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May 6, 2008

Religion and American Culture: Seminar in American History (requires PDF)
Randall Stephens (Eastern Nazarene College)
Religion and Culture
Pedagogical Reflections
Worship Arts in the 21st Century (requires PDF)
Shawn Young (Greenville College)
Religion and Music
Pedagogical Reflections

May 5, 2008

Ancient Egyptian Religious Beliefs and Practices (requires PDF)
Kasia Szpakowska (Swansea Univerity)
Religions of Ancient Egypt
Near Eastern Religions in Antiquity
Pedagogical Reflections
Buddhist Traditions in India, China and Japan (requires PDF)
Russell Kirkland (University of Georgia)
Buddhism
Catholic Ethics and Social Justice (requires PDF)
Peter McCourt (Commonwealth University)
Religion and Ethics
Contemporary Catholic Thought (requires PDF)
Peter McCourt (Commonwealth University)
Contemporary Religious Thought
Theology (Christian)
Global Ethics and the World’s Religions (requires PDF)
Peter McCourt (Commonwealth University)
Religion and Ethics
Comparative Studies of Religion

April 29, 2008

Confucianism and Chinese Tradition (requires PDF)
Russell Kirkland (University of Georgia)
Religions of China
Introduction to Religion in Native American Cultures (requires PDF)
Russell Kirkland (University of Georgia)
Native Traditions in the Americas

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