“CIE Interfaith Forum: Part II” – Amir Akrami and Mark Thiessen Nation
Pluralism, Particularity & the Way to Peace, II: Why Do We 鈥� a Muslim & a Mennonite鈥� Care About This? A year ago the Center for Interfaith Engagement鈥檚 Visiting Muslim Scholar and theologian Dr. Amir Akrami and Mennonite theologian and Eastern Mennonite Seminary professor Dr. Mark Thiessen Nation engaged in a public discussion about Akrami鈥檚....
“Rumi: The man, his faith, and some poetry” – Dr. Amir Akrami
Visiting scholar from Iran, Dr. Amir Akrami, is an expert on Rumi and Islamic mysticism. He leads bi-weekly readings and discussions on Rumi and his work. For hundreds of years Rumi has been one of the greatest poets of the Persian world and one of the most popular poets in the world. In recent years....
CIE Interfaith Forum: Amir Akrami and Mark Thiessen Nation
Amir Akrami and Mark Thiessen Nation 鈥� Pluralism, Particularity & the Way to Peace: A Muslim and a Mennonite in Dialogue. Thiessen Nation is Professor of Theology at Eastern Mennonite Seminary and Akrami is Visiting Muslim Scholar at EMU鈥檚 Center for Interfaith Engagement. They each speak from their respective approaches followed by opportunity to engage....
CIE Interfaith forum: Amir Akrami
Amir Akrami, EMU鈥檚 first visiting Muslim scholar in the Center for Interfaith Engagement, addresses 鈥淏uilding Bridges through Interfaith Dialogue.鈥� Dr. Akrami holds a PhD in philosophy of religion from McGill University, Montreal, and comes to EMU from the Iranian Institute of Philosophy in Tehran, Iran. Dr. Akrami has been a regular participant in the internationally....