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Karen Gray
Karen Gray, Ph.D., received her S.T.B. degree fromHarvard Divinity School and her Ph.D. from the University of
Edinburgh where her thesis was on “Religious Atheism in Contemporary Western Thought: A Christian Problem
and a Buddhist Perspective.” She recently retired after 20 years with the Smithsonian Associates designing adult
study tours. She has had a lifelong fascination with the world’s religions which she approaches with openness
and from a scholarly perspective. Karen has taught over 30 ILR courses.
“Dr. Karen Gray is a phenomenal
scholar and an entertaining lecturer.
Her excellent visual presentations
are an integral part of every course.
I thoroughly enjoy her classes. I look
forward to taking her next one."
-Robin Rolph
"Dr. Karen Gray is a scholar. Scholars
are few and far between in our
world but because of ILR I have been
privileged to spend many hours
with one. Beyond scholarship, Karen
is a whiz at visual presentation
too. Wherever does she find those
pictures, those documents? Overall,
her classes are illuminating!"
-Elizabeth Middleton
"I’ve taken many of Dr. Gray’s classes
over the 9 years since I retired on a
wide variety of subjects. When I get
my ILR schedule, I check to see what
she’s teaching. Then I say 'I didn’t
know I was interested in that but I
guess I am.'"
-Nancy Ahr
Fall ‘18
Featured Instructor
ILR551 Ethical Explorations: From the Ancient Greeks to the Present
4 sessions, 10 hours
Without a doubt, our moral code, or lack thereof, is at the heart of our lives, affecting our finances, politics, legal situation,
associations and relationships, and even our most life-changing, intimate personal decisions. In this series of lectures, Dr. Karen
Gray considers the history and sources of diverse human codes. She’ll explore moral philosophy in a way that is intended to assist
the students in the understanding and nature of their own moral codes, and the ways in which they interact with those whose
codes are sometimes not just different, but in conflict with their own. Dr. Gray’s heavily illustrated PowerPoint presentations are
two hours long with a 10 minutes break in the middle and half an hour for discussion at the end.
5-Digit Number: 16263
Fri, 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., 10/12 – 11/2
Location: Conference Center/E-123
Tuition: $40.00 Fee: $99.00 Total: $139.00
MD residents age 60+ pay fee only
Fall 2018 Featured Instructor
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