Staff report, "St. Mary sponsors talk on Islam" - The Ridgefield Press - CT, USASunday, January 11, 2009
“Islam and Christianity Today” will be the latest in the series of St. Mary’s Parish Lectures on Tuesday, Jan. 13, at 7:30 p.m. in the parish hall.
Father Gerhard Böwering, professor of Islamic studies at Yale University, will speak. His presentation will talk about these faiths in the world today and some of the challenges they present co-existing in a diverse world.
He has lectured widely in Europe, Asia and the Middle East and has done research in many manuscript libraries of the Islamic world.
His publications include books and articles on Islamic intellectual history, Sufism and Qur’anic studies.
Refreshments will be served.
[Picture from Yale University, Dept. of Religious Studies. Meet Professor Böwering at Yale University: http://www.yale.edu/religiousstudies/facultypages/bowering.html].
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