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Religious Violence Expert Mark Juergensmeyer to Begin CSU Dominguez Hills’ Semester-Long Speaker Series ‘Tolerance and Violence in the Mind of God’

January 19, 2017

“Tolerance and Violence in the Mind of God,” California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) semester-long speaker series exploring the connection between religion and violence, solidarity, peacebuilding, and combating terrorism, kicks off Feb. 7 with professor and author Mark Juergensmeyer.

Mark JuergensmeyerJuergensmeyer is a professor of sociology and director of global and international studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. An expert in religious violence, conflict resolution and South Asian religion and politics, Juergensmeyer is the author of 22 books including, “Terror in the Mind of God: The Global Rise of Religious Violence” (University of California Press, fourth edition forthcoming in 2017).

The book is based on interviews with religious activists around the world—including Jihadi activists, ISIS supporters, leaders of Hamas, and abortion clinic bombers in the United States. An earlier edition of the book was listed by the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times as “one the best nonfiction books of the year.”

Juergensmeyer is regularly featured as an expert on religion and violence on such television news networks as CNN; ABC News; NBC News; and Fox News.

When:
Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2:30 to 3:45 p.m.
The lecture will be followed by a reception from 4:15 to 6 p.m.
Where:
California State University, Dominguez Hills, University Library South Wing, 5th floor.
The university is located at 1000 E Victoria Street, Carson, CA 90747.
Click here for directions and a printable campus map.

Other lectures from internationally renowned speakers to take place during the “Tolerance and Violence in the Mind of God” series include:

  • March 2
    “Justifying Violence in a Buddhist World”: Michael Jerryson, associate professor of religious studies at Youngstown State University.
  • March 16
    Larycia A. Hawkins, visiting faculty fellow at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture at the University of Virginia.
  • April 25
    Najeeba Syeed, associate professor of Interreligious Education Active Faculty, Claremont Graduate University.
  • May 4
    Hon. Juan Zarate, former deputy assistant to the U.S. president and deputy national security adviser for combating terrorism (2005 to 2009), and senior national security analyst for NBC News and MSNBC.

Filed Under: Press Releases Tagged With: Conflict Resolution, Peacebuilding

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