Interreligious Evening of Conversation
with Students

On March 21, 2007, Woodstock's Interreligious Dialogue on Education program hosted an interreligious evening of conversation with students discussing whether religion is a problem or solution in this world.

WOODSTOCK THEOLOGICAL CENTER
Evening of Conversation

RELIGION—PROBLEM OR SOLUTION?

Open Interreligious Conversation for Georgetown Students
with the Woodstock Interreligious Dialogue on Education

Wednesday, March 21, 2007
7:30 p.m.

--Is religion a problem or a solution?
--Do religious differences really matter?
--Why dialogue: conversion or conversation?

Short opening statements from an Interreligious Panel
Followed by Conversation, Questions, Challenges, and Responses

Panelists:

Dr. Siva Subramanian
Georgetown University Medical Center, Founder Chairman of Sri Siva Vishnu Temple in Maryland, and Vice President of Interfaith Conference of Washington DC

Dr. Adi Haramati
Georgetown University Medical Center, Past President, Kemp Mill Synagogue,
Silver Spring, MD, Former Chair, Board of Education, Melvyn J Berman Hebrew Academy, Rockville, MD

Dr. Barbara Brown Zikmund
Past President, Hartford Seminary and Ordained Minister, United Church of Christ

Dr. Hashim el-Tinay
Founder, Salam Sudan Foundation and International Peace Quest Institute

Moderator:

Dr. John Borelli
Special Assistant for Interreligious Initiatives, President's Office, GeorgetownUniversity