Word: easternism
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Liora R. Halperin ’05—a joint History and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations concentrator—was advised by Gordon for her thesis on Arabic language study among early Zionists and is also a student in Gordon’s History 10b class...
Iakovos maintained traditional Orthodox beliefs such as opposing female ordination, but came into conflict with the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of the Greek Orthodox Church after he supported a move by 29 bishops towards the administrative unification of Eastern Orthodox churches in America. It is widely believed that this clash forced him to resign...
...film, says Antell, means to “highlight some of the newer minority religions in the U.S.,” and therefore does not feature members of the Jewish or Christian faiths. Rather, the film explores the Eastern traditions of Hinduism, Islam, and Zen Buddhism, and the ways in which the three featured women use religious activism to help women grow as spiritual beings, family members and community members, noting that these roles should not be mutually exclusive...
...Acting on Faith” is endorsed by Eck’s Pluralism Project, an organization that devotes itself to the impact of changing immigration demographics—specifically the growth of Southeast Asian and Middle Eastern populations in the United States—on the cultural and religious lives of Americans...
This summer, Holden will pursue his interest in Eastern Europe by traveling there on a Radcliffe Fellowship...