The Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit, in cooperation with
The Chaldean News and The Detroit Jewish News Building Community Initiative,  present:

Religion, Community and the Arts

Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges

Sunday, December 4, 2011  -  3:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Lecture/Symposium • Exhibit Tour  • Reception

Dr. Marsha Foster Boyd

Dr. Marsha Foster Boyd has served as president of Ecumenical Theological Seminary since 2006. She was previously employed for seven years as Director of Accreditation and Leadership Education at the Association of Theological Schools in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the organization responsible for the accreditation of some 260 seminaries in the United States and Canada. Dr. Boyd was Academic Dean of Payne Theological Seminary In Wilberforce, Ohio; and for nine years she was Associate Professor of Pastoral Care & Counseling at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. In each of these positions Dr. Boyd has been the first African-American woman to serve, and she is only the second African American woman president of an ATS-accredited seminary.

Our symposium panelists, from the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religions, will look at the person of Jesus and examine the cultural context of his time and discuss how their individual faiths view the figure of Jesus.

Saeed A. Khan

Saeed A. Khan is currently in the Department of History and Lecturer in the Department of Near East & Asian Studies at Wayne State University- Detroit, Michigan, where he teaches Islamic and Middle East and History, Islamic Civilizations and History of Islamic Political Thought. He is also Adjunct Professor in Islamic Studies at the University of Detroit-Mercy, and has taught at many other institutions around the world. He is a founding member and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Policy & Understanding: a Michigan-based Think Tank promoting the study and analysis of US social and domestic policy. Most recently, Mr. Khan founded the Center for the Study of Trans-Atlantic Diasporas, a policy center examining and comparing the condition of ethnic immigrant groups in North America and Europe, consulting the US and UK governments on their respective Muslim communities.

Howard Lupovitch

Professor Howard Lupovitch received a Ph.D. in Jewish History from Columbia University and currently holds the position of Waks Family Chair in Jewish History at the University of Western Ontario.  Professor Lupovitch has published two books, Jews at the Crossroads and Jews and Judaism in World History and is currently completing a history of the Jews of Budapest.  Professor Lupovitch is the 2009 winner of the Benard L. Maas Prize for Achievement in Jewish Culture and Continuity in the Area of Humanities.

in conjunction with the exhibit:

Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus

at the Detroit Institute of Arts

One of our missions is to educate our community regarding where religion, culture and the arts come together.

The many religious perspectives on arts and culture have the potential to enrich and unify our community.

We often come together because of important issues and crises. This is an opportunity, however, to come together for a greater understanding of how our religious communities perceive and reflect on one of the most important visual artists of Western civilization and his interpretation of one of the world’s most influential religious figures.

Rembrandt broke barriers among the faith communities in his environment, barriers that we are challenged by even today.

This event is a process of education and understanding vital to breaking down misconceptions and misunderstandings in our day and time.

Patron Ticket - $100

(includes preferred seating in lecture, exhibit tour with curator and reception)

Ticket - $48

(includes lecture,

exhibit and reception)