Open Lecture “Ritual and Sincerity: Certitude and the Other” By Prof. Dr. Adam Seligman

Within its international project “Religion and Public Space: Interdisciplinary Approaches” the University Centre for the Study of Religions (CSR) invites you to the open lecture on “Ritual and Sincerity: Certitude and the Other” by Adam B. Seligman. The project is directed by Dr. Simeon Evstatiev, Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic History at Sofia University Department of Arabic and Semitic Studies and is funded by the National Science Fund of the
Dr. Adam B. Seligman is a leading sociologist of religion, distinguished Professor of Religion at Boston University and Research Associate at Boston University CURA—Institute on Culture, Religion, and World Affairs. Within the ongoing cooperation with the team of Professor Seligman the Centre for the Study of Religions at Sofia University will host the Sofia part of the International Summer School on Religion and Public Life “A Mosaic of Margins: Ethnicity, Religion, and Belonging”, 4–18 July, Sofia, Plovdiv, and Edirne.
The open lecture followed by a discussion will be delivered on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 from 18:00 to 19:30 p.m. in the
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