Living Difference(s): Dialogue as Spiritual Practice
When: November 6, 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Where: Warner Conference room, Student Center
Join us for this CWIL colloquium presented by Phyllis Kaminski, Professor, Religious Studies.
How can we share the world in ways that truly recognize difference(s) --- sexual, racial, ethnic, religious, cultural, to name just a few? In this talk Dr. Kaminski will share insights from her presentation at the 2009 Luce Irigaray Circle Conference on the theme: How Can We Meet the Other? One way is dialogue. As a spiritual practice, this kind of dialogue is necessarily personal, leads to personal and social commitments, and aims at radical transformation beyond the boundaries of single traditions. Q & A to follow.
Light refreshments provided.
I attended the lecture last night and to be honest I did not find it that interesting. I feel that the topic was very specific, and if one did not know too much about the topic, it was hard to follow. Thus, it is not that it was necessarily uninteresting, it is just that I do not know too much about the topic. I was able to gather that the general topic was rituals performed before Crusaders went off to battle. What really struck me was the female involvement in the Crusades, because I was unaware of this. I also though the correlation between the sword and the cross was interesting because I had not heard that before. I think the lecturer mentioned blessing the swords before battle, which is interesting, but I'm not sure if he actually said that or if I'm pulling that out of nowhere. haha. Anyway, if one was very interested in the topic, it was a good lecture, but if one was not so interested in the topic, it was only fair.
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