‘After Violence, An Experience of God’s Presence: An Introduction to Plural Ontological Realism’

You are cordially invited to the inaugural lecture of the

Centre for the Study of Religion at NUI Galway, in association with the Moore Institute

Opening Remarks

Professor Ciarán Ó hÓgartaigh, President, NUI Galway

Professor Dan Carey, Director, Moore Institute

Guest Speaker

Professor Robert Orsi, Northwestern University

‘After Violence, An Experience of God’s Presence: An Introduction to Plural Ontological Realism’

Registration

This event will be online, on Zoom: registration at
https://nuigalway-ie.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FKUKZt1vTESzu7hEbrBIbA

Professor Robert Orsi is an internationally renowned scholar of religion, past President of the American Academy of Religion and former Chair of the Department of Religious Studies at Harvard University. His most recent book, the widely acclaimed History and Presence (Harvard University Press, 2016), was a Choice Outstanding Academic Title.

His scholarship draws on history, ethnography and psychological theories of imagination and intersubjectivity to study historical and contemporary religious practices. In this talk, he will explore questions of method and theory for the study of religion in an academic setting, asking how scholars should approach worlds of religious practice, feeling, and understanding that may be not only alien to them but also profoundly distressing, perhaps even frightening. What interpretative frames might be brought to help us understand them? And how might scholars help others to confront similar challenges?

For further details, please contact: Prof. Alison Forrestal alison.forrestal@nuigalway.ie or Prof. Felix Ó Murchadha felix.omurchadha@nuigalway.ie

Centre for the Study of Religion