{"id":309,"date":"2015-02-25T14:09:52","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T19:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/religion\/?p=309"},"modified":"2015-02-25T14:11:24","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T19:11:24","slug":"islamic-theologian-jerusha-lamptey-to-speak-at-seton-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/religion\/2015\/02\/25\/islamic-theologian-jerusha-lamptey-to-speak-at-seton-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamic Theologian Jerusha Lamptey to Speak at Seton Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Dr.The Department of Religion, in its efforts to further dialogue between the Abrahamic traditions, will be sponsoring a lecture titled \u201cEncountering the \u2018Other\u2019: Islam, Religious Diversity and Muslima Theology\u201d by the Islamic theologian Dr. Jerusha Lamptey. This event will take place on Wednesday, March 4, at 4pm in the A&S Hall Amphitheatre, Room 109<\/p>\n

The lecture will address theological debates over the legitimacy of multiple, diverse traditions. Are all religious traditions true? Are all religions essentially the same? If religions are actually different, is one more authentic than others? Dr. Lamptey will explore these questions in reference to Islam and contemporary Muslim scholarship. The lecture will highlight the intimate connection between \u2018theological\u2019 questions and practical interactions, survey Islamic sources on the topic of religious diversity, and critically assess existing contemporary approaches to religious diversity. Dr. Lamptey will conclude by offering some constructive possibilities drawn from Muslima (Islamic feminist) theological thought.<\/p>\n

About the Speaker
\nDr. Jerusha Lamptey is currently Assistant Professor of Islam and Ministry at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. She previously taught at Georgetown University, where she also received her Ph.D. in Theological and Religious Studies with a focus on Religious Pluralism in Catholic and Islamic Thought. She has published several articles and book chapters on religious pluralism, ecumenical relations, John Paul II, Vatican II, and African traditional religion. Her book, Never Wholly Other: A Muslima Theology of Religious Pluralism, was published by Oxford University Press in 2014.<\/p>\n

About the Department of Religion
\nThe Department of Religion is Seton Hall\u2019s home for comparative religion, comparative theology and theological ethics, inter-religious dialogue, and ecumenical studies, offering a comprehensive yet focused Bachelor of Arts program, as well as undergraduate minors in religion and archeology. The department\u2019s curriculum focuses on the theological, cultural, and ethical dimensions of Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Christianity and other global religious traditions, particularly Judaism and Islam.<\/p>\n

On the graduate level, the Department of Religion offers a Master of Arts in Jewish-Christian Studies, the first and only one of its kind in the United States. The Jewish-Christian Studies program focuses on analyzing complex religious, ethical and social issues that promote peace and justice and prepares students for many facets of interreligious and multicultural relations, dialogue and diplomatic encounters.<\/p>\n

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