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Pomona
College Lecture on Religious Violence in the Pacific
Basin
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Mark Juergensmeyer, a member of the United Nations Committee
on International Terrorism, will give a lecture at Pomona
College on “Religious Violence in the Pacific Basin: The
Global Connections” on Thursday, March 8.
Juergensmeyer has published more than two hundred articles
and twenty books, including: A Handbook of Global
Religions (editor, 2006); Religion in Global Civil
Society (editor, 2005) Terror in the Mind of God: The
Global Rise of Religious Violence (2003) and The Next
Cold War: Religious Nationalism Confronts the Secular State
(1993). Juergensmeyer is also the director of the UC Santa
Barbara Global Studies Program.
As an expert on religious violence, conflict resolution and
South Asian religion and politics, he will examine the role
of terrorism and religious violence among the Asian diaspora;
why violence in this region takes place in the name of
religion; and how can it be understood, confronted, and
perhaps avoided.
Since September 11, 2001 Juergensmeyer has been a frequent
commentator in the news media, including CNN, NBC, CBS, BBC,
NPR, Fox News, ABC's Politically Incorrect, and
CNBC's Dennis Miller Show.
This event is part of the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona
College lecture series “Asian Diasporas: Neither East Nor
West.” The lecture begins at 4:15 p.m., followed by a
reception in room 101 of the Hahn Building (420 N. Harvard
Ave., Claremont). For further information, call: (909)
607-8065.
The Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College is dedicated
to expanding and enhancing comity and shared knowledge among
the nations and cultures that face the Pacific. A valued
media production and research center, PBI offers books,
films and lecture programs to a general as well as an
academic audience. Since the turn of the past century Pomona
College has been a leader in Asian Studies among American
universities. Visit Pomona College on the web at
www.pomona.edu.
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