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Najeeba Syeed - “Critical Perspectives on Interreligious Education: Experiments in Empathy.”
Pacifica InstitutePacifica Institute Presents: Najeeba Syeed - “Critical Perspectives on Interreligious Education: Experiments in Empathy.” Professor Najeeba Syeed-Miller is the Associate Professor of Muslim and Interreligious Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary. . She has served as executive director of the Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center and then Western Justice Foundation, both organizations are mediation service and research associations that work in the area of immigrant/community conflicts, environmental disputes, school-based violence, and interracial tensions. She is recognized as Devamını okuDaha az göster
Pacifica Institute Presents:
Najeeba Syeed - “Critical Perspectives on Interreligious Education: Experiments in Empathy.”
Professor Najeeba Syeed-Miller is the Associate Professor of Muslim and Interreligious Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary. . She has served as executive director of the Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center and then Western Justice Foundation, both organizations are mediation service and research associations that work in the area of immigrant/community conflicts, environmental disputes, school-based violence, and interracial tensions. She is recognized as a leader in peacebuilding and twice received the Jon Anson Ford Award for reducing violence between ethnic groups both in schools and in the area of gang violence and was named Southern California Mediation Association's "Peacemaker of the Year" in 2007. Her published works have explored the development of mediation programs in community/police relations, intersections of religious family law, and US courts, just peacemaking from an Islamic perspective and interfaith relations. Her current book projects explore the role of Prophet Muhammad as a peacemaker and institutionalizing interfaith education. Najeeba recently co-edited the book “Critical Reflections on Interreligious Studies: Experiments in Empathy”
July 13th, 2020
Monday at 7:00pm (Pacific Time)
Najeeba Syeed - “Critical Perspectives on Interreligious Education: Experiments in Empathy.”
Professor Najeeba Syeed-Miller is the Associate Professor of Muslim and Interreligious Studies at Chicago Theological Seminary. . She has served as executive director of the Asian Pacific American Dispute Resolution Center and then Western Justice Foundation, both organizations are mediation service and research associations that work in the area of immigrant/community conflicts, environmental disputes, school-based violence, and interracial tensions. She is recognized as a leader in peacebuilding and twice received the Jon Anson Ford Award for reducing violence between ethnic groups both in schools and in the area of gang violence and was named Southern California Mediation Association's "Peacemaker of the Year" in 2007. Her published works have explored the development of mediation programs in community/police relations, intersections of religious family law, and US courts, just peacemaking from an Islamic perspective and interfaith relations. Her current book projects explore the role of Prophet Muhammad as a peacemaker and institutionalizing interfaith education. Najeeba recently co-edited the book “Critical Reflections on Interreligious Studies: Experiments in Empathy”
July 13th, 2020
Monday at 7:00pm (Pacific Time)
