Religious Studies Department
Ten faculty members at Indiana University have been awarded Fulbright grants for the 2011-12 academic year. The Fulbright recipients represent three IU campuses -- Bloomington, Indianapolis and Fort Wayne -- and their research and academic activity take place worldwide.
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Filmmaker Jacob Bender's Out of Cordoba will be screened at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 17, at IU Cinema. The documentary film explores Jewish and Muslim relationships by examining the lives of two of the most important thinkers to emerge from medieval Spain: Averroes the Muslim, and his Jewish counterpart, Rabbi Moses Maimonides.
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Libyan rebels continue to battle to gain control of the capitol, Tripoli, while longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi and two of his sons continue to express that they won't relinquish their authority. An expert from Indiana University's College of Arts and Sciences can offer his perspectives and is available to speak with reporters.
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The next event in the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center's "Critical Issues Forum" series at IU Bloomington will have the theme, "The Obama Presidency at Midterm: The Perils and Prospects of a 'Post-Racial' Presidency."
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More than 60 scholars in history, art, literature, religion and political science will gather at Indiana University Bloomington for an international conference on how Turkic-speaking peoples have interacted with Islam over the centuries.
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Findings reported today from a new international study of healing prayer suggest that prayer for another person's healing just might help -- especially if the one praying is physically near the person being prayed for. IU Bloomington Associate Professor Candy Gunther Brown led the study of "proximal intercessory prayer" for healing, which measured surprising improvements in vision and hearing in economically disadvantaged areas where eyeglasses and hearing aids are not readily available.
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