Charles Kimball to Speak at ICJS Public Event - What We Do - Institute for Christian and Jewish Studies



	What We Do Charles Kimball to Speak at ICJS Public Event The Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies sponsors free public lectures by outstanding writers and thinkers so that our community can share new insights from divergent religious, ethnic, educational, and socio-economic perspectives. The annual ICJS public lecture, featuring guest speaker Dr. Charles Kimball, canceled because of Hurricane Isabel, has been rescheduled and will be held on April 20, 2004, from 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. in the Merrick Lecture Hall at Goucher College. Dr. Kimball, an ordained Baptist minister, is professor of religion and chair of the Department of Religion at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. Dr. Kimball's field of expertise is comparative religion, with a specialization in Islamic Studies. He is the author of the best-selling book, When Religion Becomes Evil, as well as three other books about religion and the Middle East: Striving Together: A Way Forward in Christian-Muslim Relations; Religion, Politics, and Oil: The Volatile Mix in the Middle East; and Angle of Vision: Christians and the Middle East. Religious traditions are indisputably central factors in the escalation of evil and violence on the global scene, and hence a growing subject of popular concern and debate. Many argue that religion is the chief source of problems in the world today. Central to this debate is the need to distinguish between "corrupt" forms of religious expression and "authentic" forms that offer real correctives and solutions to global violence and terror. Whatever religious people may say about their love of God or the mandates of their religion, when their behavior toward others is violent and destructive, when it causes suffering among their neighbors, religion has been corrupted. Conversely, when religion remains true to its authentic sources, it may have the power to actively dismantle corruption. Dr. Kimball will examine the nature and signs of religious evil and explore the steps each of the major religious traditions take to provide correctives for these corruptions. While no single tradition is exempt from corruption, each has the ability and the means to identify and correct tendencies within its own wisdom tradition. Dr. Kimball will offer a road map showing us how people of faith who understand and live out their deepest religious commitments can have a profound influence on the future of humanity. Who We Are :: What We Do :: Events Calendar Clergy and Educators :: Scholars' Corner :: Newsletter Information Resources :: Get Involved :: Home
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