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"Soul"
2013 New York Alexander Men Conference
- Date
- July 31, 2013
- Location
- Union Theological Seminary West 122nd Street, New York, NY
- Directions
- Google Maps
Schedule
| 4:30 pm | general gathering in the main chapel for conversation with participants |
| 5:00 pm: Keynote presentation by Robert Pollack, Columbia University, “A biologist, looks at the human soul” | |
| 5:30-6:30 pm: Three brief presentations:
- Andrey Chernyak, “Fr Men and the soul” - Michael Allison (Goddard Laboratory), “The vocation of exodus and what it says about the human soul” - Albert Raboteau (Princeton), “ Soul Music and the soul” | |
| 6:30-6:50 pm: Round table exchange amongst the speakers | |
| Refreshment Break (coffee tea etc.) | |
| 7:10-7:30 pm: Question period | |
| 7:30-8:30 pm: Arts and soul:
- Reading John Betjeman, by Peter Von Berg - Reading Charles Laughton's Noah, by Richard Sterne - Song, by Dana Talley and Michael Roshak - Magic, by Robert Aberdeen |
We intend this to be a festive, full but also enjoyable, evening. Surely the awareness of soul in modes ranging from science through the arts is a vital one in our time.
Registration at the door for a donation if possible of $10 or in advance by mail for that amount. Any additional donation to support this event is welcome and needed, can be sent to: "The Patristic Society. 320 South Broadway P-7. Tarrytown NY 10591", cash or check made out to "The Patristic Society".