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2004 Spring Humanities Symposium: Culture, Community, And Belonging, Messiah College Mar 2004

2004 Spring Humanities Symposium: Culture, Community, And Belonging, Messiah College

Humanities Symposium

Keynote Address: Dr. Jean Kilbourne

March 8-12, 2004

How do people develop a sense of belonging? How is this expressed in culture and community life? Does belonging to a culture and a community depend on sameness or the overcoming of differences? When do the boundaries of culture and community replace belonging with alienation? How are the ideas of community, culture, and belonging related and how do they mutually reinforce identity? How have ideas about culture, community, and belonging changed over time? And how does the life and gospel of Jesus Christ challenge our notions of culture, community, and belonging?

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