Lectures and lecturing; Book of Mormon; Bible. N.T.; Zoroastrianism; Hinduism; Religion--Study and teaching; Sacred books; Insiders; Outsiders
Karen Torjesen invites the conference panelists to speak about their experiences in the conference discussion groups. Hamid Mavani talks about the academic study of religion by both practitioners and non-practitioners and the insights both bring to...
Lectures and lecturing; Zoroastrianism; Avesta; Zoroaster; Iran; Religious poetry; Zoroastrianism--Sacred books; Darius I, King of Persia, 548-485 B.C.; Ethics; Religious tolerance
Jennifer Rose, who teaches courses on Zoroastrianism at Claremont Graduate University, introduces herself not as Zoroastrian by birth or adherence, but explains that her grandmother was a Parsi, an Indian Zoroastrian, and it was that relationship...
Deepak Shimkhada is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Claremont McKenna College. In this lecture, he discusses two aspects of texts with respect to Hinduism: the use of the term "sacred" and the problem of religious insiders and...
Lectures and lecturing; Bible. N.T.; Christianity; Judaism; Inclusivity; Exclusivity
Althea Spencer Miller is Adjunct Professor of Religious Studies at Scripps College. In this lecture, she offers an introduction to the New Testament, which she prefers to refer to as "Christian Scriptures" to be respectful to the Jewish tradition....
