<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80);font-size:12.8px"><br>The Center for the Study of Religion</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80)">presents the 2015-2016</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80)"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:24pt;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Religions of the World: Past and Present</span></i></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Community Lecture Series</span></i></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80)"> </span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80)"> </span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80)"> </span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Isaac Weiner</span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Associate Professor of Comparative Studies</span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,176,80)">The Ohio State University</span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,176,80)"> </span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><img width="280" height="375" id="gmail-m_-1916188533164482863Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D23F2F.0A2DC430" class="gmail-CToWUd"></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80)"> </span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,176,80)">“Listening for Religion in Central Ohio”</span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,176,80)"> </span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,176,80)"><span class="gmail-aBn" tabindex="0"><span class="gmail-aQJ">Wednesday, December 7, 2016, 7:00 pm</span></span></span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Whetstone Shelter House<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,176,80)">3901 N. High St.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Columbus, OH 43214</span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)">What does religion in Ohio <i>sound</i> like? Where should one go to hear it? How might we understand religious diversity differently if we begin by listening for it? These questions animate the American Religious Sounds Project (ARSP), a collaborative research initiative of Ohio State and Michigan State University, which will offer new resources for documenting and interpreting the diversity of American religious life by attending to its varied sonic cultures.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,176,80)">In this talk, ARSP co-director Isaac Weiner will introduce the project by describing its goals and objectives and presenting some of the work that it has produced so far. He will invite input and feedback from the audience and will also provide information about how interested community members might get involved.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80)"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80)"> </span><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,176,80)"> </span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,176,80)">Reception to follow</span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(0,176,80)">All are welcome</span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80)"> </span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><b><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80)"> </span></b><span style="color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="color:rgb(0,176,80)">For more information, contact the Center at 688-8010 or </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:spitulski.1@osu.edu" target="_blank">spitulski.1@osu.edu</a></span></p><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Kati Fitzgerald<div><br><div>Graduate Teaching Associate<br><div>The Ohio State University</div></div><div>Department of Comparative Studies</div><div><br></div><div>Graduate Administrative Associate</div><div>Center for the Study of Religion</div><div><br></div><div><a href="mailto:Fitzgerald.268@osu.edu" target="_blank">Fitzgerald.268@osu.edu</a></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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