This lively conversation between Muslim, Christian and Jewish scholars explores the concept of love within their faith traditions. Captured in full on January 29, 2025, this webinar provided a space where Abrahamic faith leaders and an international/interfaith audience could come together to better understand each other, explore ways in which they might cooperate to bring peace between our nations, and discover ways in which we might collaborate to build a better world.
Presentations:
Introduction by Ayatollah Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad
Dean of the Department of Islamic Studies at The Academy of Sciences of Iran and Honorary President of Religions for Peace, Ayatollah Damad is well-known for his engagement with other faith leaders in initiatives advocating for human rights in interreligious disputes, as well as for using his knowledge of the religious practice of multiple religious perspectives to provide insight into current political events.
Love in Islam by Dr. Alan Abd al-Haqq Godlas
Dr. Alan Abd al-Haqq Godlas is an Associate Professor in the Department of Religion at the University of Georgia, where, since 1991, he has directed and taught in the program in Islamic Studies and Arabic, in addition to teaching courses on the religions of the world. He has written extensively on Islam and the Quran.
Love in Christianity by Dr. Clare Amos
Dr. Clare Amos is the former head of the Interreligious Office of the World Council of Churches, based in Geneva. Thoughout her career the primary focus of her work has been strengthening interreligious relationships and building space for interfaith dialogues. She is a prolific writer and has published dozens of books and articles on interreligious engagement.
Love in Judaism by Rabbi Dr. Alan Brill
Dr. Alan Brill is the Cooperman/Ross Endowed Chair for Jewish-Christian Studies at Seton Hall University, where he teaches Jewish studies in the Department of Religion and the Jewish-Christian Studies Graduate Program. He specializes in interfaith theology, Jewish mysticism, modern Jewish thought and contemporary Jewish Orthodoxy.
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