Center on Religion & the Professions

Improving religious literacy among professionals.

The Predicament of the Aftermath: Oklahoma City and 9/11

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From the organizers: Dr. Edward T. Linenthal, Professor of History at Indiana University and Editor of the Journal of American History, will be delivering the  sixth annual Distinguished Lecture on Religion and Public Life. Dr. Linenthal (Ph.D. in Religious Studies, UC Santa Barbara, 1979) has written several books dealing with public memory and memorialization in the U.S., focusing on the ways that the nation and its people have marked and commemorated catastrophic events such as the Pearl Harbor, the Civil War, the Holocaust, and the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing. He has worked with the National Park Service’s Civic Engagement and Public History Program and was a member of the federal advisory commission for the memorial to the passengers and crew of United Flight 93 that crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on 9/11/2001.
Date/Time:  April 28, 2014. Time TBA.
Location: TBA
Cost: Free
For more information: Please contact the Department of Religious Studies at rsinfo@missouri.edu or at (573) 882-4769.
You can learn more about Dr. Linenthal’s work and perspectives at the following links:

You can also learn more about past lectures at the following link:

http://religiousstudies.missouri.edu/events/religion-publiclife.shtml

Talk: American Christian missionaries in China after Mao

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Assistant Teaching Professor and MU Chinese Studies Program Coordinator Michael Volz will be giving a talk entitled “American Christian Missionaries in China After Mao.” From the organizers: Since his first study abroad experience in China as a student in 1989, Michael Volz has returned to China 12 times either as student or teacher, including 2 years as an English teacher at a college in Sichuan Province.  He earned a BA with a dual major in History and East Asian Studies from Valparaiso University.  After earning an MA in Second Languages and Cultures from the University of Minnesota, he taught ESL in the U.S. for 8 years, before returning to school to earn his MA in East Asian Studies at Stanford in 2005, with a focus on Chinese Language.  He has been teaching Chinese at MU since 2006, has led MU students to China in 2008 and 2009 and plans to take a group in the summer of 2013.  Michael’s knowledge and interest in the topic of this discussion derives from his own experiences working for an American Christian organization in China, and was also the subject of his Master’s thesis at Stanford. 

Time/Date: Noon-12:50 p.m., Thursday, March 21

Location: N201/202 Memorial Union (Mark Twain Ballroom)

Cost: Free (remember to bring your lunch!)

F0r more information: Contact Rebecca A. O’Neal at the International Center by calling (573) 882-6008 or emailing onealr@missouri.edu.

Black Columbia in the Urban Renewal and Civil Rights Era

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Mary Beth Brown of the MU Black Studies program will host a discussion of the impact that urban renewal and the Civil Rights movement had on the black community in Columbia.

Time/Date: 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 18

Location: Friends Room, Daniel Boone Regional Library, 100 W. Broadway

Cost: Free

For more information: Contact Mary Beth Brown, (573) 882-6229 or email bromary@missouri.edu.

 

Redemption Songs: Politics, Nationalism and Creativity in Black World Music

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As part of Black History Month, MU is hosting a panel of scholars and a discussion centered on black music and its role in the fight for independence and autonomy in Nigeria, Jamaica and the United States.

Time/Date: 12:30 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 20

Location: Ellis Library, MU campus

Cost: Free

For more information: Contact Mary Beth Brown at (573) 882-6229 or by email at bromary@missouri.edu.

History and social sciences: Codes of ethics

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History and social sciences: Professional associations and faith groups

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History and social sciences: Recent research

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  • Babik, Milan. “Nazism as a Secular Religion.” History and Theory. 45, no. 3 (2006): 375-396.
  • Copland, Ian. “Christianity as an Arm of Empire: The Ambiguous Case of India Under the Company, c. 1813-1858.” Historical Journal. 49, no. 4 (2006): 1025-54.
  • Dhavan, Purnima, Kym S. Rice and Benjamin Filene. “Sikh Community: Over 100 Years in the Pacific Northwest.” Journal of American History. 93, no. 3 (2006): 819-21.
  • Hames, Harvey J. “The Limits of Conversion: Ritual Murder and the Virgin Mary in the Account of Adam of Bristol.” Journal of Medieval History. 33 no. 1 (2007): 43-59.
  • Jordon, Ryan. “The Dilemma of Quaker Pacifism in a Slaveholding Republic, 1833-1865.” Civil War History. 53, no. 1 (2007): 5-28.
  • Kamat, Sangeeta and Biju Mathew. “Religion, education and the politics of recognition: a critique and a counter‐proposal.” Comparative Education. Vol. 46, No. 3 (2010): 359-76.
  • Mack, Michael. “The Savage Science: Sigmund Freud, Psychoanalysis, and the History of Religion.” Journal of Religious History. 30, no. 3 (2006): 331-53.
  • Sparks, Randy J. “The Southern Way of Death: The Meaning of Death in Antebellum White Evangelical Culture.” Southern Quarterly. 44, no. 1 (2006): 32-50.
  • Stenhouse, John. “Nature and the Godly Empire: Science and Evangelical Mission in the Pacific, 1795-1850.” International History Review. 29 no. 1 (2007): 143-5.

History and social sciences: Articles

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  • “Nazism as a Secular Religion” by Milan Babik. History and Theory. 45, no. 3 (2006): 375-396.
  • “Christianity as an Arm of Empire: The Ambiguous Case of India Under the Company, c. 1813-1858” by Ian Copland. Historical Journal. 49, no. 4 (2006): 1025-54.
  • “Sikh Community: Over 100 Years in the Pacific Northwest” by Purnima Dhavan, Kym S. Rice and Benjamin Filene. Journal of American History. 93, no. 3 (2006): 819-21.
  • “The Limits of Conversion: Ritual Murder and the Virgin Mary in the Account of Adam of Bristol” by Harvey J. Hames. Journal of Medieval History. 33 no. 1 (2007): 43-59.
  • “The Dilemma of Quaker Pacifism in a Slaveholding Republic, 1833-1865” by Ryan Jordon. Civil War History. 53, no. 1 (2007): 5-28.
  • “The Savage Science: Sigmund Freud, Psychoanalysis, and the History of Religion” by Michael Mack. Journal of Religious History. 30, no. 3 (2006): 331-53.
  • “Science and Religion, 400 B.C.-A.D. 1550: From Aristotle to Copernicus” by Margaret J. Osler. Journal for the History of Astronomy. 37, no. 4 (2006): 486-7.
  • “The Southern Way of Death: The Meaning of Death in Antebellum White Evangelical Culture” by Randy J. Sparks. Southern Quarterly. 44, no. 1 (2006): 32-50.
  • “Nature and the Godly Empire: Science and Evangelical Mission in the Pacific, 1795-1850” by John Stenhouse, International History Review. 29 no. 1 (2007): 143-5.
  • “The Sepphoris Synagogue: Deciphering an Ancient Message Through Its Archaeological and Socio-Historical Contexts” by Adam L. Porter. American Journal of Archaeology. 111, no. 1 (2007): 179.
  • “A glimpse at religion in Turkey 2,800 years ago.” Dallas Morning News, Nov. 19, 2008.
  • “Tomb of Herod the Great may have been found” by Ed O’Loughlin. Sydney Morning Herald, May 9, 2007.
  • “Religion can help end wars, too; Faith is sometimes the fuel that feeds conflict and spreads strife. History is a witness to this. But lest we forget, believers also can be the salve to bring people and religions back together” by Tom Krattenmaker. USA Today, July 14, 2008.
  • “People of the Book – The Forgotten History of Islam and the West” by Tim Cribb. South China Morning Post, Nov. 18, 2007.