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Roots of Peace: Israeli-Palestinian Dialogue | Ali Abu Awwad and Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger

Teaching & Learning Technologies October 11, 2016

Ali Abu Awwad, a Palestinian activist for nonviolence, and Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger, an Israeli settler and advocate for coexistence, share their vision of dignity, trust, mutual recognition and respect. Their organization, Roots, carries out ground-breaking grassroots projects, hosts dialogue groups, and promotes non-violence between Israel and Palestine. (92)

Stand Your Ground | Kelly Brown Douglas

Center for the Study of Religion, Culture, & Society April 25, 2016

Kelly Brown Douglas is a professor of religion at Goucher College with areas of expertise in Women’s Theology and Sexuality & Black Church studies. In her “Stand Your Ground” lecture, she addresses the evolution of the Black Lives Matter campaign and the construction of the black body historically, and in today’s society. (231)

Numen Lumen, The Company We Keep | Emily DeMaioNewton

Truitt Center for Religious & Spiritual Life April 18, 2016

Emily DeMaioNewton is a sophomore English major and multi-faith engagement intern at the Truitt Center. She enjoys waking up at 6:30am and spends all her free time reading and writing, which does not necessarily make for a vibrant social life, but her friends are understanding and patient. They also tolerate her eccentricities and mix of […]

Seeing Israel, A Real Life Nation Through a Theological Lens | Rabbi Irving Greenberg

Teaching & Learning Technologies April 11, 2016

Rabbi Irving Greenberg explores the tensions and risks in how the State of Israel is imagined by contemporary Jews and Christians, how the conflicts over Israel have led to controversy and distrust in Jewish-Christian dialogue, and how such dialogue might be improved. Greenberg is a celebrated scholar, author, and rabbi with a PhD from Harvard […]

Core Forum | Stories of Migration

Teaching & Learning Technologies March 11, 2016

Core Forums are shared intellectual experiences that are open to all Elon students, faculty, and staff. They address important interdisciplinary topics and allow community conversations about key global issues. This forum highlights the migration stories of David Parker, Vanessa Bravo, Ahmed Fadaam, Ken Hassell, and Robin Attas. (87)

Sharing The Burden | A Panel Discussion

Teaching & Learning Technologies March 11, 2016

On March 8, 2016 the CSRCS held a panel discussion of a new book by Elon’s Dr. Geoffrey D. Claussen. Sharing the Burden: Rabbi Simhah Zissel Ziv and the Path of Musar (SUNY Press 2015) analyzes the rich moral traditions of the 19th-century Musar movement and Simhah Zissel’s ideal of compassionately loving one’s fellow human […]

The Story Only You Can Tell | LD Russell

Teaching & Learning Technologies November 19, 2015

Speaking at Elon University’s 2015 Intersect: Diversity and Leadership Conference L. D. Russell discusses The Story Only You Can Tell. L.D. Russell is a Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at Elon University, where he has taught in the areas of world religions and religion and culture since 1993. He is coordinator of the Peace and […]

Freeman Hrabowski – Diversity in Higher Education

Teaching & Learning Technologies April 5, 2013

A national expert on promoting diversity in higher education visited Elon University for an April 5 campus conversation with faculty, staff, students and members of the public on issues tied to race, privilege and the role of the liberal arts in the 21st century. Freeman Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, […]