{"id":1542,"date":"2013-09-25T13:21:46","date_gmt":"2013-09-25T17:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2013\/09\/transylvania-sponsors-interfaith-forum-for-local-community\/"},"modified":"2020-07-14T13:56:11","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:56:11","slug":"transylvania-sponsors-interfaith-forum-for-local-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2013\/09\/transylvania-sponsors-interfaith-forum-for-local-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania sponsors interfaith forum for local community"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" class=\"imgBordersRight\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/images\/illustrations\/bell_forum.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Bell\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\tMichael Bell\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/images\/illustrations\/angelahurley_forum.jpg\" alt=\"Angela Hurley\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\tAngela Hurley\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/images\/illustrations\/sachedina.jpg\" alt=\"Abdulaziz Sachedina\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\tAbdulaziz Sachedina\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/images\/illustrations\/mariantaylor.jpg\" alt=\"Marian Taylor\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\tMarian McClure Taylor\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/images\/illustrations\/jonweece.jpg\" alt=\"Jon Weece\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\tJon Weece\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\nLEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014As part of its ongoing efforts to spark conversation about the value of an inclusive community, Transylvania University is sponsoring a public forum featuring diverse religious leaders at 7 p.m. Oct. 3 in the William T. Young Campus Center Gym.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nPanelists will include the Rev. Jon Weece of Southland Christian Church; the Rev. Dr. Marian McClure Taylor, executive director of the Kentucky Council of Churches; Abdulaziz Sachedina, professor and IIIT Chair in Islamic Studies at George Mason University; Michael Bell, Transylvania\u2019s interim vice president and dean of the college; and Angela Hurley, Transylvania professor of education and chair of the Division of Humanities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe discussion will be driven by audience questions. The goal of the event, titled \u201cFinding Common Cause in Our Differences,\u201d is to bring together community members who share a vision of the common good to demonstrate how religion can unite, not divide.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe event is presented jointly by Transylvania\u2019s Office of Religious Life and Office of Diversity and Inclusion. It is part of Transylvania\u2019s year-long celebration of 50 years of integration on campus, <a href=\"..\/diversity\/still_overcoming.htm\">Still Overcoming: Striving for Inclusiveness<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWilson Dickinson, associate dean for religious life, emphasized that \u201ca focus on \u2018interfaith\u2019 is not about reducing our religious commitments to the lowest common denominator. It\u2019s about true collaboration\u2014creating places where we can work together with conviction, integrity and compassion.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe idea for the forum originated when Transylvania student Reza Haider heard professor Sachedina speak in Louisville. Haider\u2019s concern at the time was violence perpetrated against religious minorities. However, Haider explains that it was the acceptance and curiosity of the students at Transylvania that inspired him to organize the event.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cAs an American-born Shiite Muslim, I have always been conscious of the fact that my faith and beliefs do not align with those of most of my fellow Kentuckians,\u201d said Haider. \u201cIn order to disprove widespread stereotypes and misunderstandings of my faith, I have always tried to conduct myself in a manner that contradicts any negative assumptions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cAt Transylvania, however, I encountered a peer group that wasn&#8217;t unfairly condescending or cruel. I found a campus filled with curiosity for other backgrounds and a student body eager to accept and understand how others think.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cI wanted all of Lexington to share in this sort of understanding. I figured the best way to quell stereotypes would be to hold a seminar in which prestigious representatives of various major faith groups came together and explained, discussed and shared how each had belief structures that benefited society.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<h4>\n<br \/>\nOther related events, all open to the public:<br \/><\/h4>\n<p>\n<strong>Oct. 2, 7 p.m., Carrick Theater<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nProfessor Abdulaziz Sachedina will present \u201cThe Political Theology of Pluralism in Islam: Religious Ethics of Coexistence.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSachedina, an American citizen born in Tanzania, has been conducting research and writing in the field of Islamic law, ethics and theology (Sunni and Shiite) for more than two decades. In the last ten years he has concentrated on social and political ethics, including interfaith and intrafaith relations, Islamic biomedical ethics and Islam and human rights.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFor more information, contact Wilson Dickinson at 859-281-3691 or <a href=\"mailto:tdickinson@transy.edu\">tdickinson@transy.edu<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Oct. 2, 4:30 p.m., Cowgill 102<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nRebecca Davis, associate professor of history at the University of Delaware, will present &#8220;&#8216;These Are a Swinging Bunch of People&#8217;: Sammy Davis Jr., Judaism, and Ethnic Identification in the Mid-20th-Century U.S.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFor more information, contact Meg Upchurch at 859-233-8252 or <a href=\"mailto:mupchurch@transy.edu\">mupchurch@transy.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Bell Angela Hurley Abdulaziz Sachedina Marian McClure Taylor Jon Weece LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014As part of its ongoing efforts to spark conversation about the value of an inclusive community, Transylvania University is sponsoring a public forum featuring diverse religious leaders at 7 p.m. Oct. 3 in the William T. Young Campus Center Gym. Panelists will include the Rev. Jon Weece of Southland Christian Church; the Rev. Dr. Marian McClure Taylor, executive director of the Kentucky Council of Churches; Abdulaziz Sachedina, professor and IIIT Chair in Islamic Studies at George Mason University; Michael Bell, Transylvania\u2019s interim vice president and dean of the college; and Angela Hurley, Transylvania professor of education and chair of the Division of Humanities. The discussion will be driven by audience questions. The goal of the event, titled \u201cFinding Common Cause in Our Differences,\u201d is to bring together community members who share a vision of the common good to demonstrate how religion can unite, not divide.\u00a0 The event is presented jointly by Transylvania\u2019s Office of Religious Life and Office of Diversity and Inclusion. It is part of Transylvania\u2019s year-long celebration of 50 years of integration on campus, Still Overcoming: Striving for Inclusiveness. Wilson Dickinson, associate dean for religious life, emphasized that \u201ca focus on \u2018interfaith\u2019 is not about reducing our religious commitments to the lowest common denominator. 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