RSIS – Hindu Centre Seminar on “COUNTERING FUNDAMENTALISM – DHARMIC AND ABRAHAMIC PERSPECTIVES”

“COUNTERING FUNDAMENTALISM – DHARMIC AND ABRAHAMIC PERSPECTIVES”

By

Prof Julius Lipner
Emeritus Professor of Hinduism and
the Comparative Study of Religion in the University of Cambridge

Dr Paul Hedges
Associate Professor
Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies (SRP) Programme, RSIS

Dr Mohamed Bin Ali
Assistant Professor
Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies (SRP) Programme, RSIS

Mr S Ravenderan
Former Vice-President of the Hindu Centre

Free Admission

(You are requested to be seated by 8.50am)

Limited seating available. Registration on first-come first-served basis.
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About the Lecture:

Religious Fundamentalism is not new. It is not a 20th century phenomenon, but has arguably been present for centuries. Neither is fundamentalism limited to a specific religion. The difference in the 21st century is the pervasive availability of media and technology to spread extremist interpretations and ideologies directly to the vulnerable.

The Hindu Centre and the Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies Programme (SRP) at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at NTU, with the support of Hindu Endowments Board (HEB) examine what can be done to counter such fundamentalism, from the perspectives of different mainstream religions.

Programme: