Religious Literacy and Business: Media & Entertainment Symposium Keynote
Abigail E. Disney delivers the keynote address of the Religious Literacy and Business: Media & Entertainment Symposium. This symposium brings together media professionals and scholars of media, relig...
19 Sep 20181h 28min
Hindu View of Life: Speaking For and Against Oneself
Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad presented "Hindu View of Life: Speaking For and Against Oneself" on Monday, September 17, at the Center for the Study of World Religions at HDS. By reflecting on three key te...
17 Sep 20181h 28min
Writing and the Art of Attention
Religious traditions insist on the importance of cultivating our faculty of attention, whether it be attention to ourselves, others, our environment, or the presence of the divine in any of these thre...
13 Sep 20181h 25min
Ousmane Kane's Keynote: The Transformation of the Pilgrimage Tradition in West Africa
As part of the efforts to promote the study of Islam in Africa at Harvard, an Islam in Africa conference series was initiated under the sponsorship of HDS, NELC, CAS, AAAS, and the Hutchins Center wit...
12 Sep 20181h 18min
Role of Sufi Orders in Maintaining Spiritual and Intellectual Links
Panel 1 of West Africa and the Maghreb: Reassessing Intellectual Connections in the 21st Century Panelists: Armaan Sidiqi, Harvard University, “Perspectives on “Politicized Sufism”: A Case Study of ...
12 Sep 20182h
Prayers, Invocations, and the Talismanic Tradition
Panel 2 of West Africa and the Maghreb: Prayers, Invocations, and the Talismanic Tradition Panelists: James C. Riggan, Florida State University, “Qur’anic Exorcism in North and West Africa” Zachary ...
12 Sep 20181h 52min
Re-evalutating the Historic Core Curriculum
Panel 3 of West Africa and the Maghreb: Re-evalutating the Historic Core Curriculum Panelists: Ismail Warcheid, CNRS France, “Scholarly Networks, Legal Debates, and Territorial Integration” David Ow...
12 Sep 201855min
Jihadi Ideology: What is New, What is Not?
Panel 4 of West Africa and the Maghreb: Jihadi Ideology: What is New, What is Not? Panelists: William Miles, Northeastern University, “Jihadism in Muslim West Africa in Historical Perspective” Abdu...
12 Sep 20181h 53min
