Building Bridges in Interfaith Communities II: Mercy

This event is part of the Berkeley Public Theology Program series Sacred Texts, Public Talks. These meetings bring together diverse scholars to discuss key religious issues in a public setting. They are co-hosted in partnership with area organizations, and take place off the Berkeley campus. Their aim is to unsettle both sacred and secular commonplaces, and to energize public engagement, sympathetic and critical, with the claims of religion.

Building Bridges in Interfaith Communities II: Mercy

Jewish Scholar:

• Madeline Wyse, PhD Student in Jewish Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Muslim Scholar:

• Mahjabeen Dhala, Center for Islamic Studies Office Manager & Program Coordinator, GTU; PhD student, Center for Islamic Studies, GTU.

Hindu Scholar:

• Cogen Bohanec, PhD Student in Hindu Studies, Center for Dharma Studies, GTU.

Respondent:

• LeAnn Snow Flesher, Vice-President of Academics & Dean of the Faculty, American Baptist Seminary of the West; Professor of Biblical Interpretation, American Baptist Seminary of the West.

Refreshments to follow.

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Co-sponsored by the American Baptist Seminary of the West and the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion, with support from the Henry Luce Foundation.

The Berkeley Public Theology Program invites innovative thinkers and public figures to Berkeley to reflect on the past, present, and future of theological inquiry. Such lectures spark scholarly conversations on campus and place Berkeley at the center of global conversations on religion and public life.