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What is ISIS? Why Do Canadians Join?
What is ISIS? Why Do Canadians Join? - A Public Lecture
Speakers: Dr. Lorne Dawson, University of Waterloo and Dr. Amarnath Amarasingam, Dalhousie University
Date: Thursday March 19, 2015
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: AL 211
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.
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)
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)
Animals as peers, as persons, as peacebuilders.
Speaker: Trevor Bechtel, Conrad Grebel University College, UW
Date: Thursday March 26, 2015
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: AL 211
Refreshments will be provided.