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Show Lecture series examines religion and violence Violence has been around at least since Cain and AbeL So has religion. And ever since then, religion has been telling us violence is wrong. But todty issues like capital capi-tal punishment, abortion, spouse and child abuse meet with differing responses from various religious . groups. Anyone wondering how ' the tangled web of religion and violence sorts itself out in the minds of local thinkers on the subject will . relish a new series of free public lectures this fall and winter at Westminster College. Th6 series, which is sponsored by St. Mark's Cathedral, the Philosophy and Religion Program at Westminster College, and the University of Utah's Division of Continuing Education, Edu-cation, features one Thursday evening even-ing lecture per month beginning Oct 26 and ending April 19. The first lecture, on "Christianity, "Christiani-ty, Law and Violence," will "be delivered by Ed Firmage, Professor of Law, University of Utah. Lectures Lec-tures on violence from Islamic, Judaic, Eastern, Mormon and Fundamentalist Fun-damentalist perspectives will -ibllowOf particular -local interest will be the Feb. 22 lecture on "Mormon Perspectives on Violence" by Judge Paul Grant. The final lecture on "The Religious Person's Response to Violence" will be given by Dean Maxwell of St. Mark's Cathedral. All lectures and following discussions will take place at Nunemaker Place on Westminster Campus at 7:30 p.m. The moderator will be Michael Popich of Westminster College. Following is a complete schedule of dates and lecture topics. Oct 26. "Christianitv. Law and Violence," Ed Firmage of the U of u. Nov. 16, "Violence and the Islamic Tradition" Bernard Weiss of the U of U. Dec 14, "Violence and the Judiac Tradition," Rabbi Wenger, -Congregation Kol Ami. Jan. 25, "Violence in Eastern Traditions," Deen Chatteriee from theUofU. Feb. 22, "Mormon Perspectives on Violence," Paul Grant, LDS Church. Mar. 22, "Fundamentalist Perspectives on Violence," Dan Hornock, Independent Bible Church. Apr. 19, "The Religious Person's Per-son's Response to Violence," Dean Maxwell, St. Mark's Cathedral. The series is free and is open to the general public. For further information in-formation please call 581-6970 |
