Friday, June 17, 2011

VIDEO of the Special Event with Karen Armstrong

May 04, 2011
VIDEO of the Special Event with Karen Armstrong
Did you miss the "Special Event: Enter the Conversation with Karen Armstrong" last week at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine? Well, you're in luck!

Our videographer, Sean McGinn, graciously captured this riveting conversation between the Very Rev. James A. Kowalski and Karen, which is posted on the Charter for Compassion YouTube channel. The discussion centers on religion and ethics in the modern world, and why we must place compassion at the heart of public discourse on religion and morality.



Uploaded by CharterforCompassion on May 3, 2011

On Wednesday, April 27, Karen joins Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski for 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.

Credits: Sean McGinn, Videographer - Faith House Manhattan.

Special Thanks: Faith House Manhattan - http://www.faithhousemanhattan.org/









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.

Posted on May 04, 2011


1 comment:

Arsenio A. Lembert Jr. said...

Can two walk together, except they be agreed?
Amos 3:3.

These newfangled rationales that pretend to join all people's beliefs into an acceptable to all globbletygoop is nothing but a ruse to have everyone join a modern day (one size fits all) Babylon. It was prophesized to happen before His return....

Arsenio.

Maranatha.