For opening its doors to its Muslim neighbors, Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Alexandria was featured on “The Daily Show with John Stewart.” Rev. Perry, an EMS grad and lead pastor at Aldersgate UM Church, and Baig, vice president of Islamic Circle of North America, will talk about their controversial experience of crossing boundaries to… Read more »
Renowned storyteller, activist, organizer, writer, Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, is one of the first ten women in Jewish history to enter Rabbinic life and, in 1980, became the first woman ordained in the Jewish Renewal Movement. In 1973 she began congregational life with Temple Beth Or of the Deaf and then lived for 22 years in… Read more »
Doug Hostetter graduated from EMU during the Vietnam War years and did his alternative service with MCC in Tam Ky, Vietnam. His life work has been devoted to seeking nonviolent alternatives to war and oppression in many war zones including of North and South Vietnam, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Bosnia, Afghanistan and Iraq. He has been… Read more »
Interfaith Forum with Susan Kennel Harrison Susan Kennel Harrison, BA, MDiv, ThM is currently a PhD candidate researching Christian Peace Theology and Interfaith dialogue at Emmanuel College at the Toronto School of Theology. She is an associate member of the Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre and serves on the advisory council for EMU’s Center for Interfaith… Read more »
