Free and Open to the Community
Thursdays
(check following list for times and places)
In recognition of the exemplary teaching and research of OSU Distinguished Professor Marcus Borg, the Philosophy Department's 15th annual IDEAS MATTER Lecture Series will take up the ideas and phenomena of religion and examine whether and how religion "matters" in the contemporary world.
Jan.11
LaSells
7:00 pm
Marc Borg, Distinguished Professor and Hundere Chair,Department of Philosophy
"Religion and Idolatry"
Jan. 18
Gilfillan Aud.
4:00 pm
Chris Anderson, Professor inDepartment of English& Deacon at St. Mary's Catholic Church
"Moving from the Head to the Heart: Poetry, Silence, and Prayer"
Jan. 25
Gilfillan Aud.
4:00 pm
Sally K. Gallagher, Professor, Department of Sociology
"Why Won't Religion Just Go Away?"
Feb. 1
Gilfillan Aud.
4:00 pm
Gary Ferngren, Professor, Department of History
"Science and Religion: Adversaries or Allies?"
Feb. 8
Gilfillan Aud.
4:00 pm
MichaelBeachley, Assistant Professor, Speech Communication
"Topoi of the Mysteries"
Feb. 15
Gilfillan Aud.
4:00 pm
Kathleen Dean Moore, Distinguished Professor, University Writer Laureate,Department of Philosophy
"The Secular Sacred: Where Marcus and I Walk Different Paths Through the Same Forest"
Feb. 22
Gilfillan Aud.
4:00 pm
Bob Nye, Professor, Horning Professor of the Humanities,Department of History
"Is the History of Religion Too Important to be Left to the Religious?"
Mar. 1
Gilfillan Aud.
4:00 pm
Rabbi Ariel Stone, Congregation Shir Tikvah, Portland, OR
"We All Worship Something"
Mar. 8
Gilfillan Aud.
4:00 pm
Susan Shaw, Associate Professor, Director of Women Studies, Department of Women Studies
"Bouncing into Graceland or (with apologies to Paul Simon) Still Christian After All These Years"
Mar. 15