Religious Diversity Event May 2nd
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Posted by , April 30, 2006
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Tuesday May 2nd at 3:30 in the Faculty/Staff Room, come to “Still Searching: Women, Faith and Worship in a Pluralistic World.” The program will center on a panel discussion with three accomplished experts, moderated by Peter Bebergal. The discussion will then open for comments and questions from the audience. A reception with food and drinks will follow.
Please join the Office of Student Life for “Still Searching: Women, Faith and Worship in a Pluralistic World.” Funded by the Diversity Council, the event’s mission is to increase awareness about religious diversity as a diversity issue. The program will center on a panel discussion exploring questions about the intersection between womanhood and faith in comparative religions. Peter Bebergal, an instructor at Simmons College, will moderate the discussion. Information about our three accomplished panelists is listed below.
Following the panel discussion, there will be a short candle lighting ceremony, and a reception with food and drinks. We hope you can come to what should be a highly engaging discussion on this very important topic.
Tuesday, May 2nd @ 3:30 Faculty/Staff Room, Simmons College
REVEREND IRENE MONROE is a religion columnist, public theologian and professor of religion at Pine Manor College. She has been profiled in Boston magazine as one of Boston’s 50 Most Intriguing Women and in O magazine as a “phenomenal woman who has succeeded against all odds.”
MARY LAHAJ is a scholar of Islam and interfaith educator who has taught philosophy and Islamic studies at Middlesex Community College. The granddaughter of the founders of the oldest and largest mosque in New England, she continues her dedication to educating youth by teaching religion at her local mosque and working as the Muslim Student Advisor at the Groton School.
NAOMI KATX is a Senior Deputy to Israel’s State Attorney and currently holds a Wexner Israel Fellowship at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Serving in Israel’s Ministry of Justice since 1994, she recently became a participant in the Kolot program, in which secular and orthodox Jews meet to study Jewish religious texts.
