Rediscovering the 'Inner Meaning of America' at UC Berkeley Extension.Lifestyle/Calendar Editors, Education Writers BERKELEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 3, 2000 A provocative daylong day·long adj. Lasting through the whole day. adv. Through the day; all day. Adj. 1. daylong - lasting through an entire day UC Berkeley Extension seminar will search for a &uot;bridge&uot; between the teachings of the world's great spiritual traditions and the heroes, ideals, triumphs and tragedies that have shaped American civilization. Jacob Needleman, Ph.D., professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University • • [ , leads the inquiry. Needleman has examined such issues in several books he has authored, including &uot;The New Religions,&uot; &uot;The Heart of Philosophy,&uot; &uot;Money and the Meaning of Life,&uot; &uot;Time and the Soul&uot; and the novel &uot;Sorcerers.&uot; &uot;The need is for nothing less than to redefine and remythologize the meaning of America for ourselves and for a world that -- for better or worse -- is increasingly feeling the material and cultural influence of America,&uot; says Needleman. &uot;An American Soul: The Inner Meaning of America&uot; will take place Saturday, February 26, 10 am-4 pm, at the UC Extension Center, 55 Laguna St., in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . The fee is $85. Call (510) 642-4111 to register or register online at www.unex.berkeley.edu. (Registration may be available at the door as space permits.) Through lecture and discussion, participants examine such aspects of American history as the Jeffersonian vision of the liberated lib·er·ate tr.v. lib·er·at·ed, lib·er·at·ing, lib·er·ates 1. To set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control. 2. Chemistry To release (a gas, for example) from combination. mind, the wisdom of Franklin, the Constitutional Convention, the crimes of slavery and the destruction of the American Indian American Indian or Native American or Amerindian or indigenous American Any member of the various aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere, with the exception of the Eskimos (Inuit) and the Aleuts. . The instructor then leads the groups in a discussion of whether the spiritual doctrines of Christian mysticism Christian mysticism is traditionally practised through the disciplines of:
her·met·ic or her·met·i·cal adj. Completely sealed, especially against the escape or entry of air. tradition can bring a new hopeful dimension to perceptions of American history. For a free catalog listing 1,300 courses offered by UC Berkeley Extension this spring in locations around the Bay and beyond, call toll-free 1-888-UC-SMART (888-827-6278) or visit Extension's Web site at www.unex.berkeley.edu. |
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