Gender and paganism the subject of ISU presentation
October 26, 2007
Claudia McCoy, assistant director of the 色花堂app Women鈥檚 Studies Program, will deliver a presentation titled 鈥淐elebrating the Goddess and Her Consort: How Paganism Embraces Partnership, Duality and Reverence For All Things,鈥 on Oct. 31 at noon in the Clearwater Room of the ISU Pond Student Union Building.
McCoy鈥檚 lecture is part of the sixth annual Every Other Thursday Brown Bag Lecture Series: Gender and Religion, hosted by the Janet C. Anderson Gender Resource Center, and is the only talk in the series scheduled for Wednesday.
McCoy is the mother of four spiritually eclectic children and is married to a lapsed Catholic. McCoy鈥檚 pagan roots reach back to her great-grandmother who was an Irish Catholic with strong pagan overtones. She considers herself to be an eclectic pagan, gleaning her spirituality from several areas, including Buddhist philosophy, Wicca and atheism. Since this presentation is scheduled to take place on Halloween, Claudia encourages attendees to come in costume.
The Every Other Thursday series spotlights gender-related research conducted by ISU faculty, staff, students and, occasionally, Pocatello community members. The lectures are an opportunity for ISU and Pocatello community members to join the ongoing dialogue on a variety of gender issues.
The last scheduled presentation in the series will be 鈥淕ender and Jehovah鈥檚 Witnesses鈥 presented by Dee Adair on Nov. 15 in the Heritage Room of the PSUB.
Attendees are encouraged to bring lunches. All lectures are open to the public and free of charge. For more information on the lecture series contact the Anderson Center at (208) 282-2805.
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