Islamic scholar Steve Scholl of Oregon will present a lecture called A Clash of Theologies or a Profound Kinship: Where Judaism, Christianity and Islam Meet on March 25 at 7 p.m. at St. Martha’s Church in Papillion (72nd St. just north of Giles Rd.).

 

The Abrahamic Reunion

Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders meet in Jerusalem
 
Scholl will identify areas of theological convergence and common concerns between the Abrahamic faiths while noting their diverse approaches to major theological questions.
 
But the heart of this presentation is to highlight the work taking place in Jerusalem, sacred ground zero for Jews, Christians, and Muslims. It is in Jerusalem that a courageous interfaith band  - women and men; Jews, Muslims and Christians, known as the Abrahamic Reunion - share their lives and work together to bring peace, shalom, salaam, to the divided and war torn Holy Land.
 
This is a provocative and inspiring presentation that reveals a side of interfaith relations and the Middle East conflict that is often overlooked by the media in this country.
       
Steve SchollSteve Scholl is an independent scholar of Islam and  comparative religion and mysticism. He has lived and traveled extensively in the Middle East after doing his graduate studies in Islamic philosophy and history at McGillUniversity. Steve was the founding publisher of White Cloud Press and is the editor of several books including The Peace Bible: Words from the Great Traditions and Common Era: Best New Writings on Religion. He writes on religion and culture for newspapers and magazines and is a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Religion (ed. by Mircea Eliade).
 
Through his company, Imagine Adventures, Steve leads trips to Morocco and the World Sacred Music Festival every June and is launching tours to Turkey and the Holy Land (Israel and Palestine) in 2010 and 2011. For more on this work, visit www.imagine-adventures.com.
 
Steve has presented lectures and workshops around the world on Islam, Sufism, “Rumi and the Religion of Love,” interfaith dialogue, the intellectual and spiritual problems posed by religious fundamentalism and the new atheists (Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens).  He can be contacted by email at: steve@imagine-adventures.com 
This program is sponsored by the Islamic Studies Center of the University of Nebraska-Omaha, The Tri-Faith Initiative,  the Center for Faith Studies at CountrysideCommunityChurch, and hosted by St. Martha’s Episcopal Church. 
 
Suggested donation $10.  Students free.
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