Consultation on Interfaith Education for a Global Society

Program Schedule

Monday, 17 March 2003

8:00 am     Registration and continental breakfast

9:00 am     Welcome and meditation

  9:15 am      Panel #1:  Mapping the Landscape of Interfaith Education

John Berthrong, Boston University School of Theology

Suheil Badi Bushrui, University of Maryland

Heidi Hadsell, Hartford Theological Seminary

Grove Harris, The Pluralism Project, Harvard University

Matthew Hicks, Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education

10:15 am    Break

  10:30 am    Breakout group

  11:30 am      Plenary feedback

  12:15 pm      Lunch

  1:15 pm      Panel #2: Identifying Barriers and Challenges to Interfaith Education

Judith Hertz, Commission on Interreligious Affairs of Reformed Judaism

Mojca Leban, Abraham Project, Sarajevo , Bosnia

Leo Lefebure, Fordham University

Ibrahim Abdil-Mu’id Ramey, Fellowship of Reconciliation

 2:15 pm    Break

  2:30 pm     Breakout group

  3:15 pm     Plenary feedback

  4:00 pm      Best practices

  5:00 pm     Reception    

 

Tuesday, 18 March 2003

  8:30 am   Continental breakfast

9:00 am  Morning meditation

9:15 am   Panel #3: Connecting Theory/Discourse with Practice

Karen McCarthy Brown, Drew Theological Seminary

Melodye Feldman, Face to Face, Faith to Faith

Rabia Harris, Muslim Peace Fellowship

Peter Ochs, University of Virginia

John Taylor , International Association for Religious Freedom

10:15 am   Break

10:30 am     Breakout groups

11:30 am     Plenary feedback

12:15 pm    Lunch

1:15 pm   Best practices

2:15 pm    Break

2:30 pm     Representatives from CPWR & UNESCO/ Forum of Cultures on Barcelona 2004

3:00 pm     Planning for the Future
 (evaluations, where to go from here, unmet needs, topics for the next consultations, expanding the invitation list, volunteers for committees)

4:00 pm     Closing celebration

4:30 pm     farewell