BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//ceres.rub.de//events//
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Reading Circle "Religious Experience in Contemporary Settings"
DTSTART:20171207T130000Z
DTEND:20171207T150000Z
DTSTAMP:20260419T123757Z
UID:reading-circle-religious-experience-contemporary-4442@ceres.rub.de
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:This reading circle focuses the research literature on religio
 us expierences in today's world. The meetings are usually in English and w
 elcome all CERES researchers\, visiting fellows and staff members. \n\nIn
  When God Talks Back: Understanding the American Evangelical Relationship
  with God\, psychological anthropologist Tanya M. Luhrmann investigates th
 e neo-charismatic Vineyard Movement. Luhrmann spent years conducting ethno
 graphic research in both Chicago and southern California in Vineyard congr
 egations. She reveals how members engage in what she calls "the willing su
 spension of disbelief" by consciously pretending\, like a game in their mi
 nds\, that God is a real being to interact with\; learning to discern God'
 s voice in their internal monologues\; and trying to master the art of pra
 yer as a skill requiring intense effort and concentration in order to be a
 ble to communicate with God. In her accessible and captivating style\, Luh
 rmann traces both the success and the failures of congregants as they try 
 to establish real\, personal\, intimate and lasting relationships with God
 .\n\n\n
LOCATION:CERES Palais\, room "Gandhara" (1.11)
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/en/events/reading-circle-religious-experience-con
 temporary/
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR