Spring 2010 Religion and Film talks at Truman

The Religion and Film Student Initiated Learning Opportunity, sponsored by the Provost’s Office and the Department of Philosophy & Religion, brought to Truman talks by two noted scholars of religion and film:

• Star Wars as Religion: Myths, Morals and Rituals

  

  Wednesday, March 24, 7:30 p.m., SUB Georgian Room

  Dr. John Lyden, Chair of Religion at Dana College in Blair, Nebraska and the editor of the Routledge Companion to Religion and Film

• Religion and Film Shorts

  

  Thursday, April 1, 11:30 a.m., SUB Alumni Room

  Dr. Willaim Blizek, Professor of Philosophy and Religion at University of Nebraska – Omaha and founding editor of the Journal of Religion and Film