Be in This World As If You Are a Traveler
The Science of Us • 13-Aug-2020
Originally broadcast at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, August 13, 2020.
Dr. Ingrid Mattson looks at Islamic interfaith relations and studies.
Mattson is a Muslim religious leader, a scholar of Islamic Studies, and an expert in interfaith relations. Since 2012 she has held the London and Windsor Community Chair in Islamic Studies at Huron University College at Western University in London, Canada.
This program is made possible by the Eugene Ross McCarthy Memorial Fund.
About Chautauqua Institution: Chautauqua Institution is a community on the shores of Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York state that comes alive each summer with a unique mix of fine and performing arts, lectures, interfaith worship and programs, and recreational activities. As a community, we celebrate, encourage and study the arts and treat them as integral to all of learning, and we convene the critical conversations of the day to advance understanding through civil dialogue. CHQ Assembly is the online expression of Chautauqua Institution's mission.
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