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Research shows that the struggle for gender equality is strongly influenced by religion and historical experiences, in the Baltic states as well as in Norway.

In the past, scholars have often considered apocryphal writings in Coptic as a relatively marginal phenomenon in Egyptian Christianity. However, there is much to suggest that these writings were of great importance to the Christian population of Egypt. A new research project will shed new light on nearly 1,000 years of dramatic changes in Egyptian religion and society.

Small amulets, large inscriptions on walls, and papyrus recipes reveal aesthetic experimentation with vowels and symbols and so-called nonsense language.” This is a context in which to understand discussion within the New Testament, particularly 1 Corinthians, of “speaking in tongues.” This talk will consider the limits of language in antiquity, using contemporary poetry on the violence of colonial language and recent study of speaking in tongues as an experiment at the limits of language.

The Areopagus, a rocky outcropping in Roman Athens, is a particularly potent site to think about justice