Audio interview of Alice Konefall, born 1942, by Dr. Justin Jaron Lewis at her home. 00:00 Interview begins with an introduction of the interviewer and interviewee, as well as location information. 00:40 Justin and Alice look at a course outline from Rabbi Zalman Schachter’s Psychology of Religion class. Alice talks about how the class would visit chapel spaces and explore with their hands, rather than their eyes as a sensory experience; 02:10 Alice talks about the Quaker aspect of the class where they would sit together in silence. She continues to talk about other course topics; 03:29 Alice talks about the course topic “zen music, sights, and sounds” and mentions how Schachter was before his time and wanted his students to appreciate the fact that every religious tradition has something we can learn from; 04:30 Alice grabs a wheel with spokes and talks about the different names we give to God from different religions; 05:39 Alice talks about how Schachter used music and the students came up with a prayer. She also talks about dance and body movement; 07:47 Alice talks about breathing and meditation; 08:56 Alice talks about body and food and tells a story about the class going to a restaurant and how the students had to feed each other. She mentions it was a really profound learning experience about paying attention to others; 10:19 They talk about baptism and water disciplines and how the class went to the University of Manitoba pool; 16:39 Alice talks about her experience studying in Chicago, and her experience at a Buddhist place of prayer; 17:20 Justin asks more about the class experience in Manitoba. Alice mentions there were about 20 to 30 students in the class; 19:00 Alice talks about her experience travelling as a pilgrim during a nine-month sabbatical. Alice wrote to Schachter for suggestions on where to travel; 20:45 Alice shares some personal documents she had with Schachter while he was living in Winnipeg in the 1970s; 22:30 Alice states that Schachter told Alice to get in touch with a Dominican priest during her pilgrimage; 23:40 Alice shares a piece of prayer that Schachter wrote, as well as other correspondence; 27:25 Justin looks through a potentially unpublished item from Schachter; 30:30 Alice talks about how Schachter would not grade anything but would leave comments sometimes; 32:00 Justin thanks Alice for her interview.
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Audio interview of Alice Konefall, born 1942, by Dr. Justin Jaron Lewis at her home. 00:00 Interview begins with an introduction of the interviewer and interviewee, as well as location information. 00:40 Justin and Alice look at a course outline from Rabbi Zalman Schachter’s Psychology of Religion class. Alice talks about how the class would visit chapel spaces and explore with their hands, rather than their eyes as a sensory experience; 02:10 Alice talks about the Quaker aspect of the class where they would sit together in silence. She continues to talk about other course topics; 03:29 Alice talks about the course topic “zen music, sights, and sounds” and mentions how Schachter was before his time and wanted his students to appreciate the fact that every religious tradition has something we can learn from; 04:30 Alice grabs a wheel with spokes and talks about the different names we give to God from different religions; 05:39 Alice talks about how Schachter used music and the students came up with a prayer. She also talks about dance and body movement; 07:47 Alice talks about breathing and meditation; 08:56 Alice talks about body and food and tells a story about the class going to a restaurant and how the students had to feed each other. She mentions it was a really profound learning experience about paying attention to others; 10:19 They talk about baptism and water disciplines and how the class went to the University of Manitoba pool; 16:39 Alice talks about her experience studying in Chicago, and her experience at a Buddhist place of prayer; 17:20 Justin asks more about the class experience in Manitoba. Alice mentions there were about 20 to 30 students in the class; 19:00 Alice talks about her experience travelling as a pilgrim during a nine-month sabbatical. Alice wrote to Schachter for suggestions on where to travel; 20:45 Alice shares some personal documents she had with Schachter while he was living in Winnipeg in the 1970s; 22:30 Alice states that Schachter told Alice to get in touch with a Dominican priest during her pilgrimage; 23:40 Alice shares a piece of prayer that Schachter wrote, as well as other correspondence; 27:25 Justin looks through a potentially unpublished item from Schachter; 30:30 Alice talks about how Schachter would not grade anything but would leave comments sometimes; 32:00 Justin thanks Alice for her interview.
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