Elijah Interfaith
Summer School and Interreligious Training Seminar, 2021
Live from Jerusalem
“Interreligious Perspectives on Global Solidarity and Caring for the Other”
August 1-5, 2021 on Zoom
This year's summer school program
will take place on zoom, August 1-5, 2021.
Location
Live from Jerusalem
peta@elijah-interfaith.org
What are religions supposed to do: on what domains of life do they impact and what do they achieve?
What happens in times of crisis? Do crises enhance the functioning of religion, undermine it or both?
The recent COVID-19 pandemic allowed us to study the function of religion at a moment of global crisis.
We will hear from scholars of religion what they understand about the way that religions operate and we will hear from some of the world’s most prominent religious leaders about how they dealt with challenges during COVID-19, through a unique series of interviews carried out by the Elijah Interfaith Institute, titled “Coronaspection”.
Topics include:
- Understanding the human condition
- Interconnectivity: the place of humans in relation to each other and to the universe
- The role of religions in social service and acts of kindness
- The forms and functions of prayer and meditation
- The role of religious leadership
Summer school activities include
- academic lectures
- panels of scholars and religious leaders
- viewing and analyzing video messages of world religious leaders (Coronaspection project)
- small group textual study
- prayer and meditation
- anchoring activities in religious sites in Jerusalem and elsewhere
- bibliodrama workshops
- guided group discussion
Program
Day 1
01 Aug 2021
Day 2
02 Aug 2021
Day 3
03 Aug 2021
Day 4
04 Aug 2021
Day 5
05 Aug 2021
Welcome and introductions
(including introduction to the topic)
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach
The Spiritual basis of our interconnectivity
(pt 1: Judaism and Sikhism)
Professor Pal Ahluwalia
Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
11:30 EDT
11:45 EDT
The Spiritual basis of our interconnectivity
(pt 2 Christianity and Hinduism)
Neelima Shukla-Bhatt
Prof David Ford
12:45 EDT
The Spiritual basis of our interconnectivity
(pt 3 Buddhism and Islam)
Prof Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
14:00 - 14:30 EDT
Reflections on the day
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
The Religious Mandate to do Good
(pt 1: Jewish and Sikh case-studies)
Bhai Sahib Bhai Mohinder Singh
Micha Odenheimer
10:00 EDT
10:15 EDT
The Religious Mandate to do Good
(pt 2: Muslim and Hindu case-studies)
Swami Shubamrita
Imam Plemon al-Amin
The Religious Mandate to do Good
(pt 3 A Christian case-study)
12:15 EDT
12:30 EDT
9:00 EDT
9:15 EDT
Introduction to the Encyclicals
Fr. Prof. James Puglisi
9:25 EDT
Text study “chavruta”
excerpts from encyclicals
10:10 EDT
Teaching: Wisdom from Fr. Prof. James Puglisi
Fr. Prof. James Puglisi
10:55 EDT
Responses and reflections
from religious leaders and scholars
Imam Yahya Pallavicini
Dr Anantanand Rambachan
12:30 EDT
Lecture: Professor Katherine Marshall
Professor Katherine Marshall
14:00 - 14:30 EDT
Reflections on the day
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
The Human Responsibility to Each Other and to the Planet
Professor Jose Casanova
Professor Katherine Marshall
9:00 EDT
9:15 EDT
Text study “chavruta”
excerpts from encyclicals
10:00 EDT
10:45 EDT
Responses and reflections from religious leaders and scholars
Swamini Adityananda Saraswati
Rabbi Art Green
Imam Yahya Pallavicini
12:30 EDT
Lecture: Professor Jose Casanova
Professor Jose Casanova
14:00 - 14:30 EDT
Reflections on the day
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
9:00 EDT
9:15 EDT
Guest teacher: Professor Myriam Renaud
Professor Myriam Renaud
10:45 EDT
Praying Together in Jerusalem
Professor Myriam Renaud
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach
Review of the week
summary of key lessons and evaluation
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach
