Don't miss this event! Seattle U's Justice Education Forum presents OUR COMMON GROUND: Deepening Muslim-Christian Understanding. Thursday, March 1, 2007, 7 p.m., Pigott Auditorium, Seattle University, 901 12th Ave in Seattle.
Dr. John Esposito of Georgetown University presents a free public lecture on the title topic with responses by Jamal Rahman, Muslim Sufi Minister of Interfaith Community Church and Stephen V. Sundborg, SJ, President of Seattle University.
Dr. Esposito is Professor of Religion, International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University. He is a Founding Director of the Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding in the Walsh School of Foreign Service. He is a consultant to the U.S. Department of State as well as corporations, universities and media worldwide. He specializes in Islam, political Islam, and the impact of Islamic movements from North Africa to Southeast Asia. His more than 30 books include: Unholy War: Terror in the Name of Islam (a Washington Post and Boston Globe best seller), and What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam.
Sponsored by Jesuit Identity, International Student Center, Magis: Alumni Committed for Mission, Leadership Development, Student Development, Faith & Great Ideas, SU School of Law, School of Theology & Ministry, Campus Ministry, Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Church Council of Greater Seattle.
Magis: Alumni Committed for Mission is hosting a special alumni reception at 6 p.m. in the Casey Atrium.
About the illustration: If you regularly read the New York Times, you've no doubt seen the work of the New York based, Bulgarian born artist Luba Lukova. This illustration, originally published in the New York Times, is called Speaking Peace.
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