Panel to explore why religion compels interfaith relationships.

"Compelled to Relationship? What do our religious traditions teach that leads us to live and work together as people of many faiths?" is the theme for a panel discussion Feb. 5 at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C.

Panel members include Rabbi Warren Stone, president of the Washington Board of Rabbis; Imam Yusuf Saleem, Masjid Muhammad and Islamic vice president of the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington; Dr. D.C. Rao, Hindu leader and past president of the InterFaith Conference; and representatives of the National Council of Churches of Christ (NCC). The panel will be followed by an open conversation. The event is sponsored by the Churches' Center for Theology and Public Policy, the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington, the NCC Interfaith Relations Commission, and the Washington Theological Consortium. RSVP to the Churches' Center at 202-885-8648 or cctpp@wesleysem.edu.

Source: Newsline 1/16/2004
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