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    'Religion, Politics, and Public Good: A Buddhist Perspective' - Dr. Peter Hershock

    'Religion, Politics, and Public Good: A Buddhist Perspective' - Dr. Peter Hershock Image gallery

    Presented by Belmont University

    September 16, 2009

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    Professor Hershock will apply Buddhist thought to reflect on the challenges to public good, created by emerging social, economic, and political realities associated with increasingly complex global interdependence. Peter Hershock, from The East-West Center, is Coordinator of the Asian Studies Development Program. He has earned degrees from Yale University (B.A., Philosophy) and the University of Hawai`i (Ph.D., Asian and Comparative Philosophy). His primary scholarly interests lie in investigating the philosophical implications of Buddhist practice, especially the Chan tradition, and on making use of Buddhist conceptual resources to address contemporary issues. In addition to publishing in such academic journals as Philosophy East and West and the Journal of Buddhist Ethics, he is the author of: Liberating Intimacy: Enlightenment and Social Virtuosity in ChanBuddhism; Reinventing the Wheel: A Buddhist Response to the Information Age; an edited volume Technology and Cultural Values: On the Edge of the Third Millennnium; and Chan Buddhism.

    This event is part of Belmont University's Eighth Annual Humanities Symposium, which this year is centered on the concept Nature and the Human Spirit. Be sure to check out the long program schedule and short program schedule.


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        September 16, 2009

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        Wednesday 7:00pm - 8:30pm

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