Moderator:
- Norma Hirsch, Professor of Osteopathic Medicine at Des Moines University
Panelists:
- Eugene Kiruhura, pastor of the Urban Heights Covenant Church
- Tanka Dhital, president of the Hindu Cultural and Educational Center
- Nijaz Valjecvic, imam at Ezan Islamic and Educational Center
Thursday, October 27, 7:00 p.m.
Iles Funeral Homes, Dunn’s Chapel
2121 Grand Ave, Des Moines
Among other questions, the panel seeks to explore beliefs about what happens after death and practices concerning what must be done before and after death. Representatives of three different local refugee communities will explore these beliefs and practices from the perspectives of their religious traditions: Bhutanese Hinduism, Bosnian Islam, and Congolese Christianity. The panelists will focus particularly on the tensions between traditional theologies and rituals of death, and the way in which death has increasingly become the domain of medicine and law.
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