Messiah College’s Sider Institute hosts lectures on inter-faith peace-making
January 23rd, 2009
GRANTHAM, Pa. (Jan. 22, 2009) — The Sider Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist and Wesleyan Studies at Messiah College announces its annual peace lectures that will take place on Feb. 12. This year’s presentations feature a panel of presenters who will explore various religions and peace-making traditions in “Inter-Faith Peace-Making: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.” The lectures are in Hostetter Chapel on the college’s Grantham campus. The first lecture, featuring Catherine Meeks and Ed Bacon, is from 9:45 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The second lecture, featuring all four speakers in a roundtable discussion, is from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Admission is free.
About the presenters
The panel of presenters includes:
Catherine Meeks, Director of the Wesleyan College Center for Community Engagement and Service
Ed Bacon, Rector, All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena, Calif.
Ronald Sobel, Rabbi, Congregation Emanu-El, New York City
Abdul Rashied Omar, Kroc Institute for Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
About the Sider Institute for Anabaptist, Pietist, and Wesleyan Studies
The Sider Institute was named in honor of E. Morris Sider, professor emeritus, and his wife Leone. Through lectures such as these, the Institute encourages scholarly research and interpretive study that enhance the understanding of the Anabaptist, Pietist and Wesleyan traditions. Together, these traditions make up the three theological roots of Messiah College, as well as those of its founding denomination, the Brethren in Christ Church.
About Messiah College
Messiah College, a private Christian college of the liberal and applied arts and sciences, enrolls 2,800 undergraduate students in more than 60 majors. Established in 1909, the primary campus is located in Grantham, Pa., near the state capital of Harrisburg. A satellite campus affiliated with Temple University is located in Philadelphia.