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IJCR Upcoming Events
Understanding Multiple Narratives about Israel/Palestine
Monday, September 16, 2024, 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Teletorium in Mandeville Hall (campus map)
Co-sponsored with the SJU Faith-Justice Studies Program
![Israel-Palestine in World Religions book cover](/sites/mergersjuedu/files/styles/wide_150x/public/2024-05/Troen_Israel-Palestine%20book%20cover-reduced.png?itok=tkHGUHE8)
The struggle over Israel/Palestine is not just another geopolitical competition among competing nationalisms. It also concerns sacred territory that involves local Jews, Muslims, and Christians as well as worldwide faith communities, each with their own interests and stake in what transpires. This presentation explores the multiple positions within and among the great monotheistic traditions, while also demonstrating that secular and political issues are often entangled with religious claims. Although some argue that history, political rights, and justice have replaced religious claims, they actually coexist and often complement the theological.
![Prof. Ilan Troen](/sites/mergersjuedu/files/styles/wide_150x/public/2024-05/Troen_Ilan.png?itok=dmUpbpeW)
S. Ilan Troen is Lopin Professor of Modern History, emeritus at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel and Stoll Family Professor in Israel Studies, emeritus at Brandeis University, USA. His new book, Israel/Palestine in World Religions: Whose Promised Land? has been praised for its sensitivity to the many religious and political forces that shape the conflict.
Documenting the Past and Recent History of Jewish-Christian Relations
Tuesday, November 5, 2024, 5:00-6:30 P.M.
TELETORIUM IN MANDEVILLE HALL (CAMPUS MAP)
![Documentary History of Jewish-Christian Relations book cover](/sites/mergersjuedu/files/styles/wide_150x/public/2024-05/Documentary%20history%20%20cover.jpg?itok=Md2fqPw5)
Jews and Christians have interacted for two millennia, yet until now there has not been a comprehensive, global study of their shared history. The new book, A Documentary History of Jewish–Christian Relations: From Antiquity to the Present Day, offers a chronological and thematic approach to that 2,000-year history, based on some 200 primary documents chosen for their centrality to the encounter. It reflects both the often-troubled history of that relationship and the massive changes of attitude and approach in more recent centuries. A co-editor of this documentary history will provide an overview of the volume and will explore selected texts that are especially relevant to world events today.
![Prof. Edward Kessler, MBE](/sites/mergersjuedu/files/styles/wide_150x/public/2024-05/Kessler%20Ed%20new%20headshot%20Jan%2021-square.png?itok=AlpDb-Jq)
Dr Edward Kessler, MBE is Founder President of the Woolf Institute in Cambridge, U.K. and is a leading thinker in interfaith relations, primarily, Jewish-Christian-Muslim Relations, as well as Convenor of the Commission on the Integration of Refugees. Since 2017, he has been working with local actors in Israel, Palestine, and Jordan to agree on measures to safeguard Jerusalem's holy places.