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August 2014: “When Interfaith Dialogue Becomes Intra-faith Dialogue: The Dilemma of Dual-Citizenship”

Speaker: Dr. Matthew Pierce (Assistant Professor of Religion at Centre College)

Description: Drawing on his own faith journey in both Christianity and Islam, he spoke of how his involvement in interfaith dialogue developed into a commitment to two religious traditions

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April 2014 – “World Religions–Hindrance or Help to Peace and Justice”

Speaker: The Rev. Don Nunnelly, retired minister, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Description: The Rev. Nunnelly spoke of his "attempt to lift up past and present forms of religious intolerance that have led to violence and to counter this with examples of religious groups finding ways to work together with diverse faith positions."

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March 2014 – “Our Blessed Earth: One Woman’s Quest for a Slower, Simpler, More Sustainable Life.”

Speaker: Nancy Sleeth, author and co-founder of Blessed Earth, a Christian environmental nonprofit.

Description – Sleeth, author of Almost Amish and co-founder of the Christian nonprofit Blessed Earth, shared how her family downsized to a house the size of their old garage, got rid of more than half of their possessions, and rediscovered the simple joys of a faith-focused life.

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February 2014 – “Faithful Christian and Muslim Women as Agents of Change within Faith Communities

Event subtitle was "An Exploration of Traditional and New Ground-breaking Roles of Faithful Women within Christianity and Islam".

Description: The independent film, "Pink Smoke Over the Vatican," was shown. The film documents the ground-breaking role of women priests within the Roman Catholic Church in United States, Canada, Britain and Europe. Then a panel of Christian and Muslim women spoke on their roles as women of faith.

Panel: The Rev. Donna Rougeux and The Rev. Janice Sevre-Duszynska, ordained priests of the Association of Roman Catholic Women Priests (www.arcwp.org/) and Dr. Nadia Rasheed of Masjid Bilal Ibn Rabah in Lexington.

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