Spring Semester 2005
David Thomas, PhD, Professor, University of Birmingham, UK
"Muslim-Christian Polemic During the Crusades: The Letter from the People of Cyprus and Ibn Talib al-Dimashqi's Response"
Monday, April 11, 2005
1:10 to 3:40 PM
Monsignor Stephen Happel Room, Caldwell Hall
620 Michigan Ave, NE
Light refreshments to follow
Dr. Thomas is a scholar of Medevial Muslim-Christian dialogues and polemics and Christian theology of Islam. His publications include Coptic Christianity before the Ottomans: Text and Context (1996), Islam in the Contemporary World (2000), Islamic Interpretations of Christianity (2001), Anti-Christian Polemic in Early Islam: Abu 'Isa al Warraq'a "Against the Trinity" (1992).
Cardinal Keeler and Rabbi Jack Bemporad
"Finding a Place for the Other: The Future of Jewish-Christian Dialogue"
Thursday, March 10, 2005
1 to 5 PM
Slowinski Court Room, Columbus School of Law
3600 John McCormack Rd., NE
Kosher reception to follow
Speakers include William Cardinal Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore; Rabbi Jack Bemporad of the Center for Interreligious Understanding (Secaucus, NJ); Father Norbert Hofman, Secretary of the Commission for Pontifical Relations with the Jews; Dr. Ellis Rivkin, Hebrew Union College.
Francis Clooney, SJ, Professor of Comparative Theology at Boston College
"Divine Mother, Blessed Mother: Hindu Goddesses and the Virgin Mary"
Monday, February 14, 2005
Monsignor Stephen Happel Room, Caldwell Hall
Professor Clooney is a professor of Comparative Theology and a scholar of the Hindu religion. Among his various activities of the last three years, he has served as the director of the Oxford Center for Hindu Studies. His books include Thinking Ritually (1990), Theology after Vendanta (1993), and Seeing Through Texts (Winner of the International Society for Hindu and Christian Studies' best book award 1994-1996), Hindu Wisdom for All God's Children (1998), Hindu God, Christian God (2001), and Divine Mother, Blessed Mother: Hindu Goddesses and the Virgin Mary (2004).
Critical Respondant:
Alf Hiltebeitel is a professor of Religion and Human Sciences in the Department of Religion at the George Washington University. Recently, he has received a GW Committee on Research, University Facilitating Fund award for "Women Worshiping Draupandi." His books include Rethinking the Mahabharata: A Reader's Guide to the Education of the Dharma King (2001), Is the Goddess a Feminist: The Politics of South Asian Goddesses (2000), and a translation of Madaleine Biardeau's Stories about Posts: Vedic Variations around the Hindu Goddesses.
3:30 to 5:30 PM
Monsignor Stephen Happel Room, Caldwell Hall
620 Michigan Ave, NE
followed by light refreshments
More details to follow.
