CELEBRATING OR FEARING THE MILLENNIUM?
Faculty from the University of Hawai`i address the question from the vantage point of different cultures and religions
Thursday, October 12, 2000
Krauss Hall 012, Kaname Yukiyoshi Room, University of Hawai`i
P R O G R A M
- 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
"Wolf Cries or Crying Wolf: Apocalyptic Warnings in Christianity's First Millennium"
Professor Karen Jolly, Department of History, UHM
- 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
"Millenarianism in a World Without Beginning or End: Buddhist Practice and the Ongoing Realization of Dramatic Utopia"
Dr. Peter Hershock, East-West Center
- 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
"Waiting for the Mehdi Who Will Never Come: Messianism in the Islamic World"
Professor Tamara Albertini, Department of Philosophy, UHM
- 1:15 - 2:15 p.m.
"MillenniuM" Video:
A CNN Perspective Series, First episode. Covers China, Japan, India, Muslim Spain, and Jerusalem around the year 1000
- 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
"Waiting for Li Hong who Never Stops Coming: Messianism in the Chinese World"
Professor Edward L. Davis, Department of History, UHM
- 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
"The Dark Side of the Millennium. Violence in New Religious Movements"
Professor Helen Baroni, Department of Religion, UHM
All events are open to students and the community!
Co-sponsored by the "UH Medieval and Renaissance Consortium"
and the "UH Department of Philosophy"
