Dr. Joseph Prud’homme will speak on the 50th anniversary of the 2nd Vatican Council’s declaration on religious tolerance, Nostra aetate, at Talbot Association of Clergy and Laity at noon, Wednesday, March 9, at Easton Church of the Brethren, 412 South Harrison Street. The public is invited to this brown bag meeting.
This landmark document ushered in a new era in interreligious relations, especially between Jews and Christians, and opening doors to future relations with Muslims and Buddhists.
“What better time,” said TACL chairman Bishop Joel Marcus Johnson, “than the middle of Lent, and in this volatile season of racial and religious intolerance, than for Christians, Jews and Muslims, and even those of no particular faith tradition, to consider this historic document which provides to us a universal understanding of our deepest desires for the love of God?”
Joseph Prud’homme, an Oxford resident, is a professor of Political Science and Religious Studies at Washington College, Chestertown, and the found director of the Institute for Religion, Politics and Culture, an academic center that explores the historic and on-going contributions of the Judeo-Christian tradition to political and cultural flourishing, and which is inspired by President George Washington’s remarks in his Farewell Address of 1796: “…..that of all the elements necessary for political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable components.” He holds his PhD from Princeton University and has conducted additional training at the Harvard Law School. He hails from Austin, Texas.
TACL, now in its 51st year, is Talbot County’s interfaith organization promoting its spiritual welfare through works of compassion, justice, peace and reconciliation for the common good. It achieves this through education, relationship building, and its diverse ministries. For more information about TACL, please write to [email protected].
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