Thursday February 07, 2008

Mission Week Keynote Event
with Soledad O’Brien

4 p.m.
Varsity Theatre

Don’t miss this vigorous exchange among concerned and knowledgeable individuals on the topic of “War, Peace and People of Faith.” Soledad O’Brien of CNN will moderate the conversation
during which four distinguished panelists will discuss how faith affects our decisions about dealing with conflict and injustice. Panelists include:

Rev. Drew Christiansen, S.J., editor-in-chief of America magazine and former head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of International Justice and Peace;

Dr. James Turner Johnson, professor of religion and associate member of the Graduate Department of Political Science at Rutgers University; author or editor of 14 books on the moral questions related to warfare;

Rev. John Dear, S.J., former executive director of the Fellowship of
Reconciliation (largest interfaith peace organization in the United
States), renowned peace activist, and columnist for the National
Catholic Reporter;

Nicholas Coddington, former senior U.S. Army intelligence officer with NATO’s Southern Region and senior officer deployed to Baghdad
to establish the Iraqi Military Academy.

A reception and interactive Q&A session will follow in the AMU’s
Monaghan Ballroom.

 

 

 

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