Mary Grigolia will lead a three-session workshop with insights and techniques from neuroscience for maintaining a peaceful, creative, playful and caring mind. Don't be bullied by procrastination, depression or anxiety. Tuesdays 10/4, 11, and 18 from 7:30-8:30 pm at the Multifaith Center (68 S Professor). For more information please contact Rev. Mary Grigolia.

Rev. Irene Monroe, an African American lesbian feminist theologian, pastor and activist, will be on campus Monday 10/10 offering a workshop on "Challenging Spiritual Violence Against LGBT People" at 4:30 pm in Wilder 112 and a lecture on "The Black Church and LGBT People" at 7:30 pm in West Lecture Hall. Monroe is a graduate of Wellesley College and Union Theological Seminary and is a Th.D. candidate at Harvard University. She writes and speaks widely on issues of religion, race, gender and sexuality, including her Huffington Post blog. Sponsored by ORSL, the MRC My Name Is My Own Series, and Queers and Allies of Faith. For more information please contact Rev. Greg McGonigle.

Saturday, 10/15, 10 am, Meet at the southeast corner of Tappan Sq. across from Aladdin's

 

Rev. Steve Hammond, Co-Pastor of Peace Community Church and ORSL Protestant Religious Life Affiliate, will give a walking tour of Oberlin's deep religious heritage including the founding of the colony and college, co-education, African American inclusion, abolitionism and the Underground Railroad, Charles Finney, the School of Theology, the Memorial Arch, and the women's rights, temperance, civil rights, peace, LGBT and green movements. For more information please contact Rev. Greg McGonigle.

Sunday 10/16: Garhwali (Himalayan) Music

 

The Mead-Swing Lectureship Fund presents the Lecture-Demonstration "Music in Indian Himalayan Possession Ceremonies" by Pritam Bhartwan with Dr. Stefan Fiol.Additional sponsors include the Musicology Department, Oberlin Shansi, and the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life. Free and open to the public. For more information please contact Professor Jennifer Fraser.

11/4-5: Hear world-renowned keynote speakers Joan Chittister, OSB and Shane Claiborne. Choose from more than 30 engaging workshops. Connect with a variety of vibrant monastic communities - both 'traditional' and 'new'.

 

Just a week and half left for early registration and lower rates--early registration ends 9/23. 

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Roy Mottahedeh, Professor of Islamic History and Director of the Islamic Studies Program at Harvard University, and author of "The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran", will speak on "Friendship in Islamic Ethical Thought" on Monday 11/7 at 4:30 pm in West Lecture Hall. He will also deliver a visual presentation on "Felines in Islamic Art and Culture" on Tuesday 11/8 at 1 pm in King 106. Sponsored by the Mead-Swing Lectureship Committee. For more information please contact Professor Jafar Mahallati.