Center on Religion & the Professions

Improving religious literacy among professionals.

Sects and the City: Ethical Eating

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Do you think about the values behind what you put in your mouth? Some religious, animal advocacy and environmental groups hope that you do. A discussion of the ethical values behind what we eat from perspectives that respect animal life and envision a sustainable world based on moral choices. Free.

Speaker is Barbara Ross, director of social concerns for the Diocese of Jefferson City. She has been involved in the morals of eating and agriculture for 20 years.

Part of the “Sects and the City: Coffee and conversation on the intersection of faith and life” series co-sponsored by the Center on Religion & the Professions.

See “Do your beliefs affect what you put in your mouth?” post on The Columbia Missourian’s Faith in Focus blog

When planning the holiday workplace party, provide options

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CORP-affiliated faculty member gives suggestions on cultural awareness during the holiday season

When planning this year’s holiday event, Robert Baum, associate professor and chair, Department of Religious Studies, says it is important to be inclusive and sensitive of the diversity of religious beliefs, whether hosting holiday parties at work or school.

Read more here: http://rcp.missouri.edu/articles/baum-holidaysuggestions.html.

Diversity in Action: Bridging Research and Practice

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Speaker: Juanamaria Cordonnes-Cook, Associate Professor Department of Romance Languages and Literature. “Cultural Hybridity through Afro-Latin American Religions.” This brown bag series is designed to inform scholars, students, and practitioners of current and cutting-edge diversity-related research at Mizzou. The hour-long meetings will consist of a 40-minute research presentation and a 20-minute Q-&A session.

Theology Weekend: Only One Way?

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Columbia’s Karis Community Church holds its second “Theology Weekend” Nov. 7-9, headlined by Friday night’s “Only One Way? A Forum and Discussion about Jesus and Salvation,” focusing on John 14:6, in which Jesus says he is the way, and exploring how we understand that proclamation in today’s context. Features Dr. Bruce Ware, professor of Christian Theology at Southern Seminary in Louisville, Ky.; Dr. Paul Moessner, senior pastor of Columbia’s St. Andrew Lutheran Church; and Rev. Kristin Powell from Columbia’s Unity Center. Questions from the audience follow. Free and open to the public. For information, see karischurch.org, e-mail info@karischurch.org, or call 823-4130.

Lecture: Shirin Ebadi (rescheduled)

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EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED, TBA

Shirin Ebadi, the first Iranian and first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003, speaks on “Human Rights and the Rights of Women and Children.”

A resident of Tehran and Iran’s first female judge, she was dismissed from her post during the Iranian revolution. Ebadi now is an attorney in private practice, law professor, author and human rights activist. Sponsored by MU Peace Studies Program, Center on Religion & the Professions, School of Law, PeaceJam and William Woods University.

Lecture: Darwin, Discovery, Death and Damnation

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Lecture: “Darwin, Discovery, Death and Damnation: Sources of Victorian Religious Doubt,” by Dr. Julie Melnyk, MU Honors College associate director, Humanities Sequence coordinator, and adjunct assistant professor of English. Explores sources of religious doubt in Victorian Britain, from Darwin’s theory of evolution to new ways of reading the Bible, and how the unsettlement of faith affected Victorian women and men in their lives and work. Part of MU Libraries Faculty Lecture Series.

Film: The Power of Forgiveness

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The Power of ForgivenessThrough character-driven stories, the film explores recent research into the psychological and physical effects of forgiveness under a variety of conditions. It features stories about the Amish, the 9/11 tragedy and peace-building in Northern Ireland, as well as interviews with renowned Buddhist teacher Thich Nhat Hanh, Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, and best-selling authors Thomas Moore and Marianne Williamson. It also explores the role forgiveness holds in various faith traditions. The film provides an honest look at the intensity of anger and grief people experience and the transgressions for which people are unwilling or unable to forgive. It also shows the role forgiveness can play in alleviating anger and grief, and the physical, mental and spiritual benefits that come with it. (2008)
MUSponsored by the Center on Religion & the Professions

Brick Johnstone on KBIA

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JohnstoneDr. Brick Johnstone, head of CORP’s Spirituality and Health research team, was featured discussing his research on faith and healing on the Nov. 6 edition of “Under the Microscope” on KBIA.