Jews ~ Christians ~ Muslims

What our sacred texts say about others:
      Reading with Sensitivity

 

At the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago / 1100 E. 55th St. / Room 350
    On Sunday, March 19, 2006 / 2:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

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Jews, Christians and Muslims have sacred texts that traditionally have formed and shaped communal interfaith perceptions.  At this conference, scholars from each tradition will select texts that have been and still are used to instruct their communities on how to relate to people of faiths other than their own.  They will share how even passages that may sound harsh to the ears of others can be read with sensitivity and understanding in today’s world.  Responders from each community will share reactions to these presentations.  The day ends with an open plenary discussion.

PRESENTERS	RESPONDERS
Rabbi Eugene Korn, National Director of Jewish Affairs at the American Jewish Congress and adjunct professor of Jewish Thought at Seton Hall University	Dr. Sarah Tanzer, Professor of New Testament and Early Judaism at McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago
Dr. Esther Menn, Associate Professor, Old Testament at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago	Dr. Dianne Bergant, Professor of Old Testament Studies at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago
Dr. Ismail Albayrak, Associate Professor of Qur’anic Exegesis, University of Sakarya, Turkey	Dr. Zaki Saritoprak, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies; Said Nursi Chair in Islamic Studies, John Carroll University, OH
Sponsors: Abrahamic Dialogue Association, Catholic Theological Union, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, McCormick Theological Seminary. For more information call: 773-256-0700 or email: hvogelaa@lstc.edu; iacar@lstc.edu; emenn@lstc.edu; thiebert@mccormick.edu
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