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Friday, October 23, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, October 23, 2009
Contact: Molly Drobnick
Phone: (310) 506-6586
Email: molly.drobnick@pepperdine.edu
Examining Issues Muslims, Jews and Christians Must Face
MALIBU, Calif. -- Conflict between Jews, Muslims, and Christians is a critical issue that Americans and the international community must continue to address. Pepperdine University will host Finding Common Ground: Reconciliation Among the Children of Abraham on November 2, to examine commonalities between these three major faiths and reconcile their differences.
The newly launched Diane and Guilford Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies at Pepperdine University will host this one-day conference, which is open to the public, featuring leading voices from the Jewish, Muslim and Christian communities. Several panel discussions will feature prominent experts addressing common issues that the children of Abraham must address in order to move past conflict. (Free of charge, registration required).
WHERE
Elkins Auditorium
Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263
SCHEDULE
8:00-9:00 Registration and Breakfast
9:00-9:10 Opening Remarks
Professor Roger Alford, Director, Diane and Guilford Glazer Institute for Jewish Studies at Pepperdine University
9:10-10:30 Interpreting Sacred Text
• Rabbi Brad Artson, Dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinical Studies
American Jewish University
• Imam Jihad Turk, Director of Religious Affairs at the Islamic Center of Southern California
• Rev. James Butler, Professor, Fuller Theological Seminary
10:45-12:15 Dealing With the Outsider in Our Midst
• Rabbi Mark Diamond, Board of Rabbis of Southern California
• Imam Muzammil Siddiqi, Islamic Society of Orange County
• Prof. William Abraham, Professor, Perkins School of Theology, SMU
12:15-1:15 Lunch
1:15-1:45 Why Faith Matters
• Introduction: Diane Glazer and Provost Darryl Tippens
• Keynote address: Rabbi David Wolpe, Sinai Temple, bestselling author of Why Faith Matters
2:00-3:30 National Identity and Religious Pluralism
• Jacob Dayan, Israeli Consul General
• Hakan Tekin, Turkish Consul General
For more information and speaker/panelist bios, please visit: http://www.pepperdine.edu/glazer-institute/
Media contacts:
Molly Drobnick: molly.drobnick@pepperdine.edu; 310.506.6586
Jerry Derloshon: jerry.derloshon@pepperdine.edu; 310.506.6485
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