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“Rejecting the Pill: A History of the Science of Natural Family Planning” presented by Katherin Dugan, PhD

In this lecture, Katherine Dugan will examine the history of the science of Natural Family Planning–starting with the “rhythm” method of the 1920s through the app-based methods of the 2020s. This lecture interweaves medical history with Catholic history in order to tell the story of how what is now known as NFP came to be practiced. In addition to tracing the history of these methods, the lecture also details some of the biographical history of the medical doctors and scientists committed to this work.

Thursday, April 18th, 2024 4:30-5:30 pm (In person or live stream)

The event is free, registration is required for those who want to attend in person

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The event will be held at:

Allen Memorial Public Library, 110 Euclid Ave. Zverina Room, 3rd floor

Live stream details will be available here

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Keynote: Dr. Joy R. Bostic

Associate professor Joy R. Bostic is giving the opening keynote address at St. John’s College,

University of Oxford for the Mystical Theology Network’s Mysticism and Action conference,

March 19-21. Her keynote address “‘It Feels So Good to Be Alive’: Vital Unity, Africana

Cosmology and Embodied Sociality as Spiritual Practice” includes excerpts from her upcoming book

on Africana religion and popular culture

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Black Visions, Black Voices, and the Power of Black Art: AFRICOBRA and Ohio

Siegal Lifelong Learning is holding an upcoming two-part remote lecture.

Join Dr. Regennia N. Williams Tuesdays, April 9 & 16 | 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM ET as she facilitates a discussion about the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and beyond as seen through the work of Wadsworth Jarrell, Jae Jarrell, and Nelson Stevens.

Students are invited to attend free of charge.

For more information, click here. For registration click here.

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Award winning show consulted on by Religious Department’s own, Deepak Sarma

Professor Deepak Sarma, in addition to their University duties, is a cultural consultant for Netflix, Mattel, and Moonbug, and has worked on projects such as “Deepa & Anoop” and “CoComelon Lane”. For the last several years, they consulted on the new YouTube series, “Ghee Happy”, which has just been awarded the 51st Annie Award’s “Best TV/ Media – Preschool” in the field of 2023 animation! The series is a playful reimagining of the Hindu deities as little kids discovering their powers in a deity daycare. Full episodes, shorts, and music videos can all be found at the Ghee Happy Studio on YouTube. From all of us here in the Religious Studies Department, we wish you a warm congratulations, Deepak!

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Applications now being accepted for Inaugural Mandel Fellowships

The college is looking for up to eight first-year students to become inaugural recipients of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation’s Fellowship in the new Experimental Humanities program at Case Western Reserve!

This is a bold initiative to integrate the liberal arts and STEM in order to address the rapidly evolving technological landscape and today’s most pressing societal issues.

Students in this exciting program will blend humanities-oriented critical reflection with hands-on experimenting and skills development in new technologies, enabling them to ask deep questions about the ethical, philosophical and socio-cultural implications of scientific and technological change.

We encourage first-year (2023-24) students who have a passionate interest in this area of study to apply for the Mandel Fellowship by no later than Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, for a chance to be part of the inaugural class, which begins with the 2024 spring semester.

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“Is there an ordinary state of consciousness?” Deepak Sarma Lecture & Reception

Why do we contrast ordinary states of consciousness with non-ordinary ones? Why do we presume that there are any ordinary or normal states of consciousness? The current curiosity about altered states of consciousness and the therapeutic value of so-called psychedelic substances begs the question of what is considered to be “normal.”

Attendees can expect to question their basic beliefs, and to leave transformed and transfigured.

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Dr. Brian Clites, Curran Center Award Winner, Explores Healing Power of Voice

There is healing power in using your voice.

That was one of the lessons of “A Theology of Voice: VOCAL and the Catholic Clergy Abuse Survivor Movement,” an article by Brian Clites, Ph.D., chosen by Fordham’s Curran Center for American Catholic Studies in May as the winner of its third annual New Scholars essay contest.

The article traces the origins of VOCAL (Victims of Clergy Abuse Linkup), which was among the first and most prominent advocacy organizations for American survivors of childhood clergy sexual abuse. It was a predecessor of the currently active SNAP, (Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests), and was notable, Clites said, because its leaders explicitly recognized the spiritual dimensions of the abuse they suffered, which they called “soul murder.”

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