[amc] Forum this Sunday afternoon: The Morality of Armed Conflict
- From: "Jared Diener" <jd.diener@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Austin Mennonite Church" <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:50:47 -0500
This upcoming event may be of interest to some folks.
Best,
Jared
*UCC FORUM:*
*The Morality of Armed Conflict: Jewish, Christian and Muslim Perspectives*
*Sunday, Oct. 26, 2-4 PM*
University Christian Church, 2007 University Avenue, Austin, TX 78705
(across the street from Littlefield Fountain at University and 21st)
http://www.ucc-austin.org/forums/ <http://www.ucc-austin.org/forums/%20>
*(This forum is not sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies at
UT-Austin)*
*PANELISTS:*
*Rabbi David Komerofsky*, Executive Director of Texas Hillel. He came to
Austin after serving seven years as dean of students and director of the
rabbinical school at the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of
Religion. He has studied in Jerusalem, Los Angeles and Cincinnati, and has
earned a master's degree and ordination.
*Dr. Ismael Garcia*, Professor of Christian Ethics, Austin Presbyterian
Theological Seminary. He earned his PhD at the University of Chicago
Divinity School. He has specialized in the intersection of Christian ethics
and issues of social justice, and is the author of numerous publications,
including King and the Critique of North American Conceptions of Justice.
*Dr. Hina Azam*, Assistant Professor, Departments of Middle Eastern Studies
and Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. She received
her PhD from Duke University, and teaches classes in Islamic studies and
Islamic law. Her research interests are Islamic law and jurisprudence, as
well as women and Islam.
*MODERATOR:*
*Dr. Whitney S. Bodman*, Associate Professor of Comparative Religions,
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, will serve as moderator. He is
ordained in the United Church of Christ, and received his Doctor of Theology
in Comparative Religion and Islamic Studies from Harvard Divinity School.
His current research focuses on the Qur'an, modern Islam in the Middle East,
and rituals of sacred space and pilgrimage.
A time of refreshments will follow the Forum in the Fellowship Hall of the
church.
--
Jared Diener
Program Coordinator
Department of Religious Studies
The University of Texas at Austin
Undergraduate Advising Office:
Burdine Hall 406
1 University Station A3700
Austin, TX 78712
(512) 232-7737 -- office
(512) 232-4230 -- fax
j.diener@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/rs/
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