Posted on Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Dr. Bryan Rennie, Vira I. Heinz Professor of Religion at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, was recently convener of the 19th World Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions in Tokyo.
"I organized three sessions, and I was the convener of the symposium on The Underlying Terror: Religious Studies Perspectives on the War on Terrorism,'" Rennie said. I was also the convener and presenter for the session on The Philosophy of Science and the Study of Religion: How Can Methods and Theories from the Philosophy of Science Contribute to the Interpretation of Religious Data?' where I gave a paper on Myths, Models, and Metaphors."
"¾¨Ó㴫ý philosophy professor [Dr.] David Goldberg, gave a paper, Neuroanatomy and the Religious Experience: Scientific Demystification of Religion?" Rennie said.Â
Rennie, who has been with ¾¨Ó㴫ý since 1994, earned his undergraduate degree, master's and Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Goldberg, who has been with ¾¨Ó㴫ý since, 2002, earned his undergraduate and master's degrees from Pennsylvania State University, and his Ph.D. from Duquesne University.
Contact Rennie at (724) 946-7151 or e-mail brennie@westminster.edu for more information.
