Interfaith Youth Camp: August 14-18
On the week of August 14-18, Drake University’s Comparison Project, along with the Des Moines Area Religious Council and the Iowa Sikh Turbanators, will host its first interfaith youth camp. …
8/12 Meet My Religious Neighbor: Sikhs of Iowa Khalsa Heritage, Inc.
NOTE THAT WE HAVE PUSHED THIS BACK ONE WEEK TO SAT, 8/12 “Meet My Religious Neighbor” continues on Saturday, August 12th with an open house at the Sikh Temple in …
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7/2 Meet My Religious Neighbor: Tu Vien Hong Duc (Vietnamese Buddhism)
Join us on Sunday, July 2nd between 12:30 – 4:00 pm for the next open house in our Meet My Religious Neighbor series. This open house will be held at …
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06/03: Meet My Religious Neighbor at Ezan: Islamic & Education Center
Join us on Saturday, June 3rd at 8:30 pm for the next open house in our Meet My Religious Neighbor series. This open house will be held at Ezan: Islamic …
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05/04: Comparative Philosophy of Death and Dying
Tim Knepper, Professor of Philosophy, Drake University Lucy Bregman, Professor of Religion, Temple University Mary Gottschalk, Adjunct Professor of Religion, Drake University Allen Zagoren, Associate Professor of Public Administration, Drake University …
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"To Die in Peace": Negotiating Advance Directives in a Navajo Context
Michelene Pesantubbee, Associate Professor of American Indian Studies, University of Iowa Thursday, March 23, 7:00 p.m. Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center Health care providers in IHS facilities and hospitals have long …
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Brain Death; Islamic Theological Responses to Medicalized Dying
Aasim Padela, Director of the Initiative on Islam and Medicine, University of Chicago Thursday, March 2, 7:00 p.m. Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center Dr. Aasim Padela’s lecture will describe critical Islamic theological …
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Buddhism and The Dilemmas of Death
Damien Keown, Emeritus Professor of Buddhist Ethics, Goldsmiths College, University of London Read by and response by Gereon Kopf, Professor of Religion, Luther College Thursday, February 9, 7:00 p.m. Sussman Theater, …
12/8: Community Interfaith Dialogue
Moderator: Norma Hirsch, Professor of Osteopathic Medicine at Des Moines University Panelists: Younes Ali Younes, imam of the Islamic Center of Des Moines Ksenija Milinkovic, presbitera of St. Demetrius Serbian Orthodox Church …
Interfaith and Multicultural Fair
Interfaith and Multicultural Fair November 15, 4 to 6 p.m., Parents Hall, Olmsted Center The Iowa Interfaith and Multicultural Fair, scheduled from 4 to 6 p.m. in Drake’s Olmsted Center, …