Lourdes Lecture Reflects on Catholic/Muslim Relations
Lourdes is pleased to announce its 2011 Ecumenical Lecture “Overcoming our common past of quarrels and hostilities: reflections on current relations between Catholics & Muslims” presented by Dr. Sandra Keating, Associate Professor of Theology at Providence College in Rhode Island. With the approach of the 10 year anniversary of the events that occurred on September 11, 2001, Dr. Keating will address current relations between Catholics and Muslims, particularly in Iraq, Iran and Arabia, from a theological perspective.
Dr. Keating earned her PhD in Roman Catholic Theology with an emphasis in Muslim-Christian Relations at the Catholic University of America. Previously, she studied at the Pontifical Institute for the Study of Islam and Arabic (PISAI) in Rome and received an STL. She has published numerous articles and a book on Muslim-Christian relations – Defending the ‘People of Truth’ in the Early Islamic Period: The Christian Apologies of Abu Ra’itah – focusing specifically on the early centuries of Islam. Dr. Keating has been a member of the Vatican Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims, and regularly participates in Catholic-Muslim dialogues, both in the United States and abroad.
The Ecumenical Lecture will be held on Sunday, February 27 in the Franciscan Theater & Conference Center at 3 p.m. Free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to review the Catholic Nostra Aetate and the Muslim A Common Word documents. For more information and to view the recommended readings, please visit www.lourdes.edu/ecumenical.
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