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Infinite Canaan: The Corporate Space Race in Colonial Perspective
Pugh Hall, OcoraAs the era of “NewSpace” takes hold, corporations and private capital are increasingly involved in space science, exploration, and conquest. Billionaires promise infinite wealth and even eternal life on extraterrestrial colonies while trashing the earth they seek to escape. This lecture explains the escalating NewSpace race as a mythological project. Grounded in God’s gift of the Promised
Islam in Africa Working Group 2023 Symposium: New Actors in Muslim Africa
404 Grinter Hall P.O. Box 115500, GainesvilleThis is the annual symposium of the Islam in Africa Working Group at the University of Florida. Multiple scholars from UF and other institutions will present their research on the theme “New Actors in Muslim Africa.” Lunch will be served on Saturday, April 15. All are welcome to join us in person at 404 Grinter Hall.
Religious Narratives, Communication and Social Systems; Theoretical Perspectives on Religious Change, Adaptation and Resilience.
Anderson 117Hans Geir Aasmundsen Associate Professor University of Stavanger, Norway Friday March 31 @ 1pm 117 Anderson Hall Abstract: The question of what religion is and/or what it does on individual, collective social, and cultural levels have been at the heart of the study of religion, be it within the frames of the discipline itself as