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SUMMARY:Islam in Iowa: A Celebration of Historical Roots and Contemporary Realities -- NOW ONLINE
DESCRIPTION:Due to unforeseen circumstances\, this event is now being held on Zoom from 2:00-3:30pm. To register for the event\, go here: https://drake-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/r2IkhO0vRnGanQ_YgnCwhw. (Note that you will need to have an active zoom account to register\, but that if you don’t\, you can sign up for a free zoom account here: zoom.us/signup.)  \nOn Saturday\, April 5\, from 2:00–3:30 pm\, Drake University’s Comparison Project\, in conjunction with the Abdelkader Education Project\, hosts “”Islam in Iowa: A Celebration of Historical Roots and Contemporary Realities”  online (Zoom). The event\, which is free and open to the public\, features interactive sessions about Islam in Iowa\, the awarding of the Abdelkader Education Project’s 2025 essay-competition winners\, and a keynote by Dr. William Lawrence\, Senior Academic and Research Fellow-in-Residence and Director of the North African Area Studies Program at the Council on US-Arab Relations. \nLocal and regional Islamic experts will lead two blocks of concurrent sessions about topics including Islam in Iowa\, Women in Islam\, and Mystical Islam. Special attention will be given to the nineteenth-century Algerian leader Emir Abdelkader\, after whom the town of Elkader was named in 1846\, as well as the “Mother Mosque of America” in Cedar Rapids\, the oldest standing purpose-built mosque in the U.S. (1934). \nAt the conclusion of the sessions\, the Abdelkader Education Project will award the high-school and college recipients of this year’s essay competition\, whose essays take inspiration from the ethical leadership of Emir Abdelkader. The event concludes with a short keynote by Dr. William Lawrence.  \nThe Comparison Project engages in the practice of comparative philosophy of religion\, fosters understanding of local-lived religion\, and cultivates interfaith literacy and leadership. It is supported by Drake’s Center for the Humanities\, Drake’s Slay Fund for Social Justice\, Interfaith America\, and Cultivating Compassion: The Dr. Richard Deming Foundation.
URL:https://comparisonproject.wp.drake.edu/event/a-celebration-of-islam-in-des-moines-in-conjunction-with-the-annual-forum-of-the-abdelkader-education-project/
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SUMMARY:Iowa Religious Freedom Day
DESCRIPTION:7:30-9:30: Interfaith Breakfast and Prayer\n-State Capitol Rotunda \n6:00–9:00 pm: Evening Symposium on the Role of Religion in Peacemaking\n-World Food Prize Building \nPlease see link for more information.
URL:https://comparisonproject.wp.drake.edu/event/iowa-religious-freedom-day/
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SUMMARY:Max Thornton\, "Getting What We Deserve: Theologies at the Intersection of Disability and Work"
DESCRIPTION:On Thursday\, April 17\, at 6:00 pm\, in Drake’s Sussman Theater (lower level of Olmsted Center)\, Dr. Max Thornton\, independent scholar\, will deliver a lecture on “Getting What We Deserve: Theologies at the Intersection of Disability and Work.” \n\n\n\nDr. Thornton’s lecture will think through some of the connections between disability\, work\, and the theological ideas that shape popular views on both in the US. Concepts of punishment for sin\, redemptive suffering\, and character formation are embedded in the ways we think about both disability and work; the place where they meet is shaped by racialized ideas about labor\, poverty\, and salvation\, as well as the belief that God materially rewards the faithful. Yet disability theology offers an alternative to these habits of thought\, asking us to rethink both our definition and our valorization of “work”; to withhold judgments about sin\, punishment\, redemption\, and other metaphorical readings of disability; and to take seriously our shared human vulnerability.
URL:https://comparisonproject.wp.drake.edu/event/max-thornton-getting-what-we-deserve-theologies-at-the-intersection-of-disability-and-work/
LOCATION:Drake University\, Olmstead Center (Sussman Theater)\, 2875 University Ave\, Des Moines\, IA\, 50311\, United States
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SUMMARY:Vaisakhi Service and Celebration
DESCRIPTION:On Sunday\, April 20\, we will celebrate the annual holiday of Vaisakhi from roughly 12:00 to 2:00 pm with the Sikh gurdwara in West Des Moines\, the Iowa Sikh Association (1115 Walnut St.). \n\n\n\nThe service will include many of the elements of a typical Sunday worship service: the signing of hymns (kirtan)\, reading from sacred scripture (Guru Granth Sahib)\, community prayers (aardas)\, and the sharing of the sacred sacrament (karah prashad\, the so-called “holy pudding”)\, after which a free vegetarian meal will be served (langar). Dress modestly\, remove shoes at door\, and don a head scarf (available at the door for both women and men). Also\, refrain from pointing outstretched legs toward the holy book/altar. \n\n\n\nThis event is part of the “Meet My Religious Neighbor” series\, which is co-programmed with CultureALL\, the Des Moines Area Religious Council\, and Interfaith Alliance of Iowa.
URL:https://comparisonproject.wp.drake.edu/event/vaisakhi-service-and-celebration/
LOCATION:Iowa Sikh Association\, 1115 Walnut Street\, West Des Moines\, Iowa\, 50265\, United States
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