Keyword: dialogue

Face2Face community conversation unpacks the complexities of polarization

Friday, February 28, 2020 @ 1:10 PM

How do we respond to the strong rhetoric of polarization that is gripping our world? How can we listen and talk to people that are different from us, and why does it matter if we do?

More than 180 people gathered in Canadian Mennonite University's (CMU) Marpeck Commons on February 10 to discuss these questions. The Face2Face event, hosted by CMU, was titled, "Us and Them: How did we become so polarized?"

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Canadian Mennonite University set to host seventh Muslim-Mennonite dialogue

Thursday, March 1, 2018 @ 12:00 AM

A 16-year-old interfaith dialogue between Mennonite and Shi'a Muslim scholars—held in Canada and Iran over the years—will continue at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) next week.

Shi'a Muslim-Mennonite Christian Dialogue 7 will take place Wednesday, March 7 to Saturday, March 10. The event will bring together Shi'a Muslim scholars from the Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute (IKERI) in Qom, Iran and Mennonite scholars from Canada and the U.S. for a series of presentations, responses, and discussions on the topic, "Religion and Youth."

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Hutterites learn about the Islamic faith at Canadian School of Peacebuilding

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 @ 1:58 PM

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Panelists to explore how their different faiths intersect at Face2Face discussion

Monday, January 23, 2017 @ 1:00 PM

A Jew, Muslim, and Christian will dialogue about what lies at the core of their faith heritages and how people from these distinct faith traditions might work together for peace and justice, at Canadian Mennonite University’s next Face2Face community discussion.

Titled, “A Conversation within an Abrahamic Tent: A Jew, Muslim, and Christian in Dialogue,” the event happens Tuesday, February 7 at 7:00 PM in Marpeck Commons (2299 Grant Ave.). Admission is free, and everyone is welcome to attend.

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