October 1, 2007
For Immediate Release
For an interview:
Michael Minch
(801) 863-7482
The Peace and Justice Studies Program is sponsoring an “Interfaith Conference on War and Peace: A Dialogue among Jewish, Christian, Islamic and Latter-Day Saint Perspectives” Saturday, October 6. The event will take place at the Salt Lake City Library Auditorium.
Representatives from various faiths will speak about their respective religions’ understanding of war and peace in the morning sessions and then will address their perspectives on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the afternoon.
The speakers include Alex Stecker, professor of History and Judaism at UVSC; Michael Minch, director of the Peace and Justice Studies Program at UVSC, Tom McClenahan, assistant professor of Old Testament at Salt Lake Theological Seminary, Tarek Nosseir, president of the Islamic Society of Utah and Brian Birch, director of the Religious Studies Program at UVSC.
"Many Utahans are religious, of course, and as such, care about both others religions, and about matters of war and peace," said Michael Minch, assistant professor of philosophy and humanities.
The conference begins at 9 and ends at 3:30 p.m. There is no cost to participate in this event. A lunch break will occur from noon to 1.
The Peace and Justice Studies Program, Religious Studies Program and the Center for the Study of Ethics are all held at UVSC. The Peace and Conflict Studies Program, the Barbara L. and Norman C. Tanner Center for Nonviolent Human Rights Advocacy are held at the University of Utah. Other sponsors consist of the Salt Lake Theological Seminary, the Peace and Justice Commission of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City and the Peace and Justice Commission of Episcopal Diocese of Utah.
For more information, please e-mail Minch at minchmi@uvsc.edu.
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