Monthly Archives: February 2005

The Seventh Beggar

Sanford Pinsker wrote a review at Jewish.com of The Seventh Beggar by Pearl Abraham. According to the review the book mixes Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, one of my a favorite Hassidic masters and life in contemporary US. It means I … Continue reading

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Waxman tour

Bob Waxman, the author of Kabbalah Simply Stated issued a press release: ” Announces His New Schedule of Kabbalah Educational Events”. However the events are not listed in the press release itself. It took a bit of thinking to find … Continue reading

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Conference on Esoteric Buddhism

Koyasan University, Japan, is scheduling an International Conference on Esoteric Buddhist Studies for Sept. 2006.Theme: The Scope of Esoteric Buddhism: Identity in Diversity An International Conference on Esoteric Buddhist Studies is to be held at Kôyasan, which maintains the Shingon … Continue reading

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Religion and America’s youth

Here is a more reflective blog entry with comments on the study I blogged earlier about Religion and America’s youth. Worth reading it there, as I didn’t go into details here.

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Indigenous Religious Studies

September 16-18, 2005, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UKAn international three-day conference to examine the state of the study of indigenous religions. Increased interest in indigenous religions – contemporary and historical – has led to a number of significant publications … Continue reading

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Jack Shand Research Awards

The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion offers an annual research awards competition, for which members are invited to apply. Funded by a generous bequest from long-time SSSR member Jack Shand, these awards are intended to encourage scholarship in … Continue reading

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The Olive Tree scholarship

Don’t you just love the mission statement of the Olive Tree Educational Trust: The Olive Tree scholarship scheme aims to support talented young Israelis and Palestinians during their degree studies, to encourage mutual understanding and to create a community of … Continue reading

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U2′s religion

This would be might kind of class: the “spiritual significance of U2″. It is taught at Calvin College a Christian U. This article pointed me one hand to a collection of sermons, based on their lyrics, titled Get Up Off … Continue reading

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Map and Reality

SACRED SPACE IN CONTEMPORARY ASIA American Academy of Religion, Nov. 19-22 2005, Philadelphia PA Theme: “Map and Reality: Evolving Sacred Spaces in Asia.”This consultation solicits various methodological approaches to topics such as: 1) UNESCO World Heritage Sites (especially their early … Continue reading

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Fichter grant

One learns about grants in mysterious places. For example I just camme across of the Fichter research grant in a Guardian article about about the European Union’s information network aimed at luring researchers back from the US. BTW the deadline … Continue reading

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