Religion Studies

Orr Forum: Dr. Amy-Jill Levine

Jenny — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 20:07:42 +0000

Orr Forum: Dr. Amy-Jill Levine

Thursday, March 24, 2022 - 10:30 am to 3:30 pm

Jenny Wed, 08/25/2021 - 16:07

Lenfest Learning Commons, John Stewart Memorial Library

Dr. Amy-Jill Levine
Lenfest Learning Commons in John Stewart Memorial Library, ��Ƶ

Lecture: 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.
Jesus ��Ƶ ’ Parables as Jewish Stories
Jesus told parables to fellow Jews: recovering that original setting corrects their frequent anti-Jewish interpretations, provides a grounding for better Jewish/Christian relations, and offers new insight into both ancient and present-day ethics.

Workshop: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Understanding Jesus means Understanding Judaism
(A Workshop designed for Clergy, Religious Educators, and interested persons)
This workshop details the popular misconceptions about Jesus ��Ƶ ’ Jewish context found in sermons and church-based educational curricula, explains their origins, and offers new and helpful ways to read the New Testament.

2020 Orr Forum Dr. Amy-Jill Levine Workshop

Jenny — Thu, 23 Jan 2020 15:36:02 +0000

2020 Orr Forum Dr. Amy-Jill Levine Workshop

Thursday, March 26, 2020 - 9:30 am to 11:30 am

Jenny Thu, 01/23/2020 - 10:36

Brooks Complex Auditorium

UPDATE: Wilson's Orr Forum on Religion, which had been scheduled for March 26, has been postponed until September as part of the College ��Ƶ ’s response to coronavirus concerns.

Dr. Amy-Jill Levine
Brooks Science Center Auditorium
Thursday, March 26

Lecture: 10:30 to 11:45 a.m.
Jesus ��Ƶ ’ Parables as Jewish Stories
Jesus told parables to fellow Jews: recovering that original setting corrects their frequent anti-Jewish interpretations, provides a grounding for better Jewish/Christian relations, and offers new insight into both ancient and present-day ethics.

Workshop: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Understanding Jesus means Understanding Judaism
(A Workshop designed for Clergy, Religious Educators, and interested persons)
This workshop details the popular misconceptions about Jesus ��Ƶ ’ Jewish context found in sermons and church-based educational curricula, explains their origins, and offers new and helpful ways to read the New Testament.

Amy-Jill Levine is a University Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies and Mary Jane Werthan Professor of Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt (Divinity and A&S); she is also Affiliated Professor, Woolf Institute: Centre for Jewish-Christian Relations, Cambridge. Holding a B.A. from Smith College, and the M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University, she has honorary doctorates from the University of Richmond, the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, the University of South Carolina-Upstate, Drury University, Christian Theological Seminary, and Franklin College. A self-described Yankee Jewish feminist, Professor Levine is a member of Congregation Sherith Israel, an Orthodox Synagogue in Nashville, although she is often quite unorthodox.

2019 Spring Orr Forum: Recipes for the Melting Pot: Reading The Settlement Cook Book

Jenny — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:46:38 +0000

2019 Spring Orr Forum: Recipes for the Melting Pot: Reading The Settlement Cook Book

Monday, April 15, 2019 - 2 pm

Jenny Fri, 02/22/2019 - 10:46

Lenfest Learning Commons, John Stewart Memorial Library

Nora Rubel from the University of Rochester will serve as our 2019 guest speaker for the prestigious Orr Forum. Rubel is the Jane and Alan Batkin Professor in Jewish Studies, associate professor and chair of the Department of Religion and Classics at the university. She teaches and writes on a wide variety of topics related to gender, race and ethnicity in American religion, particularly in relation to food and popular culture. She will present at two sessions open to the community as well as the college campus. The noon lecture is entitled ��Ƶ “Reading Cookbooks: An Exercise in Religious Material Culture ��Ƶ ” and the 6 p.m. session is ��Ƶ “Recipes for the Melting Pot: Reading The Settlement Cook Book. ��Ƶ ” The Orr Forum, established in 1964, is an endowed lecture series focused on reflecting the wide and shifting interests in religion studies in America.

2019 Spring Orr Forum: Reading Cookbooks: An Exercise in Religious Material Culture

Jenny — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:45:08 +0000

2019 Spring Orr Forum: Reading Cookbooks: An Exercise in Religious Material Culture

Monday, April 15, 2019 - 8 am

Jenny Fri, 02/22/2019 - 10:45

Lenfest Learning Commons, John Stewart Memorial Library

"Inequality and Class Power in America" by Michael Zweig

TTosten — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 14:04:05 +0000

"Inequality and Class Power in America" by Michael Zweig

Tuesday, September 20, 2016 - 8 am

TTosten Tue, 08/30/2016 - 10:04

Brooks Complex Auditorium

What accounts for the rapid rise of stark economic inequality in the United States? Is it the natural working of our market economy? The decline of skills and work ethic for many, while the few strive for education and cash in on creative imaginations? Or is growing inequality the result of changes in the way power is distributed in our society? Michael Zweig will explore these questions, and the moral and ethical implications of the answers we settle upon.

Michael Zweig is emeritus professor of economics and founding director of the Center for Study of Working Class Life at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, where he has received the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has a long history of combining rigorous intellectual work, published widely in professional and public journals, with progressive social activism in peace, civil rights, and labor movements. His most recent book is The Working Class Majority: America's Best Kept Secret (2nd edition, Cornell University Press, 2012). His earlier books include What's Class Got to Do with It?: American Society in the Twenty-first Century and Religion and Economic Justice.

2016 Fall Open House

AnnetteH — Thu, 28 Jul 2016 16:29:51 +0000

2016 Fall Open House

Saturday, November 5, 2016 - 5 am

AnnetteH Thu, 07/28/2016 - 12:29

Brooks Complex Auditorium

Discover what it's like to be a Wilson Student...

Fall Open House

Saturday, November 5, 2016

With more than 40 fields of study you're sure to find something of interest. Visit campus, talk with students and faculty. Learn how a comprehensive Liberal Arts education will prepare you for a successful future. Attend to learn more about Wilson's offerings.

*Please note that Equestrian and Veterinary Studies programs will not be represented during this event. ��Ƶ offers individual speciality focus days for each of these areas: Equestrian Focus Day on October 15 and Veterinary Focus Day on November 19. Scheduling an individual campus visit during the week, is another way to explore these speciality areas.

Event Schedule
8:30	Check-in	Brooks Sci Cnt Lobby
9:00	Welcome	Brooks Sci Cnt Aud
9.30	Academic Presentation I	Departing from Sci Cnt Aud
10.20	Academic Presentation II	Departing from Sci Cnt Aud
11:15	Financial Aid Session	Brooks Sci Cnt Aud
11:35	Current Student Panel	Brooks Sci Cnt Aud
12:05	Campus Tours	Departing from Sci. Cnt. Aud.
1:00	Lunch	Jensen Dining Hall

Campus bookstore will be open from 12:00 ��Ƶ – 4:00 p.m.

Advanced registration preferred (use link below)

Yes! I would like to schedule a visit to ��Ƶ!

NOTE: If traveling on interstate 81, please plan to use exit 17 (Walker Road) to most easily reach Wilson's campus. Exit 14 not recommended.

Open House events are designed to accommodate the academic and co-curricular interests of the prospective student and their parents or guardians as you explore ��Ƶ. As such, lunch tickets will be provided to the registered student and up to two parents or guardians.

Academics

Accounting

Animal Studies

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Early Childhood Education

Education Programs

English

Environmental Science

Environmental Sustainability

Equestrian Studies

Equine Facilitated Therapeutics

Equine Journalism

Financial Mathematics

Fine Arts and Dance

Global Studies

Graphic Design

Health and Physical Education

Health Science

History and Political Science

Psychology and Sociology

The Common Hour: Trans*Forming Athletics and Fitness: Stories of Resilience and Change

TTosten — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 13:20:45 +0000

The Common Hour: Trans*Forming Athletics and Fitness: Stories of Resilience and Change

Tuesday, April 5, 2016 - 7 am

TTosten Mon, 04/04/2016 - 09:20

Alumnae Chapel, Thomson Hall

T.J. Jourian is a social justice educator, learner, and trainer; having spoken and consulted at hundreds of college campuses, conferences, and community-based organizations in the U.S. He has completed his PhD in Higher Education at Loyola University Chicago by investigating how trans*masculine college students conceptualize masculinity for his dissertation. T.J. is a co-founder of the T*Circle Collective, the first and only collective of trans* higher education and student affairs educators. He is also on the training and facilitation team of the Brown Boi Project, a community of masculine-centered people of color across gender identities, committed to changing the way that communities of color talk about gender.

The Common Hour: Mitigation of Climate Change

kconlon — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:25:20 +0000

The Common Hour: Mitigation of Climate Change

Friday, April 29, 2016 - 12 am

kconlon Wed, 03/02/2016 - 13:25

Brooks Complex Auditorium

Mitigation of Climate Change: Working Group III Contribution to the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report

Maria Silvia Muylaert de Araujo

GHG emissions accelerate despite reduction efforts. Most emission growth is CO2 from fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes. Without more mitigation, global mean surface temperature might increase by 3.7 degrees to 4.8 degrees Celcius over the 21st century. Delaying mitigation is estimated to increase the difficulty and narrow the options for limiting warming to 2 degrees Celcius. Effective mitigation will not be achieved if individual agents advance their own interests independently. Issues of equity, justice, and fairness arise with respect to mitigation and adaptation. Climate policy may be informed by a consideration of a diverse array of risks and uncertainties, some of which are difficult to measure, notably events that are of low probability but which would have a significant impact if they occur.

Global Studies

Philosophy

Religion Studies

The Common Hour: Engaging Climate Conflict

kconlon — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:22:45 +0000

The Common Hour: Engaging Climate Conflict

Tuesday, April 19, 2016 - 7 am

kconlon Wed, 03/02/2016 - 13:22

Lenfest Commons

Dr. Lisa Woolley

Do novels offer an imagination space for transcending the polarizing rhetoric of Climate Change? Barbara Kingsolver's "Flight Behavior" suggests that ecological challenges invite us to better understand ourselves and others.

The Common Hour: Climate Change and Mathematical Modeling

kconlon — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 18:20:35 +0000

The Common Hour: Climate Change and Mathematical Modeling

Tuesday, April 12, 2016 - 7 am

kconlon Wed, 03/02/2016 - 13:20

Lenfest Commons

Dr. Alexander Munson, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at ��Ƶ