Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
6:00 PM- 7:30 PM
At the AIC

Abstract :

Common Words Between us

Paradoxically, “A Common Word Between Us and You”–the pan-Muslim call for dialogue promulgated in 2007–has generated considerable interest and response, yet has received little attention in the mainstream media. The author of the official response of The Episcopal Church to this important document will share her insights on the history of “A Common Word”, her recent experience of teaching about it at Hartford Seminary, and its implications for “Common Words Between Us”–the book she is co-authoring with a Muslim scholar-activist.

• Free and open to the public
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• Light dinner will be served

Lucinda Mosher, Th.D.
Interreligious Relations Specialist

LUCINDA ALLEN MOSHER, TH.D., is a Christian ethicist who works as a consultant, author, and educator on inter-religious matters. Recent clients have included Trinity Institute, Columbia University’s Middle East Institute, the Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations Office of The Episcopal Church, the United States Institute for Peace, and Auburn Theological Seminary’s Center for Multifaith Education—for whom she is the senior researcher in an ongoing study of how US religious leaders-in-training learn about religious diversity.

Dr. Mosher is the author of Faith in the Neighborhood—a series from Seabury Books on understanding America’s many religions. She is the author of the official response of The Episcopal Church to the pan-Muslim initiative, A Common Word. She has also contributed chapters to several books and has published a number of articles on multifaith issues or Christian-Muslim concerns, and is well known for her analysis of the spiritual legacy of Turkish mystic Bediuzzaman Said Nursi. Currently, with Parvez Ahmed of the University of North Florida, she is writing a book on Christian-Muslim understanding entitled Common Words Between Us.

A frequent lecturer in the US and abroad, Dr. Mosher is the founding instructor for the annual Worldviews Seminar at The University of Michigan-Dearborn—an innovative introduction to America’s religious diversity. She has also offered courses in recent years at Hartford Seminary (CT), Fordham University (NY), St. Francis College (NY), The General Theological Seminary (NY), and New York Theological Seminary. She has been a conference coordinator, workshop speaker, or panelist in many other venues. An accomplished musician, her workshops sometimes combine her expertise in inter-religious understanding with her training in theology and the arts.
Dr. Mosher is an Episcopal Church Foundation Fellow. She holds degrees from Boston University, the University of Massachusetts (Lowell), and Hartford Seminary, and a Doctor of Theology from the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church. She maintains offices in northeast Florida and New York City.

Moderator

Janaan Hashim, J.D.

Bio: Board of Trustees Member of the Council of a Parliament of the World’s Religions, Civil Rights Lawyer with the Amal Group, Radio Hostess for Radio Islam on WCEV, Professor of Islam at McCormick Theological Seminary, Board Member of Sound Vision Foundation, Board Member of International Union of Muslim Women, on the Steering Committee of Religion Communication Congress, Previous spokesperson for CIOGC, a founding member of CAIR-Chicago, and full-time Mom, Janaan Hashim has devoted her life to civil rights law and inter-religious dialogue. She earned her Juris Doctor cum laude from DePaul University, College of Law, where she also achieved an academic scholarship and was on the winning team for the National Appellate Moot Court. She previously worked as a criminal defense lawyer, filing defense appeals for the St. Appellate Defender’s Office, before she partnered the Amal Law Group as the attorney and counselor at law. Dr. Hashim remains active at the grassroots level and professional level, working with several non-profits and law associations geared toward peace and justice.

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