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Community Relations | 4400 University Dr. | Mail Stop 2D5 | Fairfax, VA 22030-4444
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Lectures by
Mary McCutcheon
Apocalyptic Beliefs Studying other cultures helps to understand the social forces that lead to apocalyptic and related messianic, prophetic, and millenarian religious beliefs. Are these forces present in our society today? minimum lecture time: 60 A/V requirements: PC/LCD/S; Creationism Why do so many people embrace creationism and reject evolution? What are their arguments and how does creationism promote community, address concerns about eduction and the rearing of good children, and the perceived dangerous consequences of evolutionary thinking? minimum lecture time: 75 A/V requirements: PC/LCD/S; Hiawatha in history, legend and poetry Most of us know about Hiawatha from Longfellow's long poem. But there was a historic Hiawatha as well as Iroquois legends embellishing this person's career. How did Longfellow come to pick Hiawatha for his poem? minimum lecture time: 60 A/V requirements: LCD/S How is the Concept of Race Perpetuated Despite efforts by anthropologists and biologists to temper the application of race labeling, it continues to thrive. What's wrong and what's right with the concept of race? Why does our society crave race categories? How do people confuse the recent use of DNA-based labeling systems with the scientific reality of race? minimum lecture time: 75 A/V requirements: None Utopian Communitites We all dream of living in the perfect society. What is the history of utopianism and what kinds of experiments have there been in the U.S.? Why do a few succeed but most fail? What social conditions make people want to escape into a utopia? minimum lecture time: 45 A/V requirements: PC/LCD/S;
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