Study of the U.S. Institute for Scholars on Religious Pluralism in the United States June 24-August 5, 2017

Tentative Program Schedule

NOTE: program schedule and readings shown here are subject to change closer to the start of the Institute.

Pre-Institute Readings 1. Introduction to the Declaration of Independence (http://usinfo.org/docs/democracy/part1.htm); full text of the Declaration of Independence (http://usinfo.org/docs/democracy/1.htm) 2. Introduction to and full text of the U.S. Constitution (http://usinfo.org/docs/democracy/6.htm) Paying special attention to Articles I, II and III, detailing the separation of powers in the federal government, and to Amendments I-X at the end of the document, commonly referred to as the Bill of Rights. 3. Diana Eck, “From Diversity to Pluralism,” in On Common Ground: World Religions in America. New York: Press, 2006. (pluralism.org/pages/pluralism/essays/from_diversity_to_pluralism) 4. Eboo Patel, “Introduction: The Faith Line,” in Acts of Faith: The Story of an American Muslim, the Struggle for the Soul of a Generation, Eboo Patel. Boston: Beacon Press, 2007, pages xi – xix. (PDF file) 5. Leonard Swidler, “Understanding Dialogue,” in Interfaith Dialogue at the Grass Roots, Rebecca Kratz Mays (ed.). Philadelphia: Ecumenical Press, 2009, pages 9-19. (will be included on Institute web page as PDF file)

Orientation Sat, June 24 Arrival in Philadelphia Settling in at Morgan Hall on Campus

1 Sun, June 25 Orientation to Place and People Morning Breakfast at Morgan Hall: Welcome and introductions Professor Swidler, Temple University Introduction of staff and program logistics, resources, etc. Ms. Rebecca Mays Rest and recovery from travel or 11:00 am Optional site visit to Methodist Church Dr. David Kreuger, Temple University Lunch Reading Terminal Market 3:00 Philadelphia Orientation Tour Dr. David Krueger, Temple University Evening Free

Mon, June 26 Program Orientation Morning Opening Presentation: “Doing Research and Scholarship for the Common Good: a Global Ethic” Sharing of Participant Research Interests Prof. Leonard Swidler, Temple University Handbook on Research in Paley Library Mr. Fred Rowland Afternoon “Perception and Dialogue Practice: The Art of Religious Pluralism” Ms. Rebecca Mays (Banking, ID Cards) Evening Reception with Institute faculty, speakers, and invited guests Mr. Majid Alsayegh and DI/JES Board members, Temple University Officials

Tue, June 27 Academic Orientation Morning Lecture with Q&A: “Religious Pluralism in the U.S.: Surveying the Landscape” Dr. Mark Wallace, Readings/Resources: Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Religious Pluralism in the United States, 2007. Diana Eck, “From Diversity to Pluralism,” in On Common Ground: World Religions in America, 2006. Lunch 4:00 Religion in the Public Square: The Intersection of Religion and Politics

2 Plenary Address: “Religion and Politics in Elections, Domestic and Foreign Policy” Dr. John Esposito, Readings/Resources: John Esposito, ed., with Ibrahim Kalin, ed., Islamophobia: The Challenge of Pluralism in the 21st Century, New York: Oxford University Press, 2011. Jerusha Lamptey, excerpts from Never Wholly Other: a Muslima Theology of Religious Pluralism, 2016. Barbara A. McGraw, “Introduction to America’s Sacred Ground,” in Taking Religious Pluralism Seriously: Spiritual Politics and America’s Sacred Ground, 2005. Leonard Swidler, “Human Rights and Religious Liberty – From the Past to the Future,” in Religious Liberty and Human Rights, 1986.

Module 1 - Democracy and the Foundations of Religious Liberty Wed, June 28 9:00 am Site Visit: Liberty Bell Site Visit: Arch Street Meetinghouse 10:00 am Presentation/Discussion:“William Penn and Religious Freedom” Dr. Marianne Wokeck, Indiana University 1:00 Lunch Buffet Historical Society of PA: The U.S. Constitution and Penn Papers Dr. Alice George, Ms. Beth Twiss Houting, Mr. Majid Alsayegh, Mr. Howard Cohen, and HSP Staff Evening Free Readings/Resources: View “God in America – Episode 1” (optional) Thur, June 29 Religious Freedom – the U.S. Story 9:00 am Lecture with Q&A: “Separation of Religion and State: The U.S. Constitution and First Amendment Dr. Perry Dane, Rutger’s Law School, Camden Readings/Resources: Akhil Amar, The Constitution Today: Timeless Lessons for the Issues of Our Era, 2016. Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Separation of Religion and State. 2007. Perry Dane, “Foreword: On Religious Constitutionalism” (2015). 16 Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion 460 (2015). Available at SSRN:

3 https://ssrn.com/abstract=2687833 Leonard Swidler, “Separation of Religion and State: Progress or Regress?” Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 33, 3 (Summer, 1996), pp. 369-379. R. Stephen Warner’s “Introduction,” A Church of our Own: Disestablishment and Diversity in American Religion, NJ: Press, 2005. Lunch Site Visit: Constitution Center Afternoon Multimedia Show: “Freedom Rising” and Tour of National Constitution Center

4:30 pm Independence Hall Tour

Evening Free Readings/Resources: View “God in America” – Episode 2 (optional)

Fri, June 30 9:00 am Presentation/Discussion: “Dialogue Principles” Professor Leonard Swidler, Temple University Muslims in the United States 10:00 Presentation/Discussion: “Islam in America” Staff

Lunch and Friday Prayers (optional) Afternoon Religious site visit: Bawa Muhaydeen Mosque Dr. Zakiya Islam, Temple University

Evening Free

Sat, July 1 Free Time – optional cultural activities Morning Barnes Foundation (world-famous private collection of Impressionist art) Philadelphia Museum of Art Rodin Museum Franklin Institute (physical science) Academy of Natural Sciences Kimmel Center or Academy of Music National Liberty Museum Preparations for the July 4th national holiday

Afternoon “Protestants, Catholics, and Anabaptists in the U.S.”

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5:00 pm Attend Mass at Cathedral Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul (Roman Catholic) Evening Movie: “Amish Grace”

Sun, July 2 Travel to rural Lancaster County, PA Attend Worship Service and Luncheon with Weavertown Beachy Amish-Mennonite Church Lunch and conversation with church members Mr. Javan Lapp, moderator with the Joe and Marie Fischer family

Module 2 - Framing the Story: F rom “Chri sti a n Na ti on” to a Multi-Religious America Mon, July 3 Participant Independent Research Day

Tue, July 4 Join Philadelphia’s July 4th celebration Picnic: TBD

Wed, July 5 Morning America’s Changing Landscape Lecture with Q&A: “American Christianities” Dr. Mark Wallace, Swarthmore College

Readings/Resources: Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, Introduction to Christian Theology, 2007. Rosemary Radford Reuther, Ecofeminism, Globalization and World Religions, 2004. Mark Wallace, Green Christianity, Minnesota: Fortress Press, 2010.

Afternoon Meeting with Fred Rowland Paley Library Presentation and Discussion: “The Scholar’s Public Voice” The Journal of Ecumenical Studies Prof. Paul Mojzes, Author and Co-Editor, JES Prof. Leonard Swidler, Author and Co-Editor, JES Ms. Nancy Krody, Managing Editor, JES Presentation and Discussion: “Religion and the Media” Dr. David Kreuger

Evening Free

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Thur, July 6 Teaching Religious Studies 9:00 am: Presentation/Discussion: “Religious Diversity and Immigration in the U.S.” Dr. David Krueger, Temple University 10:00am Presentation/Discussion: “Early Colonial Immigration: Africans, Congo Square and early Christianity in Philadelphia” Dr.Terry Rey, Temple University 12:00 Lunch 2:00 Presentation/Discussion: “Civil Religion and Civil Rights” Dr. David Kreuger Evening Free

Friday, July 7 9:00 am Presentation/Discussion: “Religion and Urban Conflict”Studying Religion: 10:00 am Presentation/Discussion: “Religious Diversity and Immigration post 1965” Dr. Terry Rey, Temple University

Readings/Resources: Richard Alba, et.al,” Introduction” in Comparison of Migrants and Their Religions, Past and Present, 2009. Terry Rey, ed. with Jacob K. Olupona, Òrìşà Devotion As World Religion: The Globalization of Yorùbá Religious Culture, Wisconsin: Wisconsin University Press, 2008.

12:00 Lunch 3:00 pm Jews in the United States Site visit to Rodoph Shalom Presentation: “Judaism” Rabbis Albert Gabbai and Rabbi Eli Freedman

Readings/Resources: Kenneth D. Wald, American Jews and the Public Role of Religion, Leonard Swidler, Gerard Sloyan, Lewis Eron, Lester Dean, Bursting the Bonds. A Jewish-Christian Dialogue on Jesus and Paul, 1990. Leonard Swidler, ed., From Holocaust to Dialogue: A Jewish-Christian Dialogue between Americans and Germans, 1981. San Juan, Epifanio, Racial Formation, Critical Transformation: Articulations of 6 Power in Ethnic and Racial Studies in the U.S., 1992. Evening Services with Rodoph Shalom followed by a reflection time with Rabbi Freedman

Sat, July 8 Morning Free time Afternoon/Evening Group picnic at Al Majid Arabians farm; home of Majid and Mary Alsayegh

Module 3: Navigating the Challenges of Religious Pluralism and Human Rights Sun, July 9 Morning Worship at Mother Bethel AME Church Presentation/Discussion: African-American Christianity Rev. Mark Tyler Afternoon Free time Optional museum visits: Barnes Foundation Philadelphia Museum of Art Rodin Museum Franklin Institute Academy of Natural Sciences

4:00 pm The “Inside-Out” Program for Dialogue in Prisons Lori Pompa founder/executive director, with Tyrone Werts and John Pace - both formerly incarcerated at Graterford Prison and trainers of higher ed faculty.

Mon, July 10 9:00 am Presentation/Discussion: “Civil Rights: The Disabilities Movement” Ms. Kate Fiolkowski, Mr. Ed Newman, Temple University 2:00 pm “Technology and Online Educational Resources” Ms. Stephanie Fiore, Temple U. with Temple Tech Lab Technicians Evening Short Meeting in Morgan Hall to prepare for trip to NYC

Tue, July 11 9:00 am Presentation and Workshop: “Introduction to Pedagogical Issues in American Higher Education: Academic Freedom and Student-centered Learning” Dr. Rebecca Alpert, Temple University

7 Readings/Resources: Brookfield, S. D. (1995). “Becoming critically reflective: A process of learning and change.” In S. D. Brookfield, Becoming a critically reflective teacher (pp. 28-48). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Bain, K. (2004). “What do they know about how we learn?” In K. Bain, What the best college teachers do (pp. 22-47). Cambridge, MA: Press.

Finkin, M. W. and R, C. Post (2009). “Freedom of teaching.” In M. W. Finkin, For the common good: principles of American academic freedom. (pp. 79-111) New Haven: Yale University Press.

Gitlin, T. (2017). “Promoting knowledge in an age of unreason.” The Chronicle Review, (3/9/17) http://www.chronicle.com/article/Promoting-Knowledge-in-an- Age/239434

Lunch

4pm Daylesford Abbey: Vespers and Tour Evening “Religion and the Public Square” Public Event at Daylesford Abbey Professor Swidler and Scholars Wed, July 12 9:00 am Bus to NYC 1:00 pm 9/11 Memorial Museum Tour and Discussion 4:00-6:00 Meet and Greet Reception with Andrea Weiss, Hebrew Union College Interfaith Panel: “American Values Religious Voices” American Values Religious Voices: 100 Days. 100 Letters. has brought together a diverse group of scholars to write letters to President Trump, Vice President Pence, the Trump administration, and our elected officials in the House and Senate. These letters articulate core American values that are rooted or reflected in our various faith traditions. Evening Free

Thur, July 13 New York City 9:00 am Mr. Robert Quinn, Founding Director, Scholars at Risk Network (part of Network for Education and Academic Rights)

8 Lunch 4:00 pm Meeting with staff of Human Rights Watch Dinner 7:00 pm Empire State Building Evening Free

Fri, July 14 New York City 11:45 United Nations Tour Afternoon Return to Morgan Hall

Sat, July 15

Minorities in the United States: Buddhism 3:00 pm Lecture with Q&A: “Buddhist Principles and U.S. Practice” Dr.Shigatori Nagatomo, Temple University Site visit to Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Temple

Readings/Resources: Antony Fernando and Leonard Swidler, Buddhism Made Plain for Christians and Jews, Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1984 (7th printing, 1996). Seiichi Yagi and Leonard Swidler, A Bridge to Buddhist-Christian Dialogue, Mahwah NJ: Paulist Press, 1990.

Module 4: Majority and Minority Relations from a Religiously Pluralist Perspective Sun, July 16 Majorities in the United States Morning Site visit to EPIC Rev. Per Faaland, Nazarene pastor

Readings/Resources: Scott Thumma, The Scale and Scope of Megachurches in America, 2007.

Afternoon Free time Evening Dinner and discussion with Philadelphia Baha’i community Drs. Gity and Bijan Etemad

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Readings/Resources: William S. Hatcher and J. Douglas Martin, The Baha’i Faith and the Emerging Global Religion, 2002.

Mon, July 17 Independent Research Day Afternoon Presentation/Discussion: “Growing Religious Community in the U.S.” Mr. Ken Belden, Wellspring Community

Tue, July 18 Presentation/Interactive Workshop: “Educational Leadership: What is Needed?” Prof. Donn Weinholtz, University of Hartford Readings/Resources: Houle, J. and Weinholtz, D. (2006) “Bridging Theory to Practice with Action Research in Educational Leadership Programs.” School Leadership Review, 2 (1), pp. 73-85. Weinholtz, D., Kacer, B. and Rocklin, T. (1995) "Salvaging Quantitative Research with Qualitative Data." Qualitative Health Research 5 (3), pp. 388-397. Kacer, B., Rocklin T., and Weinholtz, D. (1992) "Individual Versus Small Group Instruction of Computer Applications." Journal of Computing in Teacher Education, 9:(1), pp. 6-12. Afternoon “Lesson Planning: Teaching the 1st Amendment to SUSI students” Evening Meet and Greet for Scholars and Students Morgan Hall (Joint Session with Scholars and Students – set up “Peer Learning Pairs” module) Musical Dialogue: Rabbi Marcia Prager and Cantor Jack Kessler And Asian musician

Wed, July 19 Minorities in the United States: Hinduism 3:00 pm Lecture with Q&A: “Hindu Principles and U.S. Practice” Mr. Vidyasankar Sundaresan Site visit to Bharatiya Temple and Cultural Center, Chalfont, PA

Reading/Resources: Eck, Diana L. Encountering God: A Spiritual Journey from Bozeman to Banaras,

10 2003. Usha Manon, The Hindu Concept of Rasa and the Cultural Psychology of the Emotions. Psychological Studies, 2009.

Thur, July 20 Using Difference to Create Understanding 9:00 am Interreligious Dialogue Training Ms. Rebecca Mays, Prof. Leonard Swidler (Students leave for Constitution Center at 11:00 am) Readings/Resources: Leonard Swidler, The Age of Global Dialogue, 2016. Leonard Swidler, Religion for the Reluctant Believer, 2017. Rebecca Mays, ed., Interfaith Dialogue at the Grassroots, 2009. Lunch

4 pm Leave for Philadelphia Interfaith Center Evening Religion in the Public Square: Government and Public Policy Dinner and Forum with Philadelphia Religious Leaders Council Ms. Nicole Diroff, Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia

Fri, July 21 Morning Independent Research Day 5:00 Public symposium #1: 9 Scholar Presentations Dinner 7:00 Public symposium #1 continued

Sat, July 22 Afternoon 4:00 pm Joint Session Students and Scholars on 1st Amendment Closing Dinner

Sun, July 23 Scholars leave for Study Tour in the Western US Evening Reception at University of Denver

Module 5: Scholarship and Religion in the Public Square Mon, July 24 University of Denver Reception with Religious Studies Professors, local

11 Interfaith Activists Public symposium #2: 9 Scholar Presentations

Tue, July 25 Morning and Afternoon Native American Spirituality and Rights with Professor George “Tink” Tinker at ILIFF School of Theology

Study Tour: Denver, CO / Flagstaff, Grand Canyon, Sedona, Phoenix, AZ / Washington, D.C. Wed, July 26 Leave Denver, Colorado for Phoenix, AZ and travel to Flagstaff Thur, July 27 Day with Scholars and Interfaith Activists at Northern Arizona University

Fri, July 28 Tour of Grand Canyon (all day)

Sat, July 29 Travel to Sedona for hikes and discussion with interfaith activists

Sun, July 30 Travel to Phoenix for meetings with interfaith activists and visit to Botanical Desert Garden

Mon, July 31 Travel to Washington, DC

Tue, August 1 Morning Visit to United States Congress and Supreme Court

Afternoon U. S. Institute for Peace Evening Monument Tour

Wed, August 2 Morning Site visit to US Holocaust Memorial Afternoon Visit to FCNL re: lobbying Evening Reception with the Advisory Council for Jews and Muslims

Thur, August 3 Morning Site visit to United States Holocaust Memorial

12 Afternoon Free time for shopping and visits to local museums Newseum, Smithsonian Museums, etc. Evening Free

Fri, August 4 Morning Meetings with State Department/Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Afternoon Site Visits to National Mosque and National Cathedral Evening Closing ceremony and Dinner

Sat, August 5 Participants depart for home or travels

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Primary Documents An Introduction to The Declaration of Independence Full Text of The Declaration of Independence Introduction to and Full Text of the Constitution of the United States

Speaker Information NOTE: the following is a list of confirmed and potential speakers and resource persons, with brief bios; some are already named in the schedule above (and in the budget), while others may be added later

Philadelphia area Prof. Zain Abdullah Associate Professor in the Religion Department at Temple. He holds a doctorate in cultural anthropology from the New School for Social Research in New York City. He is a faculty affiliate in the Department of Geography & Urban Studies. His current work focuses on the interplay of race, religion and ethnicity, and his writings cover an array of topics including Islamic Studies and contemporary Islam, African American Muslims and Islam in America, religion and society, African Diaspora Studies, globalization and transnationalism and inter-group dynamics.

Rabbi David Ackerman Pulpit rabbi at Beth Am Israel Congregation in Penn Valley, he has hosted many interfaith and international programs. He is active in leadership positions in the Jewish community and various professional organizations in public policy, adult Jewish education, social action, and Jewish communal connections. Adult education has long been a central part of Rabbi Ackerman's rabbinate. Ackerman exemplifies a strong combination of pulpit experience, Jewish scholarship and teaching. He served on the Jewish Theological Seminary staff, with a focus on educational outreach programming.

19 Dr. Abigail Adams Abigail E. Adams, Ph.D. is a sociocultural anthropologist, professor at Central Connecticut State University and former journalist. She did her doctoral work at the University of Virginia, researching the role of U.S. and Maya evangelical Christians during Guatemala’s 36-years of civil war and counterinsurgency. She earned her master’s degree in Latin American Studies from Stanford University and undergraduate degree from Haverford College in biology and anthropology. She has worked in Guatemala since studying Spanish there as an undergraduate in the first of the years of acute genocidal violence. She continues research on Maya cultural revitalization (including spirit possession), U.S.- Central American relations and post-violence civic culture, including ethno historical research on Guatemala’s 1944-1954 decade of progressive democracy, indigenismo, Antonio Goubaud Carrera and the subsequent 1954 CIA-sponsored coup d’etat.

Mr. Majid Alsayegh, Chair, Dialogue Institute Board Principal of Alta Management, LLC, Mr. Alsayegh provides real estate development and project management services on large capital projects in both the public and private sectors. He has worked in several Mideast countries as well as the United States. He has worked with numerous organizations to promote better relations among diverse cultures. In addition to his role as Board chair, Majid has served on the Board of Directors for Intercultural Journeys, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Pyramid Society. He was recently appointed Chair of the Board of Delaware Valley Community College. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and an M.S. in Management from the University of Pennsylvania Center for Energy and the Environment.

Dr. Akhil Reed Amar Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science at Yale University, Dr. Amar teaches constitutional law in both Yale College and Yale Law School. After graduating from Yale College, summa cum laude, in 1980 and from Yale Law School in 1984, and clerking for then Judge (now Justice) Stephen Breyer, Amar joined the Yale faculty in 1985 at the age of 26. His work has won awards from both the American Bar Association and the Federalist Society, and he has been favorably cited by Supreme Court justices across the spectrum in more than 30 cases. In February, 2017, he will receive the American Bar Foundation’s annual Outstanding Scholar Award.

Dr. Vivienne Angeles Associate professor at LaSalle University. Dr. Vivienne Angeles holds a Ph.D. in Religious Studies, from Temple University. She has published on the subjects of Muslim movements, Muslim women, visual expressions of Islam, and Islam in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. Her current research interest focuses on women’s conversion to Islam in the Philippines and Malaysia. She is the past president of the American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies, an affiliate of the Harvard University Pluralism Project, and the co-chair of the Religion in Southeast Asia group of the American Academy of Religion.

Rev. Peter Baktis, Dialogue Institute Board Member Rector of Mother of God Joy of All Who Sorrow Orthodox Church in Princeton, NJ., the Rev. Baktis received a BA from Concordia College, Bronxville NY, MDiv from St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, a MDiv and MTh from The General Theological Seminary, and a Master of Strategic Studies

20 US Army War College. Retiring in 2015, he served 25 years of active service as an Army Chaplain (COL). He represents the Orthodox Church in America at the National Council of Churches USA Convening Table of Interfaith Dialogue

Dr. Ivy Barsky Chief Executive Officer of National Museum of American Jewish History, after serving as the Chief Operating Officer and Museum Director. Prior to this appointment, she was deputy director of New York's Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust.

Rev. Ken Beldon Founding Minister of Wellsprings Congregation, Rev. Beldon serves as minister and mindfulness teacher. He has Master’s degrees from Yale Divinity School and Union Seminary (NY), and recently began a Master of Social Work program. He is also the editor of Wrestling with Adulthood: Unitarian Universalist Men Talk about Growing Up.

Prof. Marcus Bingenheimer Assistant Professor at Temple University, Dr. Bingenheimer earned his Ph.D. in History of Religion at Würzburg University. His main research interests are the history of Buddhism in East Asia and early Buddhist sutra literature. Currently, he is working on two very different kinds of texts: Āgama literature and Ming-Qing dynasty temple gazetteers. Next to that, Marcus is interested in the Digital Humanities and how to do research in the age of digital information. From 2005 to 2011, he taught Buddhism and Digital Humanities at Dharma Drum Buddhist College 法鼓佛教學院, Taiwan, where he also supervised various projects concerning the digitization of Buddhist culture.

Prof. Khalid Blankenship Department Chair and Associate Professor, Temple University. He specializes in History of Islam, Early Muslim History, and Muslim Law. Prof. Blankenship obtained his MA in Islamic History in 1983 from Cairo University and Ph.D. in History is from the University of Washington in 1988. After traveling extensively in Europe and the Middle East, Blankenship long resided in Egypt and in Saudi Arabia at Makkah, becoming fluent in both classical and colloquial Arabic. In 1990, Blankenship moved to Philadelphia, where he was appointed in the Department of Religion at Temple University.

Mr. John Bright Research associate at Christ Church Preservation Trust, Mr. Bright develops church programming on America’s religious history. He holds a BA in anthropology and religion studies from Lehigh University as well as a MA from Lutheran Theological Seminary. He has also done doctoral work at General Theological Seminary in Manhattan and at Temple University.

21 Rev. Dr. Malcolm T. Byrd An attorney and a Baptist Minister, Rev. Byrd is the Interim Director of the Mayor’s Office of Faith Based Initiatives, serving as liaison between the Mayor and city and its diverse faith communities and their leadership.

Mr. Howard Cohen, Treasurer, Dialogue Institute Board Experienced executive with an extensive background in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors, Mr. Cohen has held senior policy and executive positions in federal and state government and nonprofit enterprises. He has taught management and law at the university level for more than 30 years. Currently, Howard has an active management consulting and public policy practice and teaches courses in Business Ethics at Temple University’s Fox School of Business.

Patricia Coyne Supervisor of the Community Relations Division at the City of Philadelphia’s Commission on Human Relations. On the board of Artwell: Arts and Spirituality programs for youth facing discrimination, poverty, violence, and in partnership with over 350 school and community organizations. Through collaborations between artists and youth, ArtWell fosters just and peaceful communities in Philadelphia.

Prof. Hai-Lung Dai As the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Chemistry, Dai's research in molecular and surface sciences is currently supported by grants from National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Army Research Laboratory, and American Chemical Society. He has published 160 articles, edited two books and five journal volumes .He has received numerous honors including: Dreyfus Foundation Teacher-Scholar Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, Humboldt Fellowship from Germany, the Coblentz Prize in Molecular Spectroscopy, the Ellis Lippincott Award for Spectroscopy of the Optical Society of America, the Langmuir Lecturer Award in Colloid and Surface Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, the American Chemical Society Philadelphia Section Award, the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Institute of Chinese Engineers in the USA.

Rev. Nicole Diroff Associate Executive Director for Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia. Director of Outreach and Innovations at the Interfaith Center, and lead staff person for the Religious Leaders Council of Greater Philadelphia and its Zones of Peace grassroots initiative. She coordinates the Center’s expanding Interfaith Encounters Alternative Break program for college students, Walking the Walk alumni leadership initiative, and Know Thy Neighbor, Know Thy Self religious identity project.

Dr. Mary Maples Dunn American historian, former president of Smith College.She has served as Director of the Schlesinger Library, the first Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and co-Executive Officer of the American Philosophical Society. Dunn's scholarship primarily concerned William Penn and the history of Pennsylvania. 22 Mr. Randy Duque As Deputy Director of Community Relations Division of Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations. Mr. Duque’s work focuses on addressing intergroup tensions and building understanding among the city’s diverse populations. He holds an MA in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Temple University, and a BA in Physical and Biological Anthropology from Temple University.

Ms. Mary James Edwards As an educator for 35 years, Ms. Edwards began her career as a classroom teacher and moved on to become the District Diversity Coordinator for South Orange and Maplewood Schools in New Jersey and an Educational Equity Consultant for the state of New Jersey. She resettled in North Carolina and has served as a professional development/ diversity consultant for school districts statewide and nationally.

Dr. John Esposito, New Member of the Dialogue Institute Board A student of Prof. Swidler and PhD from Temple, Dr. Esposito is nowAmerican professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He is also the director of the Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding at Georgetown. He has recently joined the Board of the Dialogue Institute.

Drs. Gity Banan-Etemad, Secretary of the Dialogue Institute Board Professor of Pediatrics at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, and Attending Physician at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children and Temple University Hospital, Dr. Banan-Etemad is interested in “Health Development” in developing countries through NGO organizations, namely “Health for Humanity.” Through this organization, she has traveled extensively giving lectures on health issues in medical schools, hospitals, and public health institutions. She is a co-founder of the Interfaith Center of Greater Philadelphia, a founder of Mainline Interfaith Women's Group, and is a member of Devon Interfaith Gathering; these groups serve to promote dialogue for world peace. She is a fourth-generation Baha’i and an active member of national and local Baha’i communities.

Fisher Family Joe and Marie and their seven children see themselves as “bridge people” with “the English” so that significant boundaries do not create misunderstanding and prejudice. They have worked with the DI over several years now to help students and guests meet the Amish and Mennonite as dialogue partners, not people to observe from a tourist’s distance.

Ms. Ellen Frankel, Dialogue Institute Board Member Editor Emerita of The Jewish Publication Society, Ms. Frankel retired as Editor-in-Chief at JPS in 2009, and she now travels widely as a storyteller, lecturer, and scholar-in-residence. She received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Princeton. She is currently working on a historical novel about the Dead Sea Scrolls, set in the 1st and 21st centuries.

23 Dr. Dorie Friend, Dialogue Institute Board Member Historian, novelist, and teacher of modern global history, Prof. Friend has been President of Swarthmore College (1973-1982) and President of Eisenhower Fellowships (1984-1996). An ecumenical Protestant, he is active in interfaith dialogue that embraces Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus, Baha’i, and Christians of every kind, and others of any kind.

Rabbi Dr. Nancy Fuchs-Kreimer Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and the founding Director of the Department of Multifaith Studies and Initiatives at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College where she was ordained in 1982. She also holds a masters degree from Yale Divinity School and a doctorate from Temple University. With support from the Henry Luce Foundation, Nancy has pioneered innovative community based learning opportunities for rabbinical students and their Christian and Muslim peers. Her recent project, Cultivating Character: A Conversation across Communities,” brings together Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist and Humanist leaders. Nancy is a founding board member of the Interfaith Center of Philadelphia, Shoulder-to-Shoulder, and the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom. She co-edited Chapters of the Heart: Jewish Women Sharing the Torah of our Lives (Wipf and Stock, 2013).

Ms. Jane Golden Ms. Golden is the Executive Director of City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Project, which was founded as a division of the Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network. The city of Philadelphia was awarded the Innovations in American Government Award due to the success of the Mural Arts Project she runs. She is co-founder the Public Art Foundation in Los Angeles and received the Clara Barton Outstanding Humanitarian Award of the American Red Cross and the Women's Way Local Honoree Award for Outstanding Achievement. Mural Arts received the Arts and Business Council Award for Outstanding Business-Arts Partnership.

Rev. Bill Golderer Founder of Broad Street Ministry in 2005, an innovative community that fosters hospitality, civic engagement, and creative expression, the Rev. Golderer remains on BSM's Board of Directors after resigning his post in 2015 to seek a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is interested in the intersection of faith and entrepreneurship. In 2016 he partnered with a Jewish restauranteur and an Israeli chef to launch the Rooster Soup Company, a luncheonette whose profits go entirely to addressing community hunger.

Dr. Sarah Barringer Gordon Arlin M. Adams Professor of Constitutional Law and Professor of History. Dr. Gordon is a widely recognized scholar and commentator on religion in American public life and the law of church and state. She serves as co- editor of Studies in Legal History the book series of the American Society for Legal History, and is on the boards of the William Nelson Cromwell Foundation, and the McDowell-Hartman Foundation.

24 Rev. Dr. David Grafton Associate Professor of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations and the Director for Graduate Studies of the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. He has a PhD in Islamic Studies from the Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations, University of Birmingham, England. Dr. Grafton’s academic interests focus on Christian-Muslim relationships in the Middle East, including 19th and 20th century Islamic social-political thought, 19th and 20th Protestant missionary thought on Islam, and Middle East Christianity. He has provided lectures and seminars on Islam, Middle East Religion and Society, and Christian-Muslim Relations around the world, including Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and Sudan, England, and within the United States.

Dr. David Krueger Independent scholar, author, and educator on religion, history and American culture, Dr. Krueger holds a ThM from Princeton Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in religion from Temple University. His expertise is sought after in radio and television, and he has been a contributor on the Travel Channel. He is a certified tour guide through the Association of Philadelphia Tour Guides and offers guided tours of religious and historical sites throughout Philadelphia.

Ms. Nancy Krody Managing Editor of Journal of Ecumenical Studies since in 1973. Her interest in ecumenical activities began through campus ministry at Ohio State as an undergraduate, where American Baptists and the Disciples of Christ had joint campus work. One of the first open lesbians in mainline Christianity, she co- coordinated the U.C.C. Gay Caucus in the early 1970’s, and is currently on the advisory board of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Religious Archives Network and of U.C.C. and interfaith LGBT organizations in the Greater Philadelphia area.

Mr. Javan Lapp A self-taught local historian, Javan is a true scholar whose research and perspectives interact well with PhD scholars who are looking to understand this Amish-Mennonite community that takes seriously the separation between religion and state.

Dr. Usha Manon Usha Manon grew up in India, receiving a BA (Hons.) degree in Economics in 1972 from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, New Delhi. In 1987, she completed her Masters in Anthropology from Utkal University, in Bhubaneswar, Orissa, and in 1995, she earned a PhD with Honors in Human Development from the University of Chicago. From 1995 through 1997, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Pitzer College, in Claremont, California. She has taught at Drexel University since September 1997.

Ms. Marty Moss-Coane Marty Moss-Coane is host and executive producer of Radio Times, one of the most respected weekday interview programs on regional radio. She has earned praise for her versatility and engaging conversations and interviews with guests and phone callers alike during the live, two-hour program, 25 which covers social issues, public policy, books, films, and more. She is one of the tri-state area’s most thought provoking and balanced radio hosts, working for WHYY, the region's leading public broadcasting station. Her programs reflect the belief that guiding discussions fairly and accurately are of prime importance in educating and informing the audience, allowing them to make sound and informed decisions.

Prof. Terry Rey Associate Professor of Department of Religion Temple University. Educated at universities on four continents, and having lived ten years of his adult life in Zaire and Haiti, Professor Rey specializes in the anthropology and history of African and African diaspora religions. His current research projects focus on violence and religion in Central African and Haitian history.

Dr. Fred Rowland Reference Librarian for Classics, Economics, Philosophy, and Religion, Paley Library, Temple University

Rev. Dr. Julia Sheetz Associate Director of Campus Ministry for Ecumenical and Interfaith Outreach at Villanova University, she is a presbyterian minister, and received her MDiv from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and ThM from Harvard Divinity School. She formerly worked with the Dialogue Institute and Journal of Ecumenical Studies, first as a graduate assistant while she completed her dissertation at Temple University, and then as an Administrative Coordinator of both the DI and J.E.S.

Dr. Mark Wallace Professor of Religion and Interpretation Theory Coordinator at Swarthmore College. He is Ph.D. graduate from the University of Chicago, Professor in the Department of Religion, and member of the Interpretation Theory Committee and the Environmental Studies Committee at the College. His teaching and research interests focus on the intersections between Christian theology, critical theory, environmental studies, and postmodernism.

Dr. Donn Weinholtz Professor and Director of the Doctoral Program of Educational Leadership at the University of Hartford, Dr. Weinholtz teaches methods and ethics courses at Hartford. His research interests cover all aspects of higher education administration, but also focus on servant leadership with increased attention to servant leadership approaches.

Dr. Daniel Weiss President of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Retired President of Haverford and Earlham Colleges. A leading advocate for the liberal arts and the residential liberal arts college, Weiss co hosted in 2012 with Swarthmore President Rebecca Chopp the conference The Future of the Liberal Arts College in America in an effort to begin a new national dialogue around these institutions’ evolving role. Dr. Weiss 26 earned a Ph.D. in art history at John Hopkins University. He has written or edited five books and numerous articles on the art of the Middle Ages, with a special focus on Romanesque, Gothic, and Crusader art and the interaction of Byzantine culture with the Medieval West.

Dr. George Wohlreich President and CEO of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, a nonprofit medical, educational and cultural institution that works to preserve the history and ideals of medicine.

New York City Dr. Henry Goldschmidt Director of Programs at the Interfaith Center of New York, Dr. Goldschmidt is a cultural anthropologist, community educator, interfaith organizer, and scholar of American religious diversity. His work at the Interfaith Center of New York aims to build relationships and mutual understanding among the city’s community members and civic organizations.

Rev. Dr. Katharine Rhodes Henderson President of Auburn Seminary. ordained in the Presbyterian Church and author of God’s Troublemakers: How Women of Faith are Changing the World .Henderson spearheaded innovative educational programs, ranging from convening CEOs of major American corporations to engage in rigorous review of ethical business practice, to gathering young leaders from war-torn countries to practice conflict resolution and multifaith understanding through Auburn’s flagship youth leadership program, Face to Face/Faith to Faith. She is a regular contributor to the Newsweek/Washington Post blog, On Faith.

Dr. Jerusha Lamptey Dr. Lamptey earned a Ph.D. in Theological and Religious Studies with a focus on Religious Pluralism at Georgetown University in 2011. She also received an M.A. in Islamic Sciences at the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences, and an M.A. in Theological and Religious Studies at Georgetown University. Before joining the Union faculty in July of 2012, she was Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Theology at Georgetown University. Dr. Lamptey’s Never Wholly Other: A Muslima Theology of Religious Pluralism (Oxford University Press, March 2014), re-interprets the Qur’anic discourse and challenge notions of clear and static religious boundaries by distinguishing between and illuminating the complexity of multiple forms of religious difference. Her current book project focuses on comparative feminist theology.

Imam Executive Director and Chaplain for the Islamic Center at New York University (NYU), Imam Latif was appointed the first Muslim chaplain at NYU. Because of his ability to cross faith and cultural boundaries, Mayor nominated Imam Latif, age 24, to become the youngest chaplain in history of the New York City Police Department. He dedicates himself to America’s largest police department, as a spokesperson for mutual understanding, and productive relationships between cultures, communities, and religions. 27 Rabbi Dr. Alan Mittleman Professor of Jewish Thought at The Jewish Theological Seminary. His teaching focuses on the intersection between Jewish thought and Western philosophy in the fields of ethics, political theory, and metaphysics. Author of five books, including Hope in a Democratic Age (2009), Jewish Polity and American Civil Society (2002), Jews and the American Public Square (Rowman & Littlefield, 2002), and Religion as a Public Good (2003). Dr. Mittleman was director of the major research project Jews and the American Public Square, which was initiated by the Pew Charitable Trusts. Dr. Mittleman has been an active participant in interfaith dialogue throughout his career, and has been interviewed by Time, Newsweek, the New York Times, and USA Today, among other periodicals. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.

Dr. Sarah Sayeed As Director of Community Partnerships at the Interfaith Center of NYC she ran the Rabbi Marshall T. Meyer Retreats for Social Justice and Muslim-Catholic Initiatives. A former assistant professor at Baruch College, Sarah is a board member of Women in Islam, Inc. and she has authored numerous articles about women, Islam, and public health. Currently, she works in the New York City’s mayor’s office as the point person for the Muslim community of New York. Sarah earned a degree in Sociology and Near East Studies from and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Communication from the Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania. She also holds a certificate in Reconciliation Leadership through the Institute for Global Leadership.

Study Tour – Colorado/Arizona Dr. Rebecca Chopp Former President of Swarthmore College and now University of Denver Chancellor, Rebecca Chopp is a thinker who loves doing—a visionary grounded in reality. She is a distinguished scholar in religion and politics, with nearly two decades of administrative experience at some of the nation’s leading colleges and universities. Today at DU, she leads an effort to shape higher education in 21st century ways: a holistic student experience, an engaged community, and using knowledge to solve problems and seize opportunities in the Rocky Mountain West and around the world. She is passionate about helping students prepare to be leaders in their community, to achieve career success and, yes, to lead lives of great meaning.

Dr. Bjorn Krondorfer Professor of Comparative Study of Religions and Endowed Director of Martin-Springer Institute, Dr. Krondorfer completed his Ph.D. in (Comparative) Religious Studies at Temple University, Philadelphia. He came to the United States in 1983 from his native Germany after pursuing studies in theology at the universities of Frankfurt and Göttingen. Before joining NAU in the fall of 2012, he taught for twenty years in the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the public Honors College of the State of Maryland.

Mr. Sergio Mazza, Dialogue Institute Board Member Retired from his work for the American National Standard Association, Mr. Mazza completed his MA in Religion at the Hartford Seminary. He is an avid interfaith activist who leads study groups in Sedona, AZ.

28 Paula Palmer Ms. Palmer is trained as a social justice organizer who has designed a two-hour workshop called Roots of Injustice, Seeds of Change: Toward Right Relationship with America’s Native Peoples. A 50-minute version of the workshop/program called Re-Discovering America: Understanding Colonization can be presented in middle schools, high schools, and religious education programs.

Dr. George E. “Tink” Tinker Professor Tinker is the Clifford Baldridge Professor of American Indian Cultures and Religious Traditions at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado, where he has taught since 1985. He earned his doctorate in Biblical studies at the Graduate Theological Union in 1983. He is an ordained Lutheran pastor of Living Waters Episcopal/Lutheran Indian Ministry in Denver. Tinker is a member of the Osage Nation, and is also on the leadership council of the American Indian Movement of Colorado and director of the Four Winds American Survival Project.

Study Tour – Washington, DC Prof. José Casanova Professor at the Department of Sociology at Georgetown University, and heads the Berkley Center's Program on Globalization, Religion and the Secular. He has published works in a broad range of subjects, including religion and globalization, migration and religious pluralism, transnational religions, and sociological theory. His best- known work, Public Religions in the Modern World has become a modern classic in the field is one of the world's top scholars in the sociology of religion.

Dr. Shaun A. Casey Advisor to the Secretary of State John Kerry on faith-based community initiatives. Casey is on leave as a Professor of Christian Ethics at Wesley Seminary. His research interests include the ethics of war and peace, the role of religion in presidential politics, public theology, and the role of the Church in fighting global poverty. He served as consultant to the Project on Religion and Post Conflict Reconstruction at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He has published a book on the role of religion in the 1960 presidential election.

Dr. Eugene J. Fisher Retired from the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Eugene Fisher served as the only full-time professional in charge of Catholic-Jewish relations in the United States and was a central figure in the implementation of Nostra Aetate, Vatican Council II's "Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christian Religions." Dr. Fisher has lectured widely throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and Australia. He has published 20 books and monographs, and more than 250 articles in major religious journals, many of which have been widely translated.

Dr. Alfred Munzer, MD Physician and Director of the Pulmonary Medicine Department, Washington Adventist Hospital in

29 Takoma Park, Maryland. Spokesperson for the American Lung Association since 1974, and served as its president from 1993- 1994. In 2000 Dr. Munzer was awarded the Will Ross Medal, the highest honor given by the American Lung Association. Dr. Munzer was born in the Netherlands during WWII and spent the first four years of his life hidden from the Nazi occupiers with a Dutch- Indonesian family. His family was killed in the Holocaust, and only his mother survived. Together they came to the USA. Currently he is the Chair of Action on Smoking and Health, and active in World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Dr. Munzer volunteers as a docent and translator at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, and with a five-volume project, Jewish Responses to Persecution.

Dr. Ann Schroeder (new member of the Dialogue Institute Board) Ann Schroeder is the founder and CEO of GlobalSource Partners, Inc. and serves as the company's Chief Executive Officer. The firm, founded in 1994 as LatinSource, later merged into GlobalSource Partners to service growing client needs across emerging markets globally, and currently provides coverage on twenty-four developing countries. Ms. Schroeder has been involved in the financial services industry since 1984, initially working as a financial consultant with Shearson Lehman Brothers, and later with Institutional Analysts, a company providing management and publishing services for independent analysts. Ms. Schroeder received a B.A. from Trinity University, an M.B.A. from Fordham University, and a certificate in Political Psychology from George Washington University, Elliott School of International Affairs. She is a past member of the Women Presidents’ Organization and served on the Board of Directors of Pro Mujer, a microfinance entity providing loans, business training and healthcare support across Latin America.

Dr. Homayra Ziad Dr. Homayra Ziad is the Scholar of Islam at the Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies. Dr. Ziad was formerly Assistant Professor of Religion at Trinity College in Hartford. After receiving her first degree from Bryn Mawr, she earned a doctorate in Islamic Studies from Yale University. Homayra is deeply involved in interreligious education and training, as well as local, national and international interfaith initiatives and educational outreach on Islam. She is recently co-founder and co- chair of the American Academy of Religion’s Interreligious and Interfaith Studies Group, and co- founder/co-editor for the Palgrave series Interreligious Studies in Theory and Practice. Homayra’s research is in Indo-Persianate Islamic traditions, and she situates pre-colonial and early colonial India squarely within the Islamicate world. Much of her research is concerned with projects of reconciliation, and the hermeneutical struggle inherent in the encounter between systems of knowledge and identity- creation.

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