a feminist theologian and professor of humanities and religious studies at the University of Louisville, will discuss "Women in Islam: A Feminist Perspective" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, in the Edmund S. Muskie Archives. The public is invited to attend the annual Rayborn Lindley Zerby Lecture without charge. For more information, call the Bates College Office of the Chaplain at 207-786-8272.
MLK Scholar to present annual Zerby lecture
Tuesday, March 12, 1996 10:01 am
The legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. will be discussed…