Reviews and Previews
Here Are the Events CEIRS is Co-Sponsoring in 2012:
--Dr. Amy Joy Levine in conjunction with Church of the Covenant is speaking on "The Legacy of Jesus for Jews and Christians," on April 29, 2012 at 2:30 p.m. This is part of CEIRS' 20th Anniversary Celebration. There will be NO CHARGE for this event at Church of the Covenant.
--Rev. Richard Rohr, internationally loved Franciscan Friar, will be coming to River's Edge on Friday, September 21 (evening lecture) and Saturday morning September 22. The $100 fee includes both sessions plus breakfast and lunch at River's Edge! Space is limited.
Interpreting Sacred Spaces
Rabbi Peter Haas, Ph.D.
This unique program will involve one classroom session at Church of the Covenant on Euclid Avenue from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, March 25, 2012, and then participants will meet at four different locations on the Sundays of April 22, May 6, May 20 and June 3. One location will be a Christian Church, one a Jewish Temple, one a Muslim Mosque, and one a Hindu temple. At each location, there will be a short description of the site's tradition and beliefs, followed by a guided tour. This most interesting event is being co-sponsored with InterAct Cleveland. Here is the description provided by Dr. Haas:
Religions articulate their ideas of the sacred or the holy through various media: language, rituals, art and of course the structuring of hallowed space. In many ways one can regard sacred space as a kind of text that can be read and understood, both on a subconscious, subliminal level and on a discursive, academic level. This course is meant to show how sacred space is analyzed and understood by what is sometimes called the “anthropology” of religion. The course begins with an introduction to theoretical method and proceeds to look at a variety of sacred spaces from diverse faith traditions. Participants will be able to compare what they see not only to the theoretical models, but to other sacred spaces. Hopefully this will also lead to deeper insight into the structure and symbolism of one’s own religious space. [Note: Each visit will include an explanation of the religion in relation to the sacred space, a tour, and time for discussion].
Peter Haas, Ph.D. received his B.A. in Ancient Near East History from the University of Michigan in 1970 and then attended Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, from where he received ordination as a Reform Rabbi in 1974. Rabbi Haas earned a Ph.D. in Jewish Studies in 1980 at Brown University. After teaching at Vanderbilt University, he joined the faculty of the Department of Religious Studies at Case Western Reserve University in January, 2000, and was appointed chair of the department in 2003. He is also a visiting professor at the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago, IL. Prof. Haas has published several books and articles dealing with moral discourse and with Jewish and Christian thought after the Holocaust. He has lectured in the United States, Germany, Italy, Belgium and Israel. His most recent book is on human rights in Judaism.
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