Martin Luther King focus of new book, course on non-violence
Fri, 01/13/2012 - 12:34pm

This semester, ASU's Keith Miller has a new book on Martin Luther King, Jr. and a new course on non-violence and the civil rights movement.

Miller is a professor of English and faculty affiliate of the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict in ASU's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and his work focuses on the rhetoric of the civil rights movement. A leading expert on the speeches and oratory of Martin Luther King, Jr., he is the author of the widely cited “Voice of Deliverance: The Language of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Its Sources.”

Miller also has developed a...

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Faculty Profile

Georgetown fellow to speak on women and religion
Mon, 01/09/2012 - 7:27pm

Is religion bad for women? Or do religious resources offer new pathways for connecting women to economic development and the advancement of women’s rights?
 
Katherine Marshall, a senior fellow at Georgetown’s Berkley Center for Religion Peace and World Affairs, will address these issues in a free public lecture titled, “Taking Women and Religion Seriously: Intersecting Paths,” at 3:30 p.m., Jan. 30 in West Hall room 135 on the Tempe campus.
 
Marshall is serving at this year’s Maxine and Jonathan Marshall Speaker on Religion and Conflict, part of...

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Juliane Schober on religion, politics, Burma
Mon, 12/05/2011 - 11:50am

“Cautious optimism” is how Juliane Schober described Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s historic visit to Burma (Myanmar) in an interview on radio station KPNX’s news show, “Background Briefings with Ian McMasters." Schober, a professor of religious studies, director of the Center for Asian Research and faculty affiliate of the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, is the author of Modern Buddhist Conjunctures in Myanmar: Cultural Narratives, Colonial Legacies, and Civil Society and an expert on religion and politics in Burma. In the interview, Schober discussed the...

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CSRC in the Media

Center releases annual report
Fri, 11/25/2011 - 10:54am

The Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict announced the release of its 2010-11 annual report today. The report highlights the Center's major programs and initiatives, including the launching of the Luce Project on "Religion and International Affairs: Through the Prism of Rights and Gender," the establishment of the Hardt-Nickachos Chair in Peace Studies, and the naming of one of the Center's fellows as a Truman Scholar, one of the nation's highest awards for students committed to public service. View the report on-line by clicking on the image below:

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Spotlight, Publication Feature

New book sheds light on women, war and the making of peace
Fri, 11/25/2011 - 1:46am

The aftereffects of war are typically remembered and memorialized in a triumphalist fashion. Territories gained and lost, governments deposed and new governments established. The individual becomes a statistic, their pains and sufferings covered over by numbers and statues.

In her first book since joining ASU as the Hardt-Nickachos Chair in Peace Studies at the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict, Yasmin Saikia’s "Women, War, and the Making of Bangladesh: Remembering 1971"...

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