Yoga, mantras, and the new spiritualityâ Is it true America has evolved into a new Hindu culture? A 2009 Newsweek article in 2009 presented America as a conceptually Hindu nation. Dr. Peter Jones quotes C.S. Lewis, who stated that the
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Hindu America
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Canada’s Most Listened To Spiritual Talk Show - Celebrities And The Rest Of Us - Living Messy Lives - With A Real God In The Middle Of It
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From Salvation to Spirituality: Contemporary Transformation of Religion Viewed from East Asia
Susumu Shimazono, Professor, Department of Religious Studies, Graduate School of Humanities and Sociology, The University of Tokyo
April 06, 2010 — 4:10 PM Toll Room, Alumni House, UC Berkeley Campus
In recent decades people in the United States, Europe, and Japan have tended to talk about spirituality rather than religion. Is it just a kind of cultural fashion or does it indicate some fundamental transformation of human civilization? In this lecture, Professor Shimazono proposes that the key to understanding contemporary religions will be found by inquiring into the role of the concept of salvation in the history of religions. The diversity of global regions must be taken into consideration as well. The East Asian perspective may offer some comparative insights to understanding the contemporary global religious phenomena.
ABOUT SUSUMU SHIMAZONO Susumu Shimazono is a renowned scholar and historian of modern religions in Japan. His studies focus on Japan’s new religions, their rise out of the post-war period, the effects of popular culture on these contemporary religions, and their reception worldwide. His research interests also include Japanese religious history and Buddhism, along with comparative studies of religious movements in both Europe and America. In addition, he has made significant contributions to the emerging field of bioethics, leading the program A Construction of Death and Life Studies for the Culture and Value of Life at The University of Tokyo. This program proposes studying bioethics in the framework of Japanese culture. Shimazono is well known for his insights and research into the growth and thinking of the Japanese new religious movement called Aum Shinrikyo. He believes his work is significant because today roughly half of Japan’s actively religious population is involved with new religions, which have a profound effect on contemporary Japanese society.
http://grad.berkeley.edu/lectures/event.php?id=734&lecturer=472
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Deepak Chopra and physicist Leonard Mlodinow: Science And The Spirit
Deepak Chopra and physicist Leonard Mlodinow join us to talk science and spirit.
America was built on science. America was rooted in religion. For 200 years, both thrived. In the last quarter-century, they’ve clashed. And the clash has been costly.
Can we settle this? Maybe. We’ve got two big figures with us today who have taken on the war of worldviews.
Man of spirit, Deepak Chopra. Man of science, Leonard Mlodinow. One a giant in the realm of spiritual guidance. One a Stephen Hawking-scale master of physics and the scientific way.
Both ready to hash it out.
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» Unedited Interview with Richard Mouw
Guest Richard Mouw challenges his fellow conservative Christians to civility in public discourse. He offers historical as well as spiritual perspective on American Evangelicals’ navigation of disagreement, fear, and truth.
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Sidling Up to Difference with Kwame Anthony Appiah | The Civil Conversations Project [onBeing.org]
Our Civil Conversations Project continues with the Ghanaian-British-American philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah. His parents’ marriage helped inspire the movie Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. He’s studied ethics in a world of strangers and how unimaginable social change happens. We explore his erudite yet down-to-earth take on disarming moral hostilities in America now.
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Claudine Michel: Living Vodou [Speaking of Faith® from American Public Media]
Claudine Michel Michel is professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara and editor of several books about Vodou.
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Living Vodou [Speaking of Faith® from American Public Media]
Patrick Bellegarde-Smith Bellegarde-Smith is a professor at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and author of many books about Vodou.
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Tim Keller - Meditation - What it is
Psalm 1 gives us a key to deeper fulfillment in every dimension of our being: meditation. Its essence is reading and reminding ourselves of the truths of God while dwelling in his presence. As we dwell on him with our minds, our other dimensions ignite, affecting our lives and relationships, infusing them with wisdom, stability, and delight. This talk was given during a leadership training session at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City.
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Red Ice Radio - Neil Kramer - Owning the Dystopian Daydream, Brazil & Artificial Constructs