| Abrahamic Religions in World Civilization:
The Paradox of the Covenant
Anthony Stevens-Arroyo,
Saam Trivedi, Sharon Flatto, Andrew Meyer,
Russell Sharman, and Lisa Schwebel
with
Mick Axelrod, Hussam
Alharash, and Thomas Zaki
Thursday,
October 27, 2005
10:35 a.m.
to 3 p.m.
Penthouse, Brooklyn College Student Center
Campus Road and East 27th Street
For
information: (718) 951-5847 or http://depthome.brooklyn.cuny.edu/wolfe
Directions to Brooklyn College:
http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/vindex.htm
10:30
– 10:55 a.m. Sign-up and literature display
11 a.m. Lecture:
“The
Paradox of the Covenant”
Prof.
Anthony M. Stevens-Arroyo,
Director of the Program for Studies of Religion
Response:
“Comparing Abrahamic Religions with the
World’s Faiths”
Prof. Saam Trivedi, Department of Philosophy
12 Noon Student
Panel: Discussion of Interfaith Structures by students in the
Program of Studies in Religion:
"Faith
and Formalism: Echoes in Jewish History" Mick Axelrod, Brooklyn College
"Continuity and Change: A Contemporary Muslim's Perspective" Hussam Alharash,
Brooklyn College
"Different
Alphabets-Same Meaning: The Coptic Experience" Thomas Zaki, Brooklyn College
12:45 p.m.
Public
response: questions and answers
1:45 – 3 p.m.
Professors’ Panel “Expanding the Study of Religion”
Professors
at Brooklyn College
explore matters like dreams, transmigration of souls, miracles and future-telling.
Sharon
Flatto (Judaic
Studies)
Andrew
Meyer (History)
Russell
Sharman (Anthropology)
Lisa
Schwebel (Honors
Academy)
Refreshments
(Kosher food will be available)
Presented by the Ethyle
R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities, in cooperation with the Program
of Studies in Religion, the Center for
Religion in Society and Culture (RISC), and the Kilcoyne
Memorial Lecture.
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