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UNI Speakers Bureau - Religion



  Please call the Office of University Marketing and Public Relations at 319-273-2761 or email stacey.christensen@uni.edu, to request a speaker.

Speakers do not charge fees, unless otherwise noted.

Upon request, we will provide background information to introduce the speaker. When the topic or event warrants, the Office of University Marketing and Public Relations will send a news release to media serving your area.

RESEARCH ON PRAYER AND PATIENT OUTCOMES

There is a little doubt that, under many circumstances, prayer can improve patient outcomes. But is this due to the intercessory power of prayer, or is it due to a form of placebo effect. In other words, does the person get better simply because they believe prayer helps? Presenter reviews the issues and the research on prayer and patient outcomes.

 

LITERATURE AND THE BIBLE

How literature can be used ot lead children to the lessons and stories of the Bible.

 

HARRY POTTER AND CHRISTIAN FAITH FORMATION

Places Harry Potter in the fairy tale genre and addresses the fears and concerns of some members of the Christian community who believe Harry Potter promotes witchcraft/occult/wicca.

 

RELIGION AND POLITICS

 

RELIGION AND SOCIETY

 

HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE.
Explores the speaker's identity as a child of Holocaust survivors and the effects of the Holocaust on contemporary Jewish identities.

SEPHARDIC STUDIES.
Who are the Sephardic Jews? Where do they come from? What language(s) do they speak? This is a sizable component of the world Jewish community, but historically it is culturally and linguistically different from the majority of American Jews.

 
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