Who: Northeast Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature
What: Faith and Violence: Jihad and Holy War
Where: St. Francis College Maroney Forum, 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn
When: Friday, October 20, 7:30pm – Keynote Address
Saturday, October 21, 9:00am – 5:30pm
Throughout time and across religions, the struggle for spiritual perfection has led to violence, crusades and holy wars. St. Francis College is proud to explore this spiritual struggle and the armed violence that it sometimes sparks with the literary conference Faith and Violence: Jihad and Holy War.
The conference runs all day Saturday, October 21 from 9:00am to 5:30pm.
Topics include: Globalism, Islam, Jihad
Enslavement in America and Abroad
and Question, Cross-Culture, and Redemption.
Among the presenters are Imam Dr. Abduljalil Sajid the chairman of Britain's Muslim Council for Religious and Racial Harmony, film director and writer George Hickenlooper and dozens of professors and authors from across the country.
The keynote speaker is Professor David Reynolds from Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He will be taking a new look at the Civil War, recasting the War Between the States as a Holy War. The Friday keynote address is open to the public, the rest of the conference is only open to registrants.
Conference Chair Brother Edward Wesley, Chairman of the English Department, with English Professor Dr. Ian Maloney, organized the event as part of the Northeast Regional Conference on Christianity and Literature. Brother Edward has also taught a seminar on Holy Way and Jihad. The seminar focused on understanding religious and moral values as they are reflected in cultures, specifically through their writings.
Cambridge Scholars Press is interested in collecting essays from the conference for publication.