Institute on World Affairs – Religion and Conflict

Jerusalem and Interfaith Understanding: Challenges and Opportunities in the Current Climate

Tuesday, 03 Dec 2002 at 8:00 pm – Great Hall, Memorial Union

Duncan Macpherson co-authored Accessing Hinduism and edited and contributed to A Third Millennium Guide to Pilgrimage in the Holy Land. He has also published a number of articles on the theology of World Religions, Muslim-Christian Dialogue and on Palestinian issues. He is the current editor of Living Stones Magazine and is a member of the international advisory board of the new multidisciplinary journal Holy Land Studies. Duncan Macpherson recently retired as Principal Lecture in Theology and Religious Studies at Saint Mary1s University College, University of Surrey, He is chair of the friends of Bir Zeit University and was a founding member of Living Stones, a British charitable trust promoting links between British Christians and Christians in the Holy Land.
Part of the World Affairs Series: Religion and Conflict.

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