Hello Gnosis member 2011/2012! I hope everyone's semester has gotten off to a great start. This is just a quick message (in supplement to the e-mail I sent to all registered members) to let you know the website is up and running again. Look for events, speakers, and presentations to be posted here. Also, if you have a RELS question, feel free to send us an e-mail at and we'll be happy to post it to the newsfeed and give others the opportunity to respond and get some dialogue going!

I'll be posting event dates for this semester this week so stay tuned :)

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Wednesday December 5th come to the room MSC Ariel at 6pm for a rip-roarin' good time! Free popcorn, $1.00 pop, and a good chance there will be some baked goods left from the sale earlier in the day to keep you munchin' all movie long!
So far, no set-in-stone plan for what we will watch so send your suggestions to us! The more input, the better. This will be members only... but bring your friends, it's only $3 to become a member and no commitments necessary. Who doesn't want popcorn and a movie for three bucks?!
Can't wait to see you there!

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Come on down to the open space in front of Upper Crust (where SS, and ST meet) any buy delicious goodies, baked by your favorite club execs!! Wednesday December 5th!

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Greetings Gnosis members!

Now that we are starting to get back into the swing of things, it's time to update you on everything we are going to be up to this school year:

To start, for those of you wishing to renew your membership who haven't yet done so, I will be available in the Religious Studies lounge on the 13th floor of the social sciences building from 12-2pm on thursday and friday (October 14 and 15). If neither of those times work for you, send us an email at and we will work out a time to meet up. Membership is available for $3. Additionally we also have a number of books available for sale ($2 each for members) so please come check those out if you are interested.

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Mahayana Buddhist Rituals and the Method of Coded Phrases (dha-ran.i-)

a free public lecture by

Dr. Ronald Davidson

Fairfield University

Tuesday, October 26, 2010 8:00pm

Calgary Buddhist Temple

207 6th Street NE, Calgary

Presented by: The Numata Chair of Buddhist Studies, the Department of
Religious Studies and the Asian Studies Group, University of Calgary

For more information, call 403-220-5886
www.ucalgary.ca/numatachair

Dr. Ronald Davidson obtained his Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies from the
University of California, Berkeley, in 1985. His research is primarily

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This will be worth checking out, even if you can only make it to a couple speakers. Religious Studies department's Dr. Anne White will be presenting on Wednesday the 13th between 1:30 and 3:00 in room EC 2010 (Mount Royal University). Also well worth waking up for on Saturday the 16th, Dr. Vandana Shiva will be presenting "Soil Not Oil: Food Security in Times of Climate Change" from 10:45-12:00 in Ross Glenn Hall.
See attachements for complete program and details.

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RELS 201 - World Religions-Western
TR 09:30-10:45
ES162
Douglas Shantz

TR 11:00-12:15
ST135
Anne Moore

RELS 203 - World Religions-Eastern
M 18:30-21:20
ST135
Leslie Kawamura

TR 11:00-12:15
ENE241
James Apple

RELS 205 - The Nature Of Religion
MWF 12:00-12:50
A142
Anne White

MWF 11:00-11:50
ES162
Tinu Ruparell

RELS 273 - Introduction To The Bible
MWF 13:00-13:50
CHC105
David Bergen

RELS 305 - ( Grst305) Greek & Roman Religion
MWF 13:00-13:50
James Rutherford Hume

RELS 309 - Religious Experience

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RELS 201 - World Religions-Western
MW 11:00-13:45
ST139
Sergey Petrov

RELS 205 - The Nature Of Religion
11:00-13:45
ST139
Chris Morrison

RELS 309 - Religious Experience
MW 10:00-12:45
SS010
Anne White

RELS 331 - Religious Perspect On Suffering
TR 14:00-16:45
SH268
David Bergen

RELS 333 - Rels Perspect Death & Afterlife
LEC 20 MW 14:00-16:45
ST130
Anne White

RELS 399.5 - Religion in Popular Culture
TR 18:00-20:45
ST131
David Bergen

RELS 399.6 - Religion in Popular Culture
MTWRF 09:00-17:00 (Block Week)

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There is an upcoming talk at Mount Royal University which you may be interested in attending:

Dr. Doris Jakobsh teaches religious studies at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. She is internationally recognized for her extensive work in Sikhism, and is widely published in the areas of women in Sikhism, and Sikhism and the WWW. More recently, her scholarly interests have turned to pedagogical issues surrounding teaching and learning. All are welcome.

This event will be held April 8, 2010 from 4:00—5:30 pm in EA 1024 on the Mount Royal university campus.

Also a reminder for those of you interested in attending the Lethbridge Conference this May, the due date for abstract submission has been extended to April 6 so get those abstracts in ASAP! If you need any help with your submission, don't hesitate to email Rachel at

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