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WALKING IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH: A BIBLOCAL SCHOLAR'S JOURNEY WITH CANCER

 

 

 

Ten years ago, Harvard Professor James Kugel was diagnosed with an aggressive likely fatal, form of cancer. Kugel will discuss his book In the Valley of the Shadow, which is a wide-ranging exploration of different aspects of religion, interspersed with his personal reflections on the course of his own illness.  Kugel seeks to uncover what he calls the starting point of religious consciousness, "an ancient sense of self" and a way of fitting into the world that is quite at odds with the usual one.

 

 

The lecture will take place on -

Thursday, 17 November
at 7:30pm
in Siegfried Hall
St. Jerome's University

 

 

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