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Taking the UFO Phenomenon Seriously, that is, Religiously

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Thu, April 5, 2018
All Day
Ohio State University Faculty Club

Time: 4 - 6 p.m.
Event Host: Center for the Study of Religion


The fourth in a series of events hosted by CSR during the 2017-2018 academic year on the theme of "Religion, Narrative, and Media" will present a conversation between Jeffrey Kripal (Rice University) and Diana Pasulka (University of North Carolina Wilmington).  For more information, click here.

"Biological Gods: Science (Fiction) and Some Emergent Mythologies"

Jeffrey J. Kripal (J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought, Rice University)

"The Incarnational Technological Sacred: The Case of the Crashed UFO Artifact"

Diana Pasulka (Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion, University of North Carolina Wilmington)

Moderator: Sarah Iles Johnston (Arts and Humanities Distinguished Professor of Religion, Ohio State University)

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