Eastern Mennonite University and the Center for Interfaith Engagement welcomes Fulbright Scholar Dr. Syafaatun Almirzanah for the 2016-17 academic year. She is on the faculty of theology in the Department ... read more about Comparative religions expert and Fulbright Scholar Syafaatun Almirzanah joins EMU faculty from Indonesia
Inspired by EMU's Interfaith Peace Camp, the London Interfaith Peace Camp in Ontario, Canada, began four years ago. ... read more about Canadian peace camp for kids takes inspiration from EMU’s Interfaith Peace Camp from London Interfaith Peace Camp
Ed Martin’s interest in interfaith work won’t stop when he ends his six-year term as director of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Interfaith Engagement. Martin, whose last day is Thursday, ... read more about Center for Interfaith Engagement Director Ed Martin retires after six years of facilitating dialogue and scholarly interaction
Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding has been invited to partner with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in a new initiative aimed at truth, racial healing and transformation in ... read more about CJP partners with Kellogg Foundation’s new national initiative on truth, racial healing and transformation
The Center for Interfaith Engagement (CIE) at Eastern Mennonite University presents the film series “Across Cultures: Profiles in Courage and Resilience,” featuring 12 films of various genres, including fiction and ... read more about EMU’s Center for Interfaith Engagement presents free film series featuring social justice leaders from around the world
When you think of war, what war comes to your mind? How far removed are you from that war? How has war impacted your work? These simple questions are the ... read more about In ’18 Stories of War,’ filmmakers trace community’s pervasive and deeply personal conceptions of war
Victor Dogos coordinates three interfaith peacebuilding workshops – one each for religious leaders, youth and women – in Chad every year, working with the financial and staff support from Mennonite Central ... read more about Victor Dogos, Chadian pastor, has dedicated his life to interfaith goodwill
The culturally mixed background of the Afghan-American Muslim keynote speaker fit well with the diverse attendees from 21 countries at the first “Frontier Luncheon” during the six-week Summer Peacebuilding Institute. ... read more about Mennonite education provided to Afghan-American Muslim woman leads her to key roles in world peacebuilding
Loren E. Swartzendruber, president of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), announced to the university community today that he plans to retire next year, on June 30, 2016, marking 13 years of ... read more about EMU President Loren E. Swartzendruber announces plans for retirement
In his book, I Shall Not Hate, Izzeldin Abuelaish traces his journey from an impoverished childhood in the Gaza Strip to medical school in Egypt and eventually, in face of ... read more about Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, Palestinian physician and peace activist, brings message of hope and justice to EMU