THE COMMONWEALTH CENTER FOR LITERARY AND CULTURAL
CHANGE TO HOST SEMINAR SERIES ON RELIGION

	CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Oct. 20 -- Designed for a general
audience and supported by Charlottesville clergy, a seminar series
sponsored by the University of VirginiaÕs Commonwealth Center for
Literary and Cultural Change will focus on ÒReligion and American
Pluralism.Ó
	The series, which is free and open to the public, meets
Monday evenings from 7:30 to 9:15 p.m. Oct. 31 through Nov. 28 at
the First Presbyterian Church on Park Street.
	Speakers will include nationally known divinity school
professor David Tracy from the University of Chicago and philosopher
Richard Rorty from U.Va., as well as many others.  Panelists will
address such questions as:  Is there a common need for religious
faith?  Is there such a thing as the American Religion?  Can
atheists hold genuinely moral views?  Should religious institutions
be private or public?  Are the media involved in religion-bashing?
Is the U.S. a secular state?  Can any religious beliefs escape a
feminist critique?
	For more information, call (804) 982-5586.
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October 19, 1994
A schedule is on the reverse side.