One God, Three Faiths: Jews, Christians and Muslims in Cooperation and Conflict (New) 

 

Designated Thursdays • 10 a.m.-11:30 a.m. • Mackey Auditorium / Zoom / Stream-Rec

October 9, 23 • November 6, 20 

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The aim is to present an objective account of how these three traditions have interacted throughout their histories. This course will analyze why relations between them have been positive in some eras and negative in others. It will help to clarify the misunderstandings and outright bigotry that have resulted in bias, hatred and persecution between them. This course will offer suggestions about how these three “children of Abraham” might improve relations, especially in America, to prevent anti-Semitism, hatred of Christians and Islamophobia.

Lecture 1

October 9

Judaism’s emergence as the first monotheistic faith and its minority status in the Christian and Muslim worlds.

Lecture 2

October 23

Christianity’s development as a world-wide missionary religion and its relations with Judaism and Islam.

Lecture 3

November 6

Islam’s founding under Muhammad, rapid spread in the Arab world, and historic interactions with Jews and Christians.

Lecture 4

November 20

The 20th-century interfaith movement, beginning with the Parliament of Religions in 1891, has enhanced cooperation, but misunderstandings and hate still exist between the faiths.

Instructor: Dr. Ben Hubbard     Coordinator: Jeanette Reese