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Murphy Institute: Conversions and Conflict Forum

Murphy Institute: Conversions and Conflict Forum

Conversions and Conflict:  An Interreligious Discussion of Evangelization

April 7, 2008 4:30-6:00 p.m.  Atrium, University of St. Thomas Sschool of Law

National Keynote Speakers:  Richard W. Garnett, John Cardinal O'Hara, C.S.C.
                                           Associate Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
                                           Law School (Indiana)
 
                                           L. Ali Khan, Professor of Law, Washburn University
                                           School of Law (Kansas)

Local Respondents:  Senior Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman, Temple Israel
                               Professor Wilbur Stone, Bethel Seminary

Professor Garnett, a leading Catholic voice on religion and law, and Professor Khan, a leading scholar of Islam and law discussed evangelization and some of the challenging theological and legal issues it presents in a pluralistic America, followed by responding comments from Rabbi Zimmerman and Professor Stone.