Interfaith relations will be the topic April 6 when internationally known theologian David Burrell delivers the annual Showers Lectures at the University of Indianapolis.
Burrell, an emeritus professor of philosophy and theology at the University of Notre Dame, will deliver two lectures: “What I (as a Christian) Have Learned from Muslims Classical and Contemporary” at 4 p.m. and “Persistent Problems in Muslim-Christian-Jewish Interactions” at 7 p.m.
Both lectures will take place in McCleary Chapel, located on the second floor of UIndy’s Schwitzer Student Center, 1400 E. Hanna Ave. Admission is free.
Burrell is the author of many articles and books on the Abrahamic faiths, including Knowing the Unknowable God: Ibn-Sina, Maimonides, Aquinas (Notre Dame, 1986) and Freedom and Creation in Three Traditions, (Notre Dame, 1993), as well as two translations of the writings of medieval Islamic scholar al-Ghazali.
More information is available from UIndy’s Office of Ecumenical & Interfaith Programs at (317) 788-2106.
About the Showers Lectures
The Showers Lectures in the Christian Religion are made possible through the generosity of the late Dr. J. Balmer Showers, a bishop of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and former University of Indianapolis trustee. Showers established the annual lecture series with an endowment gift to the university shortly before his death in 1962.
