Organizing Institution: Madrasa-Midrasha Program
Contact email: [email protected]
Start Date: April 27, 2022 (01:30pm PT)
End Date: April 27, 2022
Website: https://www.gtu.edu/events/madrasa-midrasha-comparative-approaches-jewish-and-islamic-studies
– California – United States
Please join the GTU’s Madrasa-Midrasha Program for a webinar on “Comparative Approaches in Jewish and Islamic Studies” featuring Jerusha Rhodes (Islam, Social Justice, and Interreligious Engagement Program (ISJIE) at Union Theological Seminary) and Noa Bar-Gabai (Swig Program for Jewish Studies and Social Justice at the University of San Francisco).
More details will be forthcoming.
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Dr. Rhodes’s talk is titled “Muslima Theology as Comparative Theology” and will focus on the potential and value of comparative approaches in Muslima theology (Islamic feminist theology). Acknowledging concerns and obstacles related to power and knowledge, Dr. Rhodes will discuss ways in which informed comparative engagement enhances constructive egalitarian theologies.