Join us for a thought-provoking lecture with Dr. Diana L. Eck, renowned scholar of religion and public life, as she explores the meaning of pluralism in contemporary America.
Register by Monday, October 6, 2025.
The event is sponsored by the Office of Culture and Community Engagement (HMS) and co-organized by the Center for Bioethics (HMS), the Office for Community and Belonging (HSPH), and the Office of Dental Education (HSDM).
Dr. Diana Eck is Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies, Emerita, and Frederic Wertham Research Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society at Harvard Divinity School. Her academic work spans both India and the United States. In India, her research has focused on temples and pilgrimage traditions, with books including Banaras: City of Light and India: A Sacred Geography. In the U.S., she has examined the challenges of religious pluralism in a multireligious society. Since 1991, she has directed The Pluralism Project, which documents and interprets America’s changing religious landscape. Her works include A New Religious America and Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras, which received the Grawemeyer Book Award.
LOCATION:Countway Library, Minot Room STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20251008T170000Z DTEND:20251008T183000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR