"Religions may disagree on many things, but each contains philosophical or theological orientations that can be interpreted and applied in ways that protect the Earth," says CDS Director and Sustainability 360 Co-Chair Dr.
Faiths in Conversation: Hinduism & Justice | Dr. Rita Sherma & Dr. Jonathan Wyn Schofer
This Faiths in Conversation series webinar on "Hinduism & Justice" features a conversation between CDS Director Dr. Rita D. Sherma and UT-Austin Associate Professor of Religious Studies Dr. Jonathan Wyn Schofer.
Harvard University Symposium on Love in World Religions | Part I: Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, & Judaism
CDS was delighted to participate in the Harvard Human Flourishing Program to explore the significance and diverse perceptions of love in four religions.
Join the Richard S. Dinner Center for Jewish Studies and the Mira & Ajay Shingal Center for Dharma Studies for a conversation between Jai Chakrabarti and Dan Schifrin about Chakrabarti's dazzling debut novel, A Play for the End of the World (Knopf). The book, which takes place during the Warsaw Ghetto and 1970s India, is a provocative exploration of the role of art in times of political upheaval, and a moving reminder of the power of the past to shape the present.
Designing Relationally: Making and Restor(y)ing Life
Join us on February 26th from 12:30pm to 2:30pm PST in welcoming Dr. Arturo Escobar, Dr. Michal Osterweil, and Dr. Kriti Sharma for a panel discussion on their forthcoming book from Bloomsbury, UK: Designing Relationally: Making and Restor(y)ing Life.
The GTU has partnered with Radical Love Live to produce a podcast on the theme of “Connection and Unity.” Based out of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYC, Radical Love Live is a safe place to talk about spirituality in all its forms with the goal of building bridges across spectrums of belief, traditions, and practice through discussion, interviews, music, and shared practice. On April 26th, Dr. Rita D.
In this online event, Dr. Rita Sherma and Dr. Devin Phillip Zuber co-chairs of the GTU’s Sustainability 360 Initiative, reflect on how this current great disruption has pushed us to return to our roots, and to reengage and reread the texts we love that have so formatively shaped us. Dr.
Dr. Purushottama Bilimoria has been awarded a Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award to teach and conduct research at Ashoka University in Sonipat, Haryana, India, this fall.
Dr. Vicki Spencer, author of Toleration in Comparative Perspective, will join panels from the Graduate Theological Union and UC Berkeley to discuss the idea of toleration with particular emphasis on and reaction to the terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Please register for this event by following the Eventbrite link here.
