BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:168a88757960547a8645ff850449e68e CATEGORIES:Seminars & Workshops CREATED:20211120T121113 SUMMARY:“Religious Pluralism in South Asia” - A workshop by Dr. Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, Wellesley College, USA LOCATION:Aryabhatta I Seminar Room\, FLAME University Campus DESCRIPTION:\n\nInternational Relations Committee invites you to \n“Religious Pluralism in South Asia” - A workshop by Dr. Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, Associate Profess or and Director of South Asian Studies, Wellesley College, USA\n\n\nNeelima Shukla-Bhatt is an Associate Professor and Director of South Asia Studies at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, USA. She studies religion in South Asi a with a focus on devotional literature of medieval north India and its per formative aspects as platforms for community building. The other areas of h er research interest include goddess traditions in Gujarat, Hindu women’s r eligious life, Gandhi’s thought, South Asian models of religious pluralism, and South Asian religions in the context of globalization, especially as t hey traverse popular media. She is the author of Narasinha Mehta of Gujarat : A Legacy of Bhakti in Songs and Stories (New York: Oxford, 2015) and co-a uthor (with Surendra Bhana) of A Fire that Blazed in the Ocean: Gandhi and the Poems of Satyagraha in South Africa, 1909-1911 (Delhi: Promilla, 2011). She has also published articles on woman poet Mira of Rajasthan, goddess w orship dance of Gujarati women, goddess traditions of Gujarat, commercials for faith healers on the South Asian channels in the diaspora, and parliame nt of world religions. She has worked for over fifteen years for the award- winning Pluralism Project directed by Diana Eck, first as a researcher and then as a faculty consultant. This workshop is based on her teaching, resea rch and extensive participation in interfaith activities.\n\n\nDeveloping r egionally grounded cultures of religious pluralism in various parts of the world is recognized as one of the most critical needs of our times by a num ber of scholars and world leaders alike. It is one response among many to r eligious diversity and is distinguished from what is signified by two commo nly used terms with positive connotations “toleration” and “tolerance.” But what exactly is it? And why in the post-post-modern world, which was expec ted to turn away from religion, has it become critical? And if it is critic al indeed, does South Asia as a world region have any components its histor y and culture that can be drawn upon to develop distinctively South Asian c ultures of religious pluralism? Looking at two current stories and intervie ws of two leading scholars of religious pluralism as well as looking back a nd around to explore components of South Asian cultures that may be utilize d in building pluralistic cultures, in this interactive workshop the partic ipants will collectively reflect on challenges to pluralism in India and th e possible avenues to achieve it using cultural resources and historical mo dels.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:



International Relations Committee invites you to
“Reli gious Pluralism in South Asia” - A workshop by Dr. Neelima Shukla-Bhatt, As sociate Professor and Director of South Asian Studies, Wellesley College, U SA


Neelima Shukla-Bhatt is an Associate Professor and Dire ctor of South Asia Studies at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, USA. She st udies religion in South Asia with a focus on devotional literature of medie val north India and its performative aspects as platforms for community bui lding. The other areas of her research interest include goddess traditions in Gujarat, Hindu women’s religious life, Gandhi’s thought, South Asian mod els of religious pluralism, and South Asian religions in the context of glo balization, especially as they traverse popular media. She is the author of Narasinha Mehta of Gujarat: A Legacy of Bhakti in Songs and Stories (New Y ork: Oxford, 2015) and co-author (with Surendra Bhana) of A Fire that Blaze d in the Ocean: Gandhi and the Poems of Satyagraha in South Africa, 1909-19 11 (Delhi: Promilla, 2011). She has also published articles on woman poet M ira of Rajasthan, goddess worship dance of Gujarati women, goddess traditio ns of Gujarat, commercials for faith healers on the South Asian channels in the diaspora, and parliament of world religions. She has worked for over f ifteen years for the award-winning Pluralism Project directed by Diana Eck, first as a researcher and then as a faculty consultant. This workshop is b ased on her teaching, research and extensive participation in interfaith ac tivities.


Developing regionally grounded cultures of relig ious pluralism in various parts of the world is recognized as one of the mo st critical needs of our times by a number of scholars and world leaders al ike. It is one response among many to religious diversity and is distinguis hed from what is signified by two commonly used terms with positive connota tions “toleration” and “tolerance.” But what exactly is it? And why in the post-post-modern world, which was expected to turn away from religion, has it become critical? And if it is critical indeed, does South Asia as a worl d region have any components its history and culture that can be drawn upon to develop distinctively South Asian cultures of religious pluralism? Look ing at two current stories and interviews of two leading scholars of religi ous pluralism as well as looking back and around to explore components of S outh Asian cultures that may be utilized in building pluralistic cultures, in this interactive workshop the participants will collectively reflect on challenges to pluralism in India and the possible avenues to achieve it usi ng cultural resources and historical models.

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