CNU Prof. Schweig Talks Religion and Spirituality
THE CAVALIER DAILY
VIRGINIA---Christopher Newport Religion Prof. Graham Schweig gave a lecture in Newcomb Friday titled “Spiritual but Not Religious.” Schweig, who earned a doctorate degree in comparative religion from Harvard, is an author, scholar and yogi. “In the West, there is God, and in the East, transience,” he said. “The West prays, the East meditates. The West believes in Heaven and Hell, the East believes in transmigration. The West honors saints, the East honors sages. The West fears nature’s fury, the East considers nature sacred.” Between these two lands, he said, lies the subcontinent of India, an amalgamation of both value systems. He likened religion to art in a picture in a frame or silence surrounding music, saying religion helps people put their world in context. “God is too big to fit into one religion,” he said. [link]
VIRGINIA---Christopher Newport Religion Prof. Graham Schweig gave a lecture in Newcomb Friday titled “Spiritual but Not Religious.” Schweig, who earned a doctorate degree in comparative religion from Harvard, is an author, scholar and yogi. “In the West, there is God, and in the East, transience,” he said. “The West prays, the East meditates. The West believes in Heaven and Hell, the East believes in transmigration. The West honors saints, the East honors sages. The West fears nature’s fury, the East considers nature sacred.” Between these two lands, he said, lies the subcontinent of India, an amalgamation of both value systems. He likened religion to art in a picture in a frame or silence surrounding music, saying religion helps people put their world in context. “God is too big to fit into one religion,” he said. [link]