Roger Williams Symposium
The Roger Williams Symposium, hosted by the Common Ministry at Washington State University since 1978, was facilitated by Gail from 1999 through 2010.
For current symposiums, conferences, and activities, please see www.chapman.edu/chapel
The Common Ministry at Washington State University
presented the 33rd annual
Roger Williams Symposium
“Getting to the Heart of Interfaith”
Sheikh Jamal Rahman
Rabbi Ted Falcon
Pastor Don Mackenzie
on Monday-Tuesday, November 15-16, 2010
Together our speakers have been called “The Interfaith Amigos” as they appear on national television and throughout the country. They are co-authors of Getting to the Heart of Interfaith: The Eye-Opening, Hope-Filled Friendship of a Pastor, a Rabbi and a Sheikh.
See more on the Interfaith Amigos at: http://www.interfaithamigos.com/
It was a wonderful occasion! We estimate that 350 people attended the 2010 symposium, with an overflow crowd including many WSU students for an entertaining and though-provoking panel on Monday evening; as well as meals and a workshop for community members, faculty and students on Tuesday.
Previous symposiums:
| 1999 | “Christianity as an Earth Faith”Larry L. Rasmussen, Professor of Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary in New York |
| 2000 | “The Cultural Production of Evil”Emilie Townes, Professor of Christian Social Ethics, Union Theological Seminary in New York |
| 2001 | “Judaism, Feminism, and the Issues of Interpretation”Dr. Judith Plaskow, Professor of Religious Studies at Manhattan CollegeRabbi Lewis Bogage, Chaplain at the Religious Life Center at DePauw University |
| 2002 | “Religion in the Workplace: If, How, and When?”/”The Six Stages of Faith Development: Pigeon-holing Empowerment?”/”Introduction to the Labyrinth”William L. McLennan, Jr. (Scotty), Dean for Religious Life at Stanford University |
| 2003 | “The Jewish God of the Historical Jesus”/”The Life of the Historical Jesus”/”The Execution of the Historical Jesus”/”The Resurrection of the Historical Jesus”John Dominic Crossan, Professor Emeritus in Religious Studies at DePaul University |
| 2004 | “The Contemplative Dimension of the Gospel”/”Centering Prayer Background and Practice I”/”Centering Prayer Background and Practice II”Thomas Keating, Cistercian priest, monk, and abbot |
| 2005 | “Peace Building in Times of Terror”Rev. Dr. Carter Heyward, Howard Chandler Robbins Professor of Theology Emerita at Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge (This symposium was cancelled due to illness. We still hope to bring Dr. Heyward to campus!) |
| 2006 | “Creativity: Where the Divine and the Human Meet”/”Feminist Mystics of the West”/”The Green Man and Our Search for the Sacred Masculine”Dr. Matthew Fox, Former Dominican Priest, Theologian, founder of Wisdom University and Friends of Creation Sprirituality |
| 2007 | “Paradise and Empire: The Rivers of Justice and Beauty”/”The Empire Strikes Back: Paradise and Holy War”/”Loving This World: An Ethics of Beauty”Dr. Rita Nakashima Brock, Founding Co-Director of Faith Voices for the Common Good |
| 2008 | “Voices of Conscience from Islam”/”A Progressive Muslim Quest: On Justice and Love in Islam”/”Iran: Beyond the ‘Axis of Evil’”Dr. Omid Safi, Associate Professor of Islamic Studies at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| 2009 | “The Myth of Christian America: What is Trustworthy and What is Not”/”Building Cultures of Trust: How Can Citizens & Religious Organizations help Rebuild Trust Again?”/”Building Cultures of Trust: What Do We Do About Religious Fundamentalisms?”Dr. Martin Marty, Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago |
