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What the Qur’an Meant: And Why It Matters

October 12, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Free

Featuring Pulitzer- Prize winning historian, writer, and journalist Garry Wills, PhD. Wills is the author of What Jesus Meant, Why I Am a Catholic, and Why Priests? and an Emeritus Professor of History at Northwestern University. He will open an interfaith dialogue examining how the Qur’an has been misinterpreted and exploited: by politicians and pundits, by persons of other faiths unfamiliar with the basic facts of Islam, and by fearful persons who seek to prove that Islam is a religion of violence. He will contextualize the Qur’an, comparing it with other sacred books that may be more familiar to non-Muslim readers, including the Old Testament and New Testament. Wills will be interviewed by Chaplain Tahera Ahmad, Associate University Chaplain and Director of Interfaith Engagement at Northwestern University.

Details

Date:
October 12, 2017
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Cost:
Free

Organizers

Family Action Network
MCC Academy
New Trier Multifaith Alliance

Venue

Evanston Township High School
1600 Dodge St.
Evanston, IL 60201 United States
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