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February 11, 2008
UPDATED April 4, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ---
Guest Lecturer to Speak on the
Connection between
African Americans, Scripture and Social Power
WHO: Vincent L. Wimbush, Ph.D.,
professor of religion at Claremont Graduate University, and director
of the Institute for Signifying Scriptures.
WHEN: RESCHEDULED
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 7 p.m.
WHERE: California State University,
Dominguez Hills, Loker Student Union Ballroom
Originally scheduled for Feb. 21,
a lecture by Vincent
Wimbush, Ph.D., professor of religion at Claremont Graduate University
on “African Americans, Sacred Texts and the Quest for Social
Power,” will now take place on Thursday, April 17.
A guest of the California
State University, Dominguez Hills Department
of
Philosophy,
Wimbush will discuss
the construct of African Americans’ self
and culture in connection with their use of sacred texts, including
the Bible, and the social, cultural and political consequences
of that connection. He is a noted scholar on this subject, having
directed an eight-year research project that resulted in the publication, “African
Americans and the Bible: Sacred Texts and Social Textures.” Wimbush
also has written “The Bible and African Americans: A Brief
History,” and edited “Scriptures: Excavating a Complex
Phenomenon,” and “The Bible and the American Myth.”
The lecture serves to introduce
the Department of Philosophy’s
new degree option in religious studies. Sheela Pawar, CSUDH assistant
professor of philosophy, said there has always been strong interest
in religion among CSUDH philosophy majors. This new option was
added last semester and offers courses in comparative religions,
the philosophy of religion, Asian and philosophies, African world
religions and a course entitled Understanding the Bible.
The Loker
Student Union on the campus of CSU Dominguez Hills is located
off Victoria Street near Tamcliff Street in Carson. Permits
to park in the campus lots are $3 and can be purchased at yellow
kiosk machines on the perimeter of each lot.
For more information,
contact (310) 243-3050. Click here for
more information about the Philosophy Department.
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