Archive for May, 2010

National CCJ Conference: 3-4 July 2010

Monday, May 24th, 2010

National Council of Christians and Jews Conference
Saturday July 3 and Sunday July 4, 2010
Wesley Hall, St Johns College, 202 St Johns Road, Meadowbank, Auckland

Theme: Christian-Jewish Dialogue: Encouraging Development, Emerging Challenges

Keynote speaker: Rev Dr John Pawlikowski OSM, Professor of Ethics and Director of the Catholic-Jewish Studies Programme at the University of Chicago, Past President of the ICCJ and for over forty years a leading figure in Jewish-Christian relations worldwide. With Dr Paul Morris, Professor of Religious Studies, Victoria University of Wellington.

Featuring also Mona Williams, New Zealand’s foremost professional story-teller, speaking after dinner on Saturday and after lunch on Sunday.

How Our Religious Traditions Inform Economic Policy – 9 June 2010 7:30pm

Monday, May 24th, 2010

The Wellington Council of Christians and Jews
Presents a Public Symposium

How Our Religious Traditions Inform Economic Policy

Wednesday 9 June 2010 at 7.30pm
Myers Hall, Wellington Jewish Community Centre
80 Webb St, Wellington

Speakers:

  • Hon Chris Finlayson, Attorney General
  • Dr Prue Hyman, Adjunct Professor, Victoria University of Wellington
  • Imam Afroz Ali, President, Al-Ghazzali Centre for Islamic Sciences and Human Development (Sydney)

The three talks will be followed by an panel discussion, and a farewell to founding member Rabbi Chaim Dovrat

Download the flyer.