Several years after giving a religious speech at the people's house, a religious academic is bringing Gandhi's wisdom to Ohio University's students.
The Gawande Lecture Series, a new talk series for the 2013-2014 school year, has invited its first speaker to OU from 7-8 p.m. on Wednesday night in Baker University Center Room 231.
Anantanand Rambachan, professor of religion, philosophy and Asian Studies at Saint Olaf College who gave a 2003-2004 invocation address at the White House, will give a talk entitled “Interreligious Dialogue as Friendship: Mahatma Gandhi and C.F. Andrews” at the session.
The program will focus on the relationship of Gandhi and Andrews, men with different religious backgrounds who shared a special friendship.
“I explore the relationship of Gandhi and Andrews to talk about relationships of other humans,” Rambachan said. “They are two very different people from very different backgrounds but they shared a beautiful relationship.”
Rambachan’s lecture and the rest of the Gawande Lecture Series is being organized by Brian Collins, an OU professor in the department of Classics and World Religions and the Drs. Ram and Sushila Gawande Chair in Indian Religion and Philosophy.
Collins says he plans to have at least one lecture in the Gawande series per semester.
“The money for the program comes from the endowment for my chair, which is earmarked for bringing in distinguished speakers,” Collins said, in an email. “They will always be free and open to the public.”
According to the St. Olaf College website, Rambachan is an adviser to the Pluralism Project at Harvard University and a member of the Theological Education Committee of the American Academy of Religion.
“I travel quite a bit,” Rambachan said, who speaks at other universities often. “I’m excited to visit Ohio University.”
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