| The Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance Newsletter |
July 2009
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Greetings!
The Boniuk Center said a sad farewell to executive director, Dr. B. Jill Carroll on June 30th last month. We appreciate and admire all the wonderful things she has done for the Center in her five years of service as executive director. While her presence is greatly missed, we are still continuing to promote the Center's mission of peaceful coexistence by working on programming for the upcoming Fall and Spring semesters and will update you as soon as we can.
In this issue, we would like to introduce our new Public Scholar Fellow, Mr. Ata Anzali who will be replacing Andrea Jain and Heba Khan for the next year. We would also like to thank Andrea and Heba for the great job they have done teaching the World Religions courses. Andrea also volunteered her time to be a docent on the Amazing Faith Tours. While they are no longer Public Scholar Fellows, Andrea and Heba can still be contacted directly for speaking engagements.
Please also save the dates for our Bridge Builder Lecturer, Karen Armstrong who will be in Houston on October 8th at the Wortham Center and the annual Amazing Faiths Dinner Dialogues taking place on November 12th. See below for further details. You can also check out our new website at: The Boniuk Center for future events and updates.
Best Regards,
The Boniuk Center Team
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Ata Anzali
Boniuk Center Public Scholar Fellow
We are pleased to announce our new Public Scholar Fellow for 2009-2010. Ata Anzali is an Iranian doctoral student at Rice University in the department
of religious studies. His interests include comparative religion,
mysticism, Sufism, and Islamic studies. Ata received his B.Sc. in
electrical engineering from Tehran Polytechnic and then his M.A. in
Islamic philosophy and theology from Tehran University before he came to
Rice. He can be contacted at ata@rice.edu for scholarly presentations for your group, religious community, or
organization regarding special topics in the field of religious studies
which promote understanding and religious tolerance.
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Save the Dates
Fall Upcoming Events: Karen Armstrong and AFP Dinner Dialogues
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Karen Armstrong
October 8, 2009
Karen Armstrong, the British author of numerous works on comparative religion will stop in Houston as a part of her book tour to promote her latest book, The Case for God. The Boniuk Center is partnering with The Progressive Forum Houston to host Ms. Armstrong at the Wortham Center at 7:30 PM on October 8th. There will be a book signing following the talk. Ticket information will be available soon.
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Amazing Faiths Dinner Dialogues
November 12, 2009
The
AFP Dinner dialogues will be taking place at homes around Houston again
this year on November 12, 2009. If you do not reside in the Houston area, you can check out the AFP website for participating cities nationwide. Find out how to sign up to be a host,
moderator or participant at: Amazing Faiths Project.
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