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Monday, February 23, 2015 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Pope Francis and the Jews: A Friendship Revisited

What is the attitude of the current Pope Francis toward the Jews? Where does he stand in relation to his immediate predecessors — John Paul II and Benedict XVI — on both theological and political grounds regarding such existentially crucial issues as the State of Israel, rising anti-semitism, and the Vatican’s own relationship with Jews and Judaism?
Thursday, March 19, 2015 3:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

What is ISIS? Why Do Canadians Join?

he research literature on terrorist radicalization is now vast and complex, yet our understanding of the process is still fragmentary and underdeveloped. This brief presentation has two purposes: to introduce you to the range of ideas and findings relevant to the study of the process by which so-called homegrown terrorists are radicalized and become violent, and to provide you with a plausible model of how this happens. 

Monday, November 16, 2015 3:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Religious Freedom at Risk? Islam, Europe and the Right to Act on Faith

Speaker: Dr. Melanie Adrian, Dept. of Law and Legal Studies, Carleton University

Description: Religious freedom has been increasingly under attack in France in the last 10 years. In 2004, religious symbols were banned in public high schools, and in 2011, covering the face in public spaces was prohibited. These measures were largely a response to, and have disproportionately affected, Muslim communities – especially Muslim women. They may also be jeopardizing pluralism, democracy, and certain conceptions of freedom.

Friday, October 18, 2019 8:45 am - Saturday, October 19, 2019 1:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Workshop: Non-Religion and Secularity in Canada

Join a group of leading Canadian and international scholars for this two-day workshop event as they share preliminary research findings, brainstorm, drive innovation and new collaborations in the emerging subdiscipline of non-religion and secularity studies.

Free & open to the public. Co-hosted by the University of Waterloo Religious Studies Department and the Sociology and Legal Studies Department.

When: Friday, October 18 8:45 am - 7 pm
Saturday, October 19, 8:45 am - 1:30 pm (see schedule Event Brite link for more details)

Monday, November 18, 2013 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

The Edges of Theology: and SJU Religious Studies author celebration

Please join us in Fireplace Lounge, Sweeney Hall, for refreshments, a panel discussion and book signing to celebrate the publication of the following books:

Scott Kline: The Ethical Being: A Catholic Guide to Contemporary Issues

Myroslaw Tatryn and Maria Truchan-Tataryn: Discovering Trinity in Disability: A Theology for Embracing Difference.

Cynthia Crysdale: Creator God, Evolving World (with Neil Ormerod)

Thursday, March 26, 2015 3:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Animals as peers, as persons, as peacebuilders.

In this talk Bechtel considers some of the changes that have developed in human understanding of animal life over the last 20 years. In three circles of increasing particularity he probes the ways humans and animals relate and the lessons that humans can take from animal life. Drawing on insights from geography, theology, and ethology Bechtel develops an ethics of human animal relationship focused on the flourishing of species.