[Uwhistory] Religion and the Clash of Civilizations, Lecture (fwd)

[Lori Anthony]

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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:59:32 -0800
From: Loryn Paxton <lpaxton at u.washington.edu>
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Subject: Religion and the Clash of Civilizations, Lecture


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CONTACT: Loryn Paxton 543-4835

                   Prof. James K. Wellman, 543-0339.



The Comparative Religion Program and The Center for Global Studies present 
Prof. Martin Riesebrodt from the University of Chicago speaking on 
"Globalization, Religion, and the 'Clash of Civilizations'", February 6, 
2008 in Kane Hall 220 at 7 PM on the campus of the University of 
Washington.



The theory behind the term clash of civilizations was originally 
formulated in 1993 by Political Scientist, Samuel Huntington. It states 
that cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of 
conflict in the post-Cold War world. The term itself was first used by 
Bernard Lewis in an article in the September 1990 issue of The Atlantic 
Monthly titled "The Roots of Muslim Rage."

For more than a century social scientists have predicted the demise of 
religion. The continued presence and global resurgence of religions have 
proven them wrong. Now, some predict that civilizations based on religions 
and their ultimate values will be the core of identity formation and 
future global conflicts. Can we trust this new prediction more than the 
former one? The lecture will discuss what went wrong with the 
secularization debate and why the "clash of civilizations" is not a 
necessary outcome of religious resurgence in a globalizing world, but 
rather a fundamentalist response to religious fundamentalism.

This is the first lecture is The Luce Lectures on Global Religions and 
Human Security and is additionally supported by the Founders Annual 
Lecture in Comparative Religion and Contemporary Life, the Jackson School 
of International Studies and the Department of Sociology.


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Loryn Paxton (Ms)
Comparative Religion Program
Jewish Studies Program
Institute for International Policy
tel: 206.543.4835