Sr. Marianne Farina, CSC and 3 of her students from the Christian-Muslim Dialogue course have been invited to attend the Parliament of World Religions on December 3-9, 2009 in Melbourne, Australia.
This delegation will be part of the consultation on "Educating Religious Leaders for a Multi-Religious World." The goal of this consultation is to address ways that seminaries foster significant teaching/learning opportunities for the development of a new generation of leaders equipped to serve in the challenging milieu of today's mult-cultural, multi-religious world. The planning team of the World Parliament of Religions chose 15 seminary institutions to participate because of each institution's significant and creative studies in dialogue and comparative religions.
It is hoped that throughout this consultation, these schools will make their experience available to other theological communities. The attendees will write a final document to be shared with national theological associations and institutions in the United States.
For more information go to www.parliamentofreligions.org/index.cfm
