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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture This will be of interest to some of you. Please cross-post as appropriate. Forwarded message: > Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:08:01 -0400 > From: "Timothy Horner" <[log in to unmask]> > *Living in Antiquity:* > > * Jews, Greeks, and Christians* > > *October 5-7, 2005* > > */An Interdisciplinary Conference Sponsored by /* > > */The Core Humanities Program /* > > */Villanova University /* > > * * > > *Plenary Speakers* > > *Remi Brague, The Sorbonne, Paris* > > *Paula Frederiksen, Boston University* > > *Beth Berkowitz, Jewish Theological Seminary > * > > In the Greco-Roman world various groups had to negotiate cultural and > religious space within the empire. Some were official, some tolerated, > and others illicit. Recent scholarship on the complexity of these > relationships and interactions has opened up new ways to understand our > western tradition. > > > This conference focuses on the intersection of Jews, Greeks, and > Christians in antiquity. It is an interdisciplinary effort to examine > this period from different religious, social, philosophical, and > cultural perspectives. The aim is to deepen our understanding of how > these three traditions thought of their gods, themselves, and the world > around them. What did they have to say to one another? > > > Visit http://www.geocities.com/lgustafs/antiquity.swf for more > information on how you can register to attend. Or contact one of the > conference coordinators: > > > Tim Horner > Marylu Hill > Peter Busch > > [log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask]> > [log in to unmask] > <[log in to unmask]> > [log in to unmask] -- Robert A. Kraft, Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania 227 Logan Hall (Philadelphia PA 19104-6304); tel. 215 898-5827 [log in to unmask] http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/rs/rak/kraft.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html