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UVa Religious Studies Department
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The Religious Studies Department in the College of Arts & Sciences at UVa.
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Research
Contemplation and Contexts
Examining how philosophical, social, aesthetic, environmental, and other contexts are centrally constitutive of the nature, dynamics, and impact of any given contemplative practice, rather than being incidental.
Events
Speaker Series: "Qur'anic Exegesis and Mystical Experience: Sufis and the Qur'an"
Prof. Sasha Knysh will hold talks on Sufis and the Qur'an at UVa on April 13 (Thurs.) & 14(Fri.). Please register here to join us for these free events.
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Minor Hall 125
Speaker Series: Encountering the Divine through His Most Beautiful Names in Islamic Contemplative Practice
Prof. Maria Dakake Will hold talks on contemplative practices related to the names of God in traditional Islamic thought at UVa on April 3 (Mon.). Please register here to join us for these free events.
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WILSON Hall 301
Conference: Buddhist Meditation: History, Culture, Development, Science
The Buddhist Studies Group at the University of Virginia will hold a graduate student conference at U.Va. on Feb 28 - Mar 2.
