Thursday, March 03, 2011
Discussion will explore common ground of three faith traditions
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John Philip Newell, a scholar of Celtic spirituality and author, Rabbi Nahum Ward-Lev, and Islamic teacher Myeda Hussain will be the other participants on the panel. Newell is the leader of the six-day retreat beginning March 15 in New Harmony. Newel is the author of Listening for the Heartbeat of God, Christ of the Celts, and Sounds of the Eternal, a poetic book of prayers. He is a companion theologian for the America Spirituality Centre of Casa del Sol in the high desert of New Mexico. Ward-Lev is active in Rabbis without Borders. He works to make Jewish wisdom more accessible to the wider American public. Hussain, the first woman president of the Islamic Student Union at Indiana University, is a leader at the Islamic Center in Evansville. Connie Weinzapfel, director of University of Southern Indiana′s Historic New Harmony, said the public panel will focus on the spiritual richness that unites the three faith traditions and will explore themes of peace within the Abrahamic traditions. The panel discussion will be held at the Atheneum/Visitor Center in New Harmony. Free and open to the public, the discussion is sponsored by the Robert Lee Blaffer Foundation and the Sisters of Saint Benedict in Ferdinand, Indiana. |
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