Ghazals of Arvind Sharma 15-19
April 19th, 2012Dr Sharma and Georg Lechner
April 11th, 2012
Canada’s proposed Office of Religious Freedom raises human rights concerns
March 29th, 2012During the last federal election campaign the Conservative Party announced its plan to create an Office of Religious Freedom. Closed door talks have begun between Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and some religious leaders in Canada. Arvind Sharma, a professor of comparative religion at McGill University in Montreal says the Canadian government may be creating problems for itself.
A Discussion of the Future of India in Sanskrit
February 8th, 2012Terra Firma
November 2nd, 2011
The forum for the equitable representation of religion in the media and academia
Examples of misrepresentation of religion
We now live simultaneously in a cosmically exploding universe and an informationally shrinking world, in which religious traditions will become increasingly aware and increasingly sensitive to how they are, represented around the world, and especially in the western media and academia. It is only a matter of time before allegations of misrepresentation begin to surface in a major way.
Students of religion cannot afford to remain mute spectators of these developments, as they are likely to vitiate the very atmosphere in which the scholarly study of religion is pursued. The purpose of this project is to help keep the interaction among the various religions, both in and outside the academia, as wholesome as possible by identifying and collecting instances of such misrepresentation and bringing them to light, before they pollute the atmosphere in which the various religions of the world are interacting.
See the McGill website for more information.
Program for GCWR 2011
October 31st, 2011Here is Dr Sharma announcing the program for the GCWR 2011.
Religious Fanaticism
October 31st, 2011About religious fanaticism.
Peace Through Religion
October 31st, 2011Here is Dr Sharma talking on Peace Through Religion.
Why Is Religion Important?
October 31st, 2011Here is Dr Sharma discussing why religion matters.
GCWR 2011 Welcome Message
October 31st, 2011Here is Dr Sharma’s welcome message from the GCWR 2011.
