Works that Shaped the World: Henry David Thoreau’s Walden
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In 2022, the HRC’s Works that Shaped the World public lecture series focuses on religion. Henry David Thoreau was a 19th century author in the United States, and his most famous book, Walden (1854), has often been seen as one of the first examples of “nature writing.” The book has had a…
Works that Shaped the World: John Ball and the Peasants’ Revolt
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In 2022, the HRC’s Works that Shaped the World public lecture series focuses on religion. John Ball was the most famous priest and theological voice of the so-called “Peasants’ Revolt” in England, 1381. We have letters attributed to him which appear to have been sent to rebels and we have his…
Works that Shaped the World: Gaetano Moroni’s Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica
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In 2022, the HRC’s Works that Shaped the World public lecture series focuses on religion. Gaetano Moroni’s Dizionario di erudizione storico-ecclesiastica may be the most significant work of nineteenth-century amateur scholarship that you have never heard about. Running to 12,472 entries across 103…
Works that Shaped the World: The Covenants of Prophet Muhammad
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In 2022, the HRC’s Works that Shaped the World public lecture series focuses on religion. The historic documents known as the Covenants of Prophet Muhammad refer to pledges he made to Christian, Jewish and other communities of his time to protect their lives and property, including places of…
The Nature of Hope: Models. Measure, and Meta-Theory
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Professor Anthony Scioli will present the 2021 Hans Mol Memorial Lecture in Religion and the Social Sciences, with a lecture, The Nature of Hope: Models. Measure, and Meta-Theory'. This talk is divided into three parts. I will begin by introducing an integrative perspective on hope (…
Works that Shaped the World: Malthus and the Modern World
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As the planet approaches 8 billion, international debate on population will be ignited again, and as with 7 billion, 6 billion and 5 billion, discussion will still circle around Thomas Robert Malthus and his Essay on the Principle of Population (1798). Why does a controversial text from the…
Books that Changed Humanity: Oxford English Dictionary
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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is one of the foremost English-language reference works in the world. First conceived of as a project in 1857, the first fascicle of the first edition (A-ant) was published in 1884. The first edition was only completed in 1928. Today the OED is online, ever…