Professor Eck is a widely-published scholar of national and international reputation, whose leadership of The Pluralism Project at Harvard has brought a major reassessment of American religious pluralism and its implications for understanding and appreciating not only American history and culture, but other cultures as well. The popular and scholarly acclaim for Dr. Eck's 1993 award-winning book Encountering God: A Spiritual from Bozeman to Banaras demonstrates her extraordinary capacity to harness her considerable intellectual acumen in the service of an audience far wider than those which scholars typically reach. The recent release of her multi-media CD-ROM, On Common Ground: World Religions in America proves that the media of her scholarship are as current and as engaging as its content.

At 4:30 p.m. on September 11 in Skelton Lounge Professor Eck will also be leading a semi nar based on one of her articles. Anyone interested in participating in the discussion can preregister with the chaplain's office; places are limited.