Open lectures in the beautiful city of Lund

Every month there is an open lecture in Lund, at CTR, which is the department for teology and religion at the university of Lund. If you study in Copenhagen or Lund, or happen to be dropping by this part of Scandinavia, have a look at what they offer for the autumn:

Professor Stephan Borgehammar
(Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund University)
Jerusalem Pilgrims and the Holy Cross in the Fourth Century
Tuesday 11 September at 18.15, Room 118, CTR

Professor Leif Stenberg
(Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Lund University)
Mosques, Shrines and Holy Places - discussing the
creation of sacred environments in Damascus, Syria
Tuesday 23 October at 18.15, Room 118, CTR

Docent Svante Lundgren
(Centre for Theology and Religious Studies, Lund
University)
The Future of Zionism
Tuesday 4 December at 18.15, Room 118, CTR


Have a nice week!
Best,
Hilde

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Back to business

As I struggle to analyse a text I am currently working with, I realize that its already late august, soon to be september, and that we should start blogging again.
This month the Nordic council of ministries are arranging workshops in different towns of Scandinavia, where we have the possibility to participate, to share our thoughts and ideas after spending some time within the system of the Nordic Masters programs. So definetly there will be a report from the one in Copenhagen, and we will start the project mentioned in the spring, about figuring out what former RRE´s are doing and what they feel that they gained from the RRE. If you happen to have any questions you would like us to ask them, please write to us here, or send an email to religiousroots(a)gmail.com.

We will also try to continue with the monthly academic piece, and probably find some more brilliant ideas for stuff to write, as we go on.


A new thing is that an idea for an Alumni-network is starting to develop, read more about it after we had our first official meeting in the comitee, next friday.

And I would like to remind you that if you are to apply for RRE for the autumn semester 2013, you should already now start to look for info about application process. In some of the countries the deadline is already in desember(!). The labels on the sidemenu can direct you to more information about the procedure of the different universities. If you cant find what you are looking for there, please write to us:)

religious roots on holiday

From my window it does not look like much it, but we are actually approaching summer. Which also means we are taking a break from the blog until the autumn semester starts. But remember that you can easily use the labels/tags on the sidemenu to read old posts.
Also, please feel free to send us an email (religiousroots(a)gmail.com) to suggest new topics for blogposts, or, even better, if you would like to contribute to the blog by writing something.

Concerning the caption contest: we promise to post the result on monday. meaning you still have the possibility to contribute!


Have a wonderful summer!

Why knowing a couple of vampires would make writing academic papers so much easier

No, this is not another way of procrastinating!
or at least, not only that.

Annie was saying the other day, that if we knew a vampire or two, it would be so much easier to describe the situation of female slaves/prostitutes of the first centuries, and to discuss if and in what ways slaves in Christian ownership where in different situations then those in Pagan ownership. It wouldent be so much of that guesswork which seemed to fill the whole of the Women in House churces book we read for one of our courses. You simply go to your friend Tertullius, probably called something else today so as to not draw to much attention to himself, and ask him. You have him describe everything from his own memory. Maybe he was a freedman himself, being once the slave of some rich man who gave him his freedom because he  Tertullius saved his daughters life in a big fire. Or you could call up Magdalena, who belonged to a congregation in Corinth, she had two boys and before she got attacked by a vampire, she and her boys where baptized by Apollos. She could in lively pictures tell you about the situation of the Corinthian church, and you dident have to spend hours with your head burried in your sourcetext and interpretations and secondary sources. You could go out and have a beer and get an A for your paper.

If only I knew a vampire or two....

Goodbye is not forever.

Last week us in the second cycle had our final seminar, here in Copenhagen. It means we are about to graduate and that we are grown-up (help!) and that there is no more RREcompact seminars for us. Which is sad and good at the same time I suppose, one era is over and a new one is about to begin. Anyways, here is a really cool collage Ruth made:

It is time.....

....for the 2.cycle of the Religious Roots of Europe`s final seminar!

and here are some religious muffins baked for the occasion.

later this week we will open up for a discussion about the difference between philosophy and religion. Stay Tuned!

Caption Contest- round two!

Hi guys!  Seeing as the first caption contest was a wonderful success, we have decided to go ahead and do another.  Once again we are bribing you with chocolate, we are already keeping a running tab!  So let your imagination and creativity flow on this week's picture.  This is Fritz and Krisztian from cycle 3 doing their thing at Halloween.