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Time to rebuild good relations with Iran, CJP Director argues in Richmond newspaper op-ed

April 8, 2014Last updated April 25, 2014 by Daryl Byler

When envoys from Iran and the world’s six major powers gather in Vienna today for a third round of talks about Iran’s nuclear program, you can safely bet that no

Iranian Speaker Advocates Peace Studies

August 3, 2010Last updated March 18, 2011 by Jim Bishop

“Understanding Peace in Iran” was the focus of a presentation by Muhammad A. Legenhausen of Qom, Iran, during an “Abraham’s Tent” forum held Friday, July 30. Dr. Muhammad A. Legenhausen

EMU Hosts Interfaith Forum, Professor from Iran

June 10, 2010Last updated June 29, 2016 by Gretchen Maust

Abraham’s Tent: A Center for Interfaith Engagement at EMU, hosted Dr. Rasoul Rasoulipour, a philosophy of religion professor in Tehran, Iran, for a day-long campus visit, May 25, 2010.

MCC Couple to Outline Middle East Issues

March 16, 2009 by Jim Bishop

Cindy and Daryl Byler (back row, left) with young friends in Gaza. Two EMU student organizations are co-sponsoring an event meant to challenge the EMU and larger community with the

Seminary Alumnus Heads MCC Washington Office

September 24, 2008 by Laura Amstutz

World is Hungry for Peace Message, Says EMU Grad

March 17, 2008 by Laura Amstutz

‘The world is hungry for the kinds of things taught in our Mennonite schools,’ says Daryl Byler, alumnus of both EMU and EMS. Read more…

Sweet Lemons – Mennonites and Iranians Relate

January 30, 2008 by Kelly Jasper, Daily News-Record

Dan Wesser, professor of international and political studies at EMU, gives an overview of the Iran visit, assisted by (l. to r.): Paul Yoder, Rachel Spory, Josh Brubaker and Fatemeh

The Path of Respectful Engagement

November 19, 2007 by Pat Martin

Reprinted with permission from insidehighered.com By Pat Hostetter Martin, director of CJP’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute Pat Martin In the weeks since Columbia University’s president, Lee C. Bollinger, introduced his invited

Foreign Film Series Crosses Boundaries

November 19, 2007 by Kelly Jasper, Daily News-Record

By Kelly Jasper, Daily News-Record Dan Wessner, professor of international studies at EMU The lights flicked on, and 40 pairs of eyes shifted their focus from the auditorium screen over

Seminary Prof Travels to Iran for Muslim Conference

September 27, 2006Last updated June 29, 2016 by Laura Lehman Amstutz

Given the volatile political climate, a visit to Iran might seem highly unlikely for many. But N. Gerald Shenk, professor of church and society at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, saw it