Intercultural Dialogue Institute (IDI) Toronto: Speaker Program
This lecture will focus on some of the modern misconceptions that the representatives of both Christian and Muslim faith traditions hold about the other.
Please register by replying via e-mail to toronto@interculturaldialog.com.
Speaker: Dr. Tom Reynolds
Dr. Tom Reynolds is a professor of Theology at Emmanuel College, University of Toronto. His teaching and research address a range of topics related to constructive theology (particularly the doctrine of God and theological anthropology), theological method, intercultural and interfaith engagements, contextual theologies and globalization, philosophical theology, disability studies, and the thought and influence of Friedrich Schleiermacher.
He is currently working on a monograph entitled, Remembering Ourselves Differently: Theology in a Pluralist and Global Era, which explores the way memory, tradition, and the witness of faith are transformed in pluralistic and globalizing contexts.
Some of his publications related to the topic include his book The Broken Whole: Philosophical Steps Toward a Theology of Global Solidarity (SUNY Press, 2006) and a number of articles such as "Toward a Wider Hospitality: Rethinking Love of Neighbour in Religions of the Book," Irish Theological Quarterly, 75/2 (2010), “Beyond Violence in Monotheism: Interfaith Possibilities in René Girard's Theory of Mimetic Rivalry,” Studies in Interreligious Dialogue, 19/1 (2009), and “Muslim-Christian Relations and the Challenge of Islamism,” Interreligious Insight (January 2008): 6/1.
Date: Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Time: 7:15pm – 8:45pm
Location: 777 Supertest Road, Unit 2, Toronto, ON M3J 2M9
Refreshments will be served.