{"id":1658,"date":"2016-02-22T16:25:48","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T21:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/22\/world-religions-symposium-begins-oct-22\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T13:54:48","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T18:54:48","slug":"world-religions-symposium-begins-oct-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/world-religions-symposium-begins-oct-22\/","title":{"rendered":"World Religions Symposium begins Oct. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Furman University will hold its second annual World Religions Symposium beginning Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. in Watkins Room of the Trone Student Center on the Furman campus.<\/p>\n

The symposium is free and open to the public, and includes a series of lectures and other programs that run through Dec. 2.<\/p>\n

The theme of this year\u2019s forum is \u201cJudaism: Ancient Conversation, Contemporary Voices.\u201d All events are part of Furman\u2019s Cultural Life Program.<\/p>\n

The first speaker for the symposium is Cherie Brown, founder and executive director of the National Coalition Building Institute based in Washington, D.C. Her Oct. 22 talk is titled \u201cJewish Identity and the Impact of Antisemitism.\u201d<\/p>\n

The World Religions Symposium aims to provide space for religious traditions to tell their own stories, regardless of how complex or challenging those stories may be.<\/p>\n

World Religions Symposium is sponsored by the Office of the Chaplain, Jewish Student Association, Religious Council, Furman Department of Religion, Cothran Center for Vocational Reflection, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Heller Service Corps, James B. Duke Library, Interfaith Youth Core, Year of Altruism, and various student religious groups at Furman.<\/p>\n

A schedule of other lectures and panel discussions following Brown\u2019s talk follows:<\/p>\n