Fundalism and Violence: A video dialogue

["Mandy Morse" <mandymorse@hotmail.com>]

Fundamentalism and Violence –
A Video Dialogue presented by the Campus Christian Center
Friday, April 26 at 6 p.m.
Campus Christian Center, 822 Elm St (on Greek Row)

For Immmediate Release
Contact: Mandy Morse, Campus Christian Center
Phone: (208) 882-2536
Email: mandymorse@hotmail.com


Campus Christian Center to discuss fundamentalism and violence.

Moscow—The Campus Christian Center will be sponsoring: “Fundamentalism and 
Violence” a videotape dialogue featuring Jewish, Christian and Muslim 
leaders following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. The 
event will take place on Friday, April 26 at 6:00 PM at the Campus Christian 
Center.

The dialogue is based on a video panel discussion held at the Cathedral of 
St. John the Divine in New York City and aired over the Episcopal Cathedral 
Teleconferencing Network.  In the video, moderator Karen Armstrong, 
acclaimed author and commentator on all three Abrahamic faith traditions, 
explores the political and religious roots of fundamentalism and violence 
among Jews, Christians and Muslims with representatives from each faith.

Sharon Kehoe, director of the Center and facilitator of the dialogue, said 
the need to advance the conversation about faith, fundamentalism and 
violence gave rise to this program.

“The Center was founded for the purpose of religious education; a necessity 
today when the world is in such need of understanding amongst religious 
traditions,” Kehoe said.

Featured speakers in the video panel are: The Rev. Jim Wallis, founder and 
editor-in-chief of Sojourners Magazine, Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder of the 
Sufi Muslim Association, and Dr. Susannah Heschel, author, professor and 
current holder of the Eli Black chair in Jewish Studies at Dartmouth 
College.  Portions of the video will be presented to inspire dialogue in 
smaller groups about how fundamentalism affects interactions in the world 
today.

Kehoe said it is important to distinguish this event as a dialogue to create 
an open environment for everyone to express his or her opinion.

“We’re not having a debate about the rightness or wrongness of 
fundamentalism,” Kehoe said. “Rather than discussion or debate, we want to 
put all viewpoints out on the table and look at them for their value.”

The dialogue will start at 6 p.m. at the Campus Christian Center, 822 Elm 
Street.

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