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Winter/Spring 2010 Programs
Why Them? Why Then?:
The Great Witch
Craze
Sunday, March 21st
Charlotte Wells,
Department of History, UNI
Everyone's heard of the Salem witch trials in in the late 1600's, but few people know about
the three preceding centuries of violent paranoia over "diabolical" witches' supposed efforts to destroy European
civilization. Dr. Charlotte Wells will walk us through the Great Witch Craze, explaining why the fears
of evil magic rose to a frenzy in the late Middle Ages and why so many of those accused of witchcraft were women. Was there an organized cult of witches out to overthrow
society? Was it all a plot of men against women? How do the witch trials relate to fear of Jews, lepers, gypsies, and other
outsiders? And, finally, how do these events resonate in the contemporary world? There's much to think and talk about besides
flying on broomsticks....
Crucifixion, Burial, and Resurrection
Sunday,
April 18th
Ken Atkinson, Department
of Philosophy & World Religions, UNI
Tibetan Buddhism and the Dalai Lama
Sunday,
May 16th
James Robinson, Department of Philosophy & World Religions, UNI
Canterbury Forum programs begin at 7:00 PM. They take place in Will Hall, at St. Luke's
Episcopal Church, 2410 Melrose Drive, Cedar Falls.
There is NO admission charge.
Click on
the "Directions" link in the navigation bar on this page for information on how to find St. Luke's.
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Fall 2010 Programs
Theodicy:
Why Does God Allow
Suffering?
Sunday, August 22nd
Brian Jones, Department of Religion, Wartburg College
A Rumor About the Jews:
The Protocols of
the Elders of Zion
Sunday, September 19th
Hal Wohl, Emeritus Professor of History, UNI
The Blood of Jesus:
Cinema Looks At the Black Religious Experience
Sunday, October 17th
Gloria Gibson, Executive Vice President,
Provost, and Professor, UNI
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