[Uwhistory] Clash of Civilizations lecture BEGINS @ 7:30 PM (fwd)

[Lori Anthony]

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:35:02 -0800
From: Loryn Paxton <lpaxton at u.washington.edu>
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
Subject: Feb. 6th lecture BEGINS @ 7:30 PM

Please note that the following lecture begins at 7:30 PM.


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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 7:30 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 and the Jackson School of 
International Studies.


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