Program 2024

Human Life, Purpose and Dignity

The 2024 summer school is on Zoom.

We will gather in person for Praying Together in Jerusalem on 1st August (also on Zoom).

Day 1
29 Jul 2024

Introduction of Participants

and Introduction to the topic by Prof Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach
Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Prof Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Cosmo-visions:

how the human person is placed in relation to other parts of creation
Dr. Antje Jackelén
Dr. Antje Jackelén
Mustafa Ceric
Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric

Cosmo-visions:

how the human person is placed in relation to other parts of creation
Vasudha Narayanan
Vasudha Narayanan
Rabbanit Gilla Rosen
Rabbanit Gilla Rosen
Day 2
30 Jul 2024

What distinguishes humanity:

soul and spirit
Sister Chân Tri Nghiem
Sister Chân Tri Nghiem
RABBI REUVEN KIMELMAN
Rabbi Reuven Kimelman

What distinguishes humanity:

soul and spirit
Prof Marcia Hermansen
Prof Marcia Hermansen
Vasudha Narayanan
Vasudha Narayanan
Dr. Antje Jackelén
Dr. Antje Jackelén

Discussion

analysis of days 1 and 2
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach
Day 3
31 Jul 2024

Human identity

Sister Chân Tri Nghiem
Sister Chân Tri Nghiem
Tova Hartman
Tova Hartman
Mustafa Ceric
Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric

Human identity

Jeffery Long
Jeffery Long, PhD
Dr. Antje Jackelén
Dr. Antje Jackelén

Bibliodrama

An interactive methodology which allows us to enter deeply into sacred texts and foundational stories in order to more fully appreciate their wisdom and their relevance to us as individuals and as a collective.
Peta Jones Pellach
Day 4
01 Aug 2024

Human rights and human obligations

Pratap Kumar Penumala
Pratap Kumar Penumala
Professor dr. Perry Schmidt-Leukel
Professor dr. Perry Schmidt-Leukel
Dr. Antje Jackelén
Dr. Antje Jackelén

Praying Together in Jerusalem

Gather for our monthly session of interfaith learning and prayers at St Peter of Gallicantu on Mt Zion.  Rabbi Reuven Kimmelman will teach about the contribution of Avraham Heschel to the understanding of the Dignity of the Human Person.

Human rights and human obligations

Ayelet Hoffmann Libson
Dr. Ayelet Hoffmann Libson
Mustafa Ceric
Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric
Day 5
05 Aug 2024

Contemporary challenges to understanding the human person

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa
Prof. Nader Saiedi
Prof. Nader Saiedi
Swami Atmapriyananda
Swami Atmapriyananda

Contemporary challenges to understanding the human person

Judith Simmer Brown
Judith Simmer Brown
Prof. Steven Sandage
Prof. Steven Sandage
Mustafa Ceric
Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric
Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg
Day 6
06 Aug 2024

Human flourishing

a life worth living
Sr Maureen Goodman
Sr Maureen Goodman
Mustafa Ceric
Grand Mufti Mustafa Ceric
SHRIVATSA GOSWAMI
Shrivatsa Goswami

Human flourishing

a life worth living
Rabbi Yubal Cherlow
Rabbi Yuval Cherlow
John Makransky
John Makransky
His Beatitude Patriarch Sahak II Mashalian
His Beatitude Patriarch Sahak II Mashalian
Day 7
07 Aug 2024

Evaluation and Lessons to Take Home

How do we use the new wisdom we have acquired in the summer school to “mend the world” and bring about greater respect and friendship between peoples of different faiths?
Rabbi Alon Goshen-Gottstein
Peta Jones Pellach

* Program is subject to change