Events

Prof. William Bubelis
Assistant Professor of Classics at Washington University in St. Louis
January Hall, Room 30

This talk is sponsored by the Classics Department.  For more information please contact Cathy Marler at 935-5123 or classics@artsci.wustl.edu.

Monday, November 9, 2009

5:00 pm
Prof. Luke Timothy Johnson
Prof. Johnson is an internationally known biblical scholar who has published numerous books and has authored several Biblical Commentaries on the New Testament.
Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Emory University
Catholic Student Center, 6325 Forsyth

Prof. Johnson will discuss the historical importance of creeds and with an emphasis on the Christian Nicene Creed.

In his talk, Prof. Johnson will discuss the historical importance of creeds. He will specifically look at the Christian Nicene Creed as a way of explaining the essential beliefs of Christians that are captured in this creed formed nearly 1700 years ago.

This talk is part of Washington University's Religious Pluralism Week and of the Commonweal Speakers Program. It is made possible thanks to a generous gift from James H. Duffy. Refreshments afterward are sponsored by Catholic Student Union and SU. For more information please contact Troy Woytek at woytek@washucsc.org.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Catholic Student Center and Hillel

Students, faculty and staff are invited to to learn about Shabbat and participate in interesting discussions about religion over a delicious, free meal!

5:45pm (services) and 7:15pm (dinner), CSC and Hillel

JSU and Hillel are hosting Hillel's annual Interfaith Shabbat as part of Pluralism week. Come to learn about Shabbat and participate in interesting discussions about religion over a delicious, free meal! A Learner's Service, Reform, and Conservative services will begin at 5:45pm in the Catholic Student Center. Orthodox services will begin at 5:45pm at Hillel. Dinner will follow at around 7:15pm at Hillel. For more information please contact the St. Louis Hillel at 935-9040 or hillel@stlouishillel.org.

Friday, November 13, 2009

5:45 pm
Guo Gu (Jimmy Yu)
Guo Gu (Jimmy Yu) is one of Master Sheng Yen's senior lay teachers and translators, assisting with and leading activities at the Chan Meditation Center, Dharma Drum Retreat Center, and Dharma Drum Mountain, Taiwan. In 1982, while still quite young, he learned meditation from Master Sheng Yen, and began practicing Chan intensively in 1989. He was also the personal monastic attendant and assistant to Master Sheng Yen for almost nine years, and then, in 1995, he was given permission (inka) by the Master to teach Chan. He has led retreats in various parts of the United States, Europe, and Asia. Guo Gu is now the guiding instructor for the Western Dharma Teachers at the Chan Meditation Center. He received his doctorate in Buddhist Studies in 2008 from Princeton University, and is now an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Florida State University.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Religion at Florida State University
Pure Mind Center, 7825 Olive Street, University City, MO 63130

Silent Illumination is one of the cornerstones of Chan Buddhist practice. It has been described as "the method of no-method", whereby the mind lets go of any concepts, seeking, and expectation in a still awareness of things as they are.

 

"Mind is naturally still and silent and, at the same time, fully aware." ~ Chan Master Sheng Yen

Silent Illumination is one of the cornerstones of Chan Buddhist practice. It has been described as "the method of no-method", whereby the mind lets go of any concepts, seeking, and expectation in a still awareness of things as they are.

  • Friday, November 13, 7:00-9:00 pm - Dharma Talk: "Zen and the Joy of Living"

  • Saturday, November 14, 8:30 am-5:00 pm - The Method of No-Method: Silent Illumination Meditation One-Day Retreat

  • Sunday, November 15, 3:00-5:00 pm - Discussion Forum: "Buddhism in Daily Life"

This program is sponsored by the North America Dharma Drum Mountain Buddhist Association.  These programs are free to the public; donations are welcomed. The retreat on Nov. 14 is aimed at those who have had some prior meditation experience. The space for this event is limited, registration is required. Registration deadline: 11/10/2009; to register: (636) 825-3889 or email: acren@aol.com  This program is free to the public; donations are welcomed. The two events on Nov. 13 and 15 are open to all regardless of experience.

Friday, November 13, 2009 - Sunday, November 15, 2009

7:00 pm

Office closed

Happy Thanksgiving!  The office will be closed in observance of Thanksgiving.

Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - Friday, November 27, 2009

The last day of Arts and Sciences classes.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Happy studying!

Happy studying!

Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - Thursday, December 10, 2009

Good luck on your finals!

Good luck on your finals!

Friday, December 11, 2009 - Thursday, December 17, 2009

Carolyn Walker Bynum
Professor of Medieval European History, Institute of Advance Study at Princeton, and University Professor Emerita, Columbia University in the City of New York
TBA
  • Monday, February 22, 5:00 pm - Weeping Statues and Bleeding Bread: Miracles and Their Theorists
  • Wednesday, February 24, 5:00 pm - Living Synecdoche: Parts and Wholes in Medieval Devotion
  • Thursday, February 25, 5:00 pm - The Materiality of the Visual: How Did Medieval People See?

In the period between 1150 and 1550 a number of Christians in western Europe made pilgrimage to places where material objects--among them paintings, statues, relics, pieces of wood, earth, stones, and Eucharistic wafers--allegedly erupted into life by such activities as bleeding, weeping, and walking about. In these three lectures, Prof. Bynum will describe the miracles themselves, discuss the problems they presented for both church authorities and the ordinary faithful, and probe the basic assumptions about matter that lay behind them. She will also analyze what modern theorists call “medieval art” and argue that it called attention to its materiality in sophisticated ways that help explain both the animation of images and the iconoclastic resistance to them.

These talks are sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Project in the Humanities' Humanities Lecture Series.  Please contact Amy Lehman at iph@artsci.wustl.edu or (314) 935-4200 for more information.

Monday, February 22, 2010 - Thursday, February 25, 2010

5:00 pm