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Mondays, September 10-December 3, 7:00-10:00pm
"The Epic of Creation: Scientific, Biblical, and Theological Perspectives on Our Origins"

Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1100 E. 55th St., Chicago

  • sponsored by the Zygon Center for Religion and Science
  • for more information and a full lecture schedule, visit http://zygoncenter.org or contact the Zygon Center at 773-256-0670 or zcrs@zygoncenter.org

Sunday, September 23, 3:30pm
"Chicago, Sustainability, and the Work of Wangari Maathai" roundtable discussion

Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.

  • co-sponsored by the University of Chicago Civic Knowledge Project, the Religion and Environment Initiative, and the Graham School of General Studies
  • for more information, contact Bart Schultz at rschultz@uchicago.edu

Friday-Sunday, September 28-30
"Sacred Soil: Reclaiming the Source of Our Food" conference

Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center, Goshen College, Wolf Lake, IN

Friday, October 19, 8:00am-4:00pm
"Religious Perspectives on Climate Change:Turning Faith into Action" conference

Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, 735 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI

  • Join us for a multi-faith exploration of the intersection of religious beliefs and concern for the global environment. Is there scriptural support for attending to the issue of climate change as a religious and moral issue? How can concern for climate change be integrated into religious rituals as a way to modify behavior and consciousness? What is being done to reach across traditions and to foster interfaith dialogue and collaboration? What more needs to be done? Come join in a conversation over the answers to these and many other questions.
  • for more information and a full lecture schedule, visit http://www.erb.umich.edu/News-and-Events/ReligiousPerspectivesHome.htm

Friday-Saturday, November 3-4
Interfaith Dialogue Retreat

Interreligious Center, Rockefeller Chapel basement, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.

  • the retreat will include potluck dinner, conversation, Havdalah (short service marking the end of Shabbat), pizza, a movie, a community service project, and attending a service Sunday (if you want to)
  • for more information, or to RSVP, contact Alexandra Ash at alexash@uchicago.edu or Zoe Hruban at zmhruban@uchicago.edu

Sunday, November 4, 2:00-3:30pm
"Religion and the Environment" panel discussion

First United Methodist Church at The Chicago Temple, 77 W. Washington St.

  • Among political issues of interest to religious groups in this country, the environment is beginning to emerge as key. How do our various faiths address the many issues involved? A remarkable panel of scholars and experts on world religions and movements will examine the various doctrinal stances (e.g., dominion vs. stewardship of the natural world) and discuss what religion and faith have to say about humankind's place in nature.
  • Panelists will include Garry Wills, cultural and religious historian, adjunct professor of History at Northwestern; Randall Balmer, professor of American Religion at Barnard College; Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of _Tikkun_ magazine and leader of Beyt Tikkun synagogue in Berkeley, CA; Mary Evelyn Tucker, professor of Religion at Yale University and coordinator of the Forum on Religion and Ecology; and Umar Faruq Abd-Allah, chairman and scholar-in-residence at the Chicago-based Nawawi Foundation; Ray Pierrehumbert, Louis Block Professor in Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago. The moderator will be environmental writer and activist Bill McKibben.
  • sponsored by the Chicago Humanities Festival as part of "Climate of Concern" series
  • tickets cost $5 each and may be ordered by phone at 312-494-9509 or online at http://www.chfestival.org/festival/index.cfm?fa=home.program&id=2110&sec=adult
  • for more information, visit www.chfestival.org

Thursday, November 8, 7:00pm
"Utah's Redrock Wilderness: Saving an American Icon" slide show and talk

Augustana Luthern Church, 5500 S. Woodlawn Ave.

  • Clayton Daughenbaugh will give a visual presentation on "Utah's Redrock Wilderness: Saving an American Icon" at Augustana Lutheran Church in Hyde Park. The presenter is Midwest Field Organizer for the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), a nationwide organization of citizens who want to see this precious landscape permanently protected.
  • The presentation, including photos, will focus on the scriptural basis for the care of creation, the Utah wilderness proposal, and opportunities for citizens to help care for this most spectacular part of God's Creation.
  • free and open to the public
  • ecologically responsible refreshments will follow the talk
  • co-sponsored by the Augustana Lutheran Church and Campus Ministry, the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, the Zygon Center for Religion and Science, and the University of Chicago Religion and Environment Initiative
  • for more information, call Pastor John Gorder at Augustana Lutheran Church (773-493-6451) or e-mail Pastor Elizabeth Musselman at eamussel@uchicago.edu

Saturday, November 10, 8:00-9:00am
"Save God, Serve the Planet: A Christian's Call to Action" talk

First Presbyterian Church of Evanston, 1427 Chicago Ave., Evanston, IL

  • speaker will be Dr. Matthew Sleeth, author of _Save God, Serve the Planet_ (see www.servegodsavetheplanet.org)
  • breakfast will be provided for those who RSVP by Wed. Nov. 7
  • to RSVP or for more information call the church office at 847-864-1472 or e-mail Judy at cantodolce@gmail.com

Saturday, November 10, 9:00am-3:00pm
"Social Justice and the Environment: A Conference on Human and Environmental Rights"

School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago, 969 E. 60th St.

  • keynote speaker will be Anne de La Bouillere Goeke, long-time author, international activist, sustainability educator, and co-Founder/Director of the Earth Rights Institute and the Coalition for Sustainable Africa
  • breakout session topics and presenters will include "Environmental Justice in Communities of Color" with Naomi Davis, Founder of Blacks in Green; "Environmental Justice in Illinois" with Rodger Field, Illinois EPA; and "Grassroots Actions and Mobilization" with Anne Goeke
  • the conference will end with a free screening of The Eleventh Hour
  • continental breakfast and lunch will be provided
  • co-sponsored by The Norman Wait Harris Fund of the Center for International Studies, the International Social Welfare Student Group, and the Environmental Action Group
  • free, but RSVP required
  • for more information or to RSVP visit http://humanrights.uchicago.edu/envirorightsconf-rsvp.shtml

Saturday, November 10, 11:00am-4:00pm
Field Trip to Baha'i House of Worship for North America

Baha'i House of Worship, 100 Linden Ave, Wilmette, IL

  • Join us for the first of a series of field trips to sacred sites in the Chicago region. We'll be setting up carpools and leaving around 11:00am, attending a brief devotional service at 12:30pm, going on an hour-long guided tour at 12:45, having a late lunch, and returning to Hyde Park after that.
  • One of only seven Baha'i temples in the world, the Baha'i House of Worship in Wilmette symbolizes unity and invites prayer to God. The quiet serenity surrounding this outstanding building reflects the spiritual truths held by the Baha'i faith: the oneness of God, the oneness of humanity, and the oneness of religion.
  • Like all Baha'i Houses of Worship, the temple in Wilmette has nine sides and a dome (135 feet high) and is surrounded by exquisite gardens and fountains. The temple is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. For more information about the temple visit http://www.bahai.us/bahai-temple.
  • co-sponsored by the Religion and Environment Initiative and Interfaith Dialogue
  • free, but RSVP for carpooling is required by November 4
  • for more information or to RSVP, contact Subir Trivedi at satrived@uchicago.edu

Sunday, November 11, 3:30-5:00pm
"The Faith-Based Response to Climate Change" panel

Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St.

  • Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Core, which builds mutual respect and pluralism among young people from different religious traditions by getting them to work together to serve others, will convene a discussion about what people of faith ought to think, say, and do to preserve the environment we all share.
  • panelists will include Zoe Hruban, Mir Mustafa, Hemang Srikishan, and Megan Wade
  • moderated by Kevin Coval, founder of The Chicago Teen Poetry Festival, Louder Than A Bomb, and artistic director of Young Chicago Authors
  • $5 admission fee
  • for more information or to purchase a ticket, visit http://www.chfestival.org/festival/index.cfm?fa=home.program&id=2053&sec=adult

Tuesday, November 27, noon-1:00pm
Sacred Texts Brown Bag Discussion with Wendy Doniger on "Dogs, Zoomorphism, and the Sacred in Ancient India"

Rockefeller Chapel basement, Room 019, Interreligious Center, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.

  • Wendy Doniger will lead a discussion on ancient Indian texts about dogs ("Texts about Dogs from Ancient India"). A supplemental paper by Dr. Doniger on "Zoomorphism in Ancient India" is also available.
  • free snacks and drinks will be served
  • sponsored by the University of Chicago Religion and Environment Initiative
  • to request copies of the readings, or for more information, please contact Dave at daftandi@bsd.uchicago.edu; to request a disability-related accommodation, please call the Chapel office at 773-702-2100

Saturday, January 19, 10:00am-3:00pm
Sacred Sites Field Trip to Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago

  • please join us for the second in our series of sacred sites field trips
  • this time we will be visiting the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago in Lamont; free transportation and guided tour will be provided
  • co-sponsored by the Religion and Environment Initiative and Interfaith Dialogue
  • for more information, or to RSVP, e-mail Subir at satrived@uchicago.edu

Tuesday, January 22, 6:00pm
4th Annual Interfaith Eco-Vegan Tu B’Shvat Seder

Bartlett Lounge/Trophy Room, 1st floor, 5640 S. University Ave.

  • Tu B’Shvat is the Jewish New Year of the Trees, so named because of the Hebrew date on which the holiday falls, when trees were traditionally counted for tithing purposes
  • today the holiday has become a fun, festive opportunity to thank trees for the nuts and other blessings they bring us, and also to reflect upon the spiritual lessons they have to teach us
  • free vegan, kosher food will be served, including nuts
  • co-sponsored by Jewish Action, the Religion and Environment Initiative, Interfaith Dialogue, Hillel, SGFC, and Rockefeller Chapel
  • for more information, or to request a disability-related accommodation, contact Deena at deena.p.heller@gmail.com

Monday, January 28, 12:30pm
REI Bimonthly Meeting

Rockefeller Chapel basement, Interreligious Center Fellowship Room, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.

  • come help us plan activities for 2008!
  • new members are always welcome
  • for more information, e-mail Dave at daftandi@bsd.uchicago.edu

Tuesday, January 29, 3:00pm
"Christian-Based Agriculture at Lamb of God Farm" talk and spinning demonstration

Cobb Hall, Room 102, 5811 S. Ellis Ave.

  • Donna and Natasha Lehrer of Lamb of God Farm in Big Rock, IL will discuss their farm and farm animals; their knitting store, Esther's Place Fibers, and the Illinois Green Pastures Fiber Cooperative; and the role their Christian faith played both in their decision to become farmers and shepherds, and continues to play in their daily practice of organic agriculture and rural community development
  • sponsored by the Religion and Environment Initiative
  • for more information about Lamb of God Farm and the Christian agrarian movement, see http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/october/43.64.html
  • for more information, contact Dave at daftandi@bsd.uchicago.edu

Tuesdays, February 5 to April 29, 6:30-9:30pm
"The Future of Creation: Foundations for a Just and Sustainable World" course / lecture series

Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1100 E. 55th St.

Thursday, February 7, 7:00pm
"The Role of Faith in Politics: Interfaith Responses to Super Tuesday" panel discussion

Hyde Park Union Church, 5600 S. Woodlawn Ave.

  • You've heard politicians talk about religion. But what do the religious leaders have to say about the relationship between faith and politics?
  • WBEZ's Jason DeRose will moderate this panel discussion
  • panelists will include Father Michael Pfleger, Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid, Rabbi Arnold Wolf, and Rev. Dr. Dwight Hopkins
  • free and open to the public
  • sponsored by the Hyde Park Union Church
  • for more information, contact the Hyde Park Union church at 773-363-6063 or office@hpuc.org

Monday, February 11, 12:30pm
REI Bimonthly Meeting

Rockefeller Chapel basement, Interreligious Center Fellowship Room, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.

  • come help us plan activities for 2008!
  • new members are always welcome
  • for more information, e-mail Dave at daftandi@bsd.uchicago.edu

Tuesday, February 19, noon-1:00pm
Sacred Texts & Environment Discussion of Psalm 104 with Ted Hiebert

Rockefeller Chapel, Fellowship Room 019, basement Interreligious Center, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.

  • Please join us for the next session of REI's ongoing series of brown bag discussions of sacred texts on environmental topics. Our discussion leader for this session will be Dr. Theodore Hiebert, Francis A. McGaw Professor of Old Testament at the McCormick Theological Seminary here in Hyde Park. Dr. Hiebert is also the author of The Yahwist's Landscape: Nature and Religion in Early Israel (Oxford, 1996).
  • The reading for discussion will be Psalm 104. As you read the psalm, please focus especially on images of nature, God, and humanity--and their interrelationships.
  • Free and open to the public; light refreshments will be served.
  • co-sponsored by the Religion and Environment Initiative and Interfaith Dialogue
  • to request a disability-related accommodation, please call the Chapel office at 773-702-2100; for more general information, contact Dave at daftandi@bsd.uchicago.edu

Monday, February 25, 5:30-6:30pm
REI Bimonthly Meeting

Cummings Life Science Center, Room 157B, 920 E. 58th St.

  • come help us plan activities for 2008!
  • new members are always welcome
  • for more information, e-mail Dave at daftandi@bsd.uchicago.edu

Monday, March 3, 4:30-6:00pm
"Cusco Energetico: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Environmental Lessons from the Andes" presentation by Don Theo Paredes

Stuart Hall, Room 102, 5835 S. Greenwood Ave.

  • Theo Paredes, Ph.D. anthropologist and Andean healer, has spent much of his life living in Peru, studying, working and teaching about the ancient Andean culture of the area known as Cusco. He has always had contact with the indigenous people of Peru and has been intimately involved with communities still relatively isolated from modernism. For more than 35 years he has studied and practiced Andean healing techniques that emphasize the native use of sacred plants and practices of managing energy.
  • In this presentation, Dr. Paredes will offer an understanding of how the ancient Andean people understood and worked with energy in their architecture, agriculture, ceremonies, and daily lives, all for the purpose of living in harmony with nature. He believes this culture was highly advanced and understood their connection to everything in a way that we are just beginning to comprehend. In sharing this information, Dr. Paredes hopes that modern societies learn from this ancient knowledge how to once again live more harmoniously with the natural world.
  • Light refreshments will be provided.
  • Sponsored by the Univ. of Chicago Religion and Environment Initiative.
  • To request a disability-related accommodation, or for more information, please contact Subir at satrived@uchicago.edu. For directions to Stuart Hall, go to http://maps.uchicago.edu/mainquad/stuart.html.

Sunday, March 9, 2:30-5:30pm
"Faithful Citizenship: An Environmental Advocacy Workshop"

Cummings Life Science Center, Room 157B, 920 E. 58th St.

  • This workshop on state and federal environmental policy issues will explain how congregations can engage in policy advocacy--what's legal, how to do it, and why it matters.
  • The workshop will begin with a tour of the host congregation's house of worship, the first LEED-certified green synagogue in the U.S.
  • Rebecca Stanfield, Executive Director of Environment Illinois, will deliver a plenary address on the legislative agenda for 2008, which will be followed by a series of breakout sessions on various portions of that agenda.
  • requested registration fee is $15/person, or $30/3 people from one organization, but no one will be turned away if they can't pay
  • for more information or to register, contact Faith in Place at 312-733-4640, info@faithinplace.org, or visit www.faithinplace.org/events.php?ID=98

Monday, March 10, 5:30-6:30pm
REI Bimonthly Meeting

Cummings Life Science Center, Room 157B, 920 E. 58th St.

  • come help us plan activities for 2008!
  • new members are always welcome
  • for more information, e-mail Dave at daftandi@bsd.uchicago.edu

Friday, April 18, 10:00am-5:00pm
"From Dust to Steel: Human Beings as Creatures and Creators" ministry conference

Swift Hall, 1025 E. 58th St.

  • This conference will employ Christian theologies of creation to explore the place of human beings within creation. It will focus on the role of the human being as both creature and creator. For many Christians, "Creation" evokes images of the natural world and its species, including human beings ourselves, while cities are sometimes thought of as distinct from, if not contradictory to, nature. However, we intend to consider both the promise and problem of cities as a part of God's creation through the agency of human beings.
  • Panelists will include Philip Bess, Professor of Architecture, Notre Dame University; William Burger, Curator Emeritus in Botany, Field Museum of Chicago; Jessica Vazquez Torres, National Religious Outreach Coordinator, Interfaith Worker Justice; and Theodore Hiebert, Professor of Old Testament, McCormick Theological Seminary.
  • first 100 registrants will be served a free lunch
  • to register or for more information, including a draft conference schedule, visit http://divinity.uchicago.edu/degree/ministry/conference/2008/ or e-mail ministryconference@gmail.com

Tuesday, April 22, 7:00-9:00pm
"Interfaith Approaches to the Environment" panel discussion

Lutheran School of Theology, Room 350, 1100 E. 55th St.

  • Featured speakers are Zainab Khan, who will speak on Muslim approaches to care for creation, and Herbert Bronstein, who will discuss Jewish approaches. A panel discussion and conversation with the audience will follow their presentations, and the evening will conclude with a reception.
  • Zainab Khan conducts outreach to religious communities at Faith in Place, an Chicago-based, interfaith organization helping congregations respond to the environmental crisis. She has extensive experience as an educator, having worked for several years in the Muslim school system, and has a passion for all the work of Faith in Place, particularly our TAQWA cooperative and other efforts to link Muslim values and support for sustainable farming. Zainab has a degree in History from the University of Chicago in 2004, and a Masters in Teaching History from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2006. She is currently pursuing Doctoral studies in New World History.
  • Herbert Bronstein will speak about what Judaism has to say about care of creation. He is Rabbi Emeritus and Senior Scholar at North Shore Congregation Israel, where he served as Senior Rabbi for 25 years. He teaches history of religion and environmental studies courses at Lake Forest College, including "Religious and Ethical Perspectives on the Environment." Rabbi Bronstein is a member of the Committee for Environmental Initiatives for the Council of Religious Leaders of Metropolitan Chicago.
  • free and open to the public
  • sponsored by the Lutheran School of Theology; co-sponsored by McCormick Theological Seminary, the U of C Religion and Environment Initiative, Faith in Place, Zygon Center for Religion and Science, and the Center for Christian Muslim Engagement
  • for more info, or to request a disability-related accommodation, please contact Christina Heisser at the Zygon Center for Religion and Science, 773-256-0670 or zcrs@lstc.edu

Wednesday, April 23, 11:30am-noon
Earth Stewardship Ecumenical Worship Service

Bond Chapel, 1050 E. 59th St.

  • Ted Hiebert, Francis A. McGaw Professor of Old Testament at McCormick Theological Seminary, will be preaching
  • Bond Chapel Worship is a brief midweek service of music, prayer, readings, and preaching in an ecumenical spirit. The weekly gathering provides regular space and place for reflection, wonder, and praise. All are welcome!
  • for more information, please contact Laura Hollinger at marie1@uchicago.edu

Thursday, April 24, 4:30pm
"Environment in Israel" lecture

Columbia College, 600 S. Michigan Ave.

  • speaker will be Dr. Michal Perle-Kellner, director of the Environmental Protection and Licensing Unit, Israel Electric Company
  • Dr. Kellner will speak about current environmental challenges and progress in Israel, including wastewater and water recycling, global warming, water quality, and soil contamination.
  • sponsored by Hillels Around Chicago
  • for more information contact Galit Greenfield at 312-673-2350 or GalitGreenfield@juf.org

Friday, April 25, noon-1:00pm
REI Bimonthly Meeting

Interreligious Center, basement, Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.

  • come help REI plan events and activities for the quarter
  • for more information, contact Dave at daftandi@bsd.uchicago.edu

Friday, April 25, 3:00-4:00pm
"Why the Environment Matters to Me and Why" panel discussion

South Lounge, Reynolds Club 2nd floor, 57th St. & University Ave.

  • one of the panelists will be Mike Hogue, Assistant Professor of Theology, Meadville Lombard Theological Seminary, and founding member of the Religion and Environment Initiative
  • for more information, contact Becca Maurer at rmaurer@uchicago.edu

Friday, May 9, noon-1:00pm
REI Bimonthly Meeting

Interreligious Center, basement, Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.

  • come help REI plan events and activities for the quarter
  • for more information, contact Dave at daftandi@bsd.uchicago.edu

Wednesday, May 14, 9:00am-noon
"Ikebana: Japanese Flower Arranging" workshop

Fellowship Room 019, Interreligious Center, basement, Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.

  • Mrs. Ikka Nakashima, internationally renowned teacher in the Ikenobo School, will introduce participants to the living history and meaning of Japanese flower arranging. The workshop will include a demonstration with an explanation of the principal styles and the artistic approach of Ikebana. Each participant will create a flower arrangement to take home.
  • part of the sacred arts workshop series
  • sponsored by the Interreligious Council; co-sponsored by Rockefeller Memorial Chapel and the U of C Religion and Environment Initiative
  • free, but RSVP required
  • for more information or to RSVP contact Hannah at hannahm@uchicago.edu

Thursday, May 15, 6:00-8:30pm
Screening of Miyazaki's Animated Environmental Film Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind

Meadville Lombard Theological School, Curtis Room, 5701 S. Woodlawn Ave.

  • Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind is an anime classic that creatively and beautifully explores the relationship between humans and the natural world. One thousand years after a war devastated much of the Earth, humanity clings to existence at the fringes of a vast, polluted forest inhabited by monstrous insects. Only Nausicaa, the princess of the tiny realm of the Valley of the Wind, grasps the environmental significance of the forest. She sees beyond petty wars and national rivalries to the only viable future for the planet.
  • free pizza will be served
  • free and open to the public, but RSVPs are appreciated so that we know how much food to buy
  • sponsored by the U of C Religion and Environment Initiative and INSERT NAME OF MEADVILLE ENV. GROUP
  • please enter through the easternmost door of Meadville Lombard's building on 57th St. (2nd door you come to if you walk east on 57th from the U of C)
  • for more information or to request a disability-related accommodation, contact Esther at eebowen@uchicago.edu or Scott at srudolph@meadville.edu

Sunday, May 18, 2:00pm
Screening of Renewal Documentary on Religious Environmentalism

Chicago Green Festival, Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave.

  • Offering a profound message of hope, Renewal shows individuals and communities driven by the deepest source of inspiration--their spiritual and religious convictions--being called to reexamine what it means to be human and how we ought to live on the planet. One of the featured stories is about Chicago's own Faith in Place.
  • The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion by representatives of various religious groups around Chicago talking about what commitments their denominations have made or are ready to make to care for the Earth.
  • screening is free, but there is a $15 ($10 for students) admission fee to the Green Festival
  • sponsored by Faith in Place and the City of Chicago Dept. of the Environment
  • for more information about the Chicago Green Festival, visit http://www.greenfestivals.org/content/view/230/200/
  • for more information about the screening of Renewal, contact Faith in Place at 312-733-4640 or info@faithinplace.org

Tuesday, May 20, noon-1:00pm
Sacred Texts & Environment Brown Bag Discussion of "Transcendental Nature and American Capitalism"

Fellowship Room 019, Interreligious Center, basement, Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.

  • Jonathan Berliner, ABD, Dept. of English, University of Chicago, will lead this discussion
  • reading for discussion from Emerson's Nature is available by CLICKING HERE
  • light refreshments will be served
  • sponsored by the U of C Religion and Environment Initiative
  • for more information, contact Dave at daftandi@bsd.uchicago.edu

Tuesday, May 27, noon-1:00pm
"Cosmological and Environmental Foundations of Byzantine Iconography" Sacred Texts Brown Bag Discussion

Fellowship Room 019, Interreligious Center, basement, Rockefeller Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Ave.

  • Katarzyna Kasiarz and Rick Moreno will lead this discussion on the environmental and cosmological dimensions of the processes of the creation and interpretation of Byzantine iconography. The imagery used on two actual icons that depict the Nativity and Theophany, respectively, will center the discussion, augmented with two brief supplemental readings.
  • readings/images for discussion will be available the week before the event
  • sponsored by the U of C Religion and Environment Initiative
  • for more information, contact Dave at daftandi@bsd.uchicago.edu

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