CCME : A Center for Christian-Muslim Engagement for Peace and Justice at LSTC
The fruit of the righteous will be peace. Isaiah 32:17
Pursue justice, to do so is to be conscious of God. Surah 5:8
Shared Earth: An Interfaith Conference on the Environment
Thursday, March 18, 6:00 p.m. to Friday, March 19, 5:30 p.m.
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
1100 East 55th Street, Chicago
Sponsored by A Center of Christian-Muslim Engagement for Peace and Justice
Would you like to know why care of the Earth must be an interfaith effort?
Come and listen!
Featured speakers
- Philip Clayton, Ingraham Professor, Claremont School of Theology and professor of religion and philosophy,
Claremont Graduate University, “This Sacred Earth: Why Interreligious Partnerships are Indispensable in
Addressing the Global Environmental Crisis” - Ellen Bernstein, founder of Shomrei Adamah, Keepers of the Earth, the first national Jewish environmental
organization, “Celebrating God, Celebrating Earth: Psalms, Sabbath and Holy Days” - Saleem H. Ali, associate professor of environmental studies, Rubenstein School of Natural Resources, University
of Vermont, “Need, Greed and a Sustainable Future” - Sevan Ross, director, Chicago Zen Center, “An Intimate Truth: Selling Water by the River”
The conference is free, but pre-registration is requested.
At this conference we honor the memory of Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf (1924-2008), former Rabbi of KAM Isaiah Israel, interfaith leader, visionary and friend of LSTC. We also, throughout our Earth Year events, pay tribute to a colleague as he nears retirement: David M. Rhoads, Professor of New Testament at LSTC and mentor to faith communities as they learn greater love of and care for the earth.
To learn more about the conference, please follow the links on the left. / Download and print PDF poster to share.