Word: religion
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Last night, Diana L. Eck, professor of comparative religion and Indian studies and co-master of Lowell House, discussed religious pluralism before 25 students at the Harvard-Radcliffe Hillel...
However, Eck said that these religious eventsare not well attended by people who are notalready of that particular religion. "People dotend to stay in their own groove," she said...
...read her book, Encountering God, andI really liked it, especially that idea that thereis no one superior religion and that there's a lotto be learned from all sorts of religions," saidPeggy T.Lim...
...Ellards came over and baked pies in our kitchen on Wednesday night," said Eck, who is also Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies. "I gave them a key to the kitchen because we have three ovens...
...course, Harvard is not directly constrained by the Constitution. But Harvard students and faculty owe a special, zealous allegiance to the First Amendment, which epitomizes the liberal values that Harvard aspires to preserve above all others. So it is shocking when Harvard students say that the free exercise of religion and the freedom of speech must take back seats to other values of dubious significance, such as "a sense of community" or an extremely broad notion of a woman's right to a legal abortion...