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Various groups on
campus will organize events during the quarter which are related to our course
or to the study of religion in our world. You are encouraged to attend, both as
a citizen of the University and as a student of religious studies this term.
You will receive extra credit if all of your regular assignments are submitted
and if, in addition to attending the event, you analyze and reflect on it in a
2-3 page paper. Introduce the speaker, date, and title of the event in the first
paragraph. In the body of your paper, explore the speaker's career more fully
(use links below) and summarize and analyze the presentation. To do this successfully,
break out paragraphs that address the following questions:
- What has the speaker published, and/or with what organizations is the the
speaker affiliated?
- What were the central points of the presentation?
- Evaluate the speaker's ideas from your point of view.
- In what ways do the speaker's points relate
to our course?
In the final paragraph of your paper, evaluate
the speaker's presentation. What did you appreciate most? What did you learn?
Was there anything that was problematic about the presentation, or any points
you would argue with? Why?
This paper should follow the formatting directions
for a short assignment available at Style
Sheet. The paper must be submitted within a week of the event.
Each assignment is worth at most 2 points, so students usually do 2 to get the
maximum grade.
The following events are eligible for extra credit in
this class. The list will be updated weekly, so check back in regularly. If you
learn of any events that might be appropriate for extra credit, propose them to
the professor beforehand for approval.
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January 15
Tuesday
1:00-2:00 p.m. |
The Intersection of Gender, Sexuality, and Immigration in the Latinx Community, Panel Discussion
St. Clare Room, Library and Learning Commons
The Director of the Office for Multicultural Learning, Dr. Joanna Thompson, will be a panelist at this month's Tiempo Extra a la Una, a series hosted by the Latinx Education Research Center. The discussion will focus on the intersection of gender, sexuality, and immigration in the Latinx community. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/2Oryz4d. |
January 17
Thursday
6:00-8:00 p.m. |
Difficult Dialogue: Native Americans and Assimilation
832 Market St. (OML Office)
Sponsored by the Office for Multicultural Learning, this event features OML staff and members of the SCU Native American Coalition for Change (NACC), who will lead a conversation about the pressures to assimilate to American culture. This is a local as well as national issue, as SCU sits on the site of Ohlone burial grounds and of one of the 21 Franciscan missions in Alta California that spearheaded the effort to assimilate the local population into Spanish (and Christian) culture. |
January 25
Friday
12:00-1:0 p.m. |
Nevertheless She Persisted, Panel of Female Tech Leaders
Williman Room, Benson
A panel of women leaders in tech will discuss the factors that enabled them to succeed. Implications to education in schools and mentoring in the workplace will be discussed. While there is no direct tie-in to religion, there is of course to the leadership of women and the obstacles that women face professionally. Sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics; please rsvp here.
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February 14
Thursday
12:00-1:30 p.m. |
Animals, Ethics, and Re-Thinking Christianity, David Clough
Wiegand Room, Vari Hall
Dr. David Clough is a Professor of Theological Ethics at the University of Chester in England. He will speak on his two-volume masterpiece On Animals, which has been called the “most significant Christian theological and ethical treatment of animals in the history of Christian ethics.” The connection to gender issues lies in the hierarchies of power that humans have historically constructed for the created order, which have traditionally placed God above man above woman above animal and have associated women with the irrational/animal aspects of human behavior. Part of the Ethics at Noon series sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics; please rsvp here. |
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