Prof. Najib Awad was invited to be a forum speaker/analyst in the 34^thGerman Protestant Kirchentag in Hamburg, May 1-5, 2013.  The forum he participated in was entitled “Forum on the Arab World:  New forms of Political Participation.”  Over 700 individuals attended this forum in addition to four speakers from Syria, Palestine, Tunisia and Egypt.  Prof. Awad discussed Arab Spring and the situation in Syria.  Further information on the event is available at www.kirchentag.de/program.

Prof. Yahya Michot participated in the 12th International Conference on the Evolution of Islamic Jurisprudence held in Muscat from the 6th to the 9th of April. The general theme of the Conference was the jurisprudence of living together (fiqh al-ta‘âyush). Prof. Michot delivered a paper titled al-Muslim al-muwâṭin fî l-duwal ghayr al-islâmiyya (The Muslim Citizen in Non-Islamic States).  Read more and see pictures

Professor Yahya Michot, Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations, spoke on "The Problem of Extremisms: Islam & the Ethics of Moderation" at a gathering of the Muslim Life Associaton at Princeton University. His lecture and subsequent question-and-answer session is available in two videos. Video 1   Video 2

Faculty Associate Lucinda Mosher has completed a new book, "Toward Our Mutual Flourishing: The Episcopal Church, Interreligious Relations, and Theologies of Religious Manyness." that will be available later this year. In this book, Mosher tells the story of The Episcopal Church's development of an official rationale for its ongoing engagement with religious diversity. At once a work of historical, moral, and practical theology, this volume contextualizes and explains what one church teaches about how religious difference may be interpreted in Christian terms. To order a copy of the book, click here. Cover