Wednesday, April 27
Replacing our Living Room
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue @ 112th Street
Arrive 6:30-6:50 PM to sit with our group
Text 646 245-7346 to find us
Event begins at 7 PM
We will go out to a local establishment after the event to continue the conversation
Please RSVP to info@faithhousemanhattan.org
So we know how many seats our group will need
Free and open to all
The Very Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski, Dean of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, will engage Karen Armstrong in a far-reaching conversation about religion and ethics in the modern world, and why we must place compassion at the heart of public discourse on religion and morality. There will be an opportunity for others to enter the conversation.
Karen Armstrong, author, scholar, and journalist, is among the world’s foremost commentators on religious history and culture. She has written more than 20 books on faith and the major religions, studying what Islam, Judaism and Christianity have in common, and how our faiths shaped world history and drive current events. Her books include the bestselling A History of God and The Battle for God, as well as Buddha, Islam: A Short History, Muhammed: A Prophet for Our Time, Jerusalem: One City, Three Faiths and most recently Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life. In 2008 Dr. Armstrong, recipient of the TED prize, spearheaded the founding of The Charter for Compassion, a document that transcends religious, ideological, and national difference. It proclaims a principle embraced by every faith, and by every moral code.
Karen Armstrong is one of the heroes of the modern interfaith movement and endorsed Samir Selmanovic’s recent book It’s Really All About God, saying “Samir Selmanovic is asking the right questions at the right time, and refusing the consolations of certainty at a time when strident orthodoxies-atheist as well as religious-are perilously dividing us.”
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine is a “house of prayer for all people.” Faith House partnered with the Cathedral and GreenFaith last year to host SUSTAIN with Bill McKibben. Bowie Snodgrass is a member of the Congregation of St. Saviour at the Cathedral and her husband, George Mathew, is the Artistic Director of the New Year’s Concert for Peace at the Cathedral.
Photo by Satish Kumar
