- Norma Hirsch, Professor of Osteopathic Medicine
at Des Moines University
- Sayeed Hussain, Pediatrician, West Des Moines Children’s Clinic
- Pramod Mahajan, Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Drake University
- You Bin, Fulbright Visiting Scholar of Religion, Minzu University of China
- Joseph Moravec, Professor of Theology and Philosophy, Mercy College
Thursday, December 3, 7:00 p.m.
Iles Funeral Homes, Dunn’s Chapel
2121 Grand Ave, Des Moines
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How do the religions of the world understand death and dying? What rituals do they practice as preparation for death and in response to death? What effects has the “medicalization of death” had on these traditional understandings and practices? And what does the medical community need to know about traditional religious theologies and rituals related to death and dying?
The Comparison Project’s Community Interfaith Dialogue will explore these questions from the perspectives of Hinduism, Islam, Christianity, and Chinese Religion. Our moderator and 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. There will be ample time for questions from the audience.
