Across the Borders of Tradition: Conversations in Jewish and Christian Thought and Theology

November 7, 2024

ZSR Library Auditorium

10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

A reception will follow

You are cordially invited to join Dean Corey D. B. Walker and Wake Forest University School of Divinity at the launch of the Initiative on Religion, Pluralism, and American Public Life.


10:00am | Janet Soskice

“On Naming God”

William K. Warren Distinguished Research Professor of Catholic Theology

Duke University

About Janet Soskice


11:00am | Ayelet S. Cohen

“Hope, Faith, and Action”

Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School and Dean of the Division of Religious Leadership

Jewish Theological Seminary

About Ayelet S. Cohen 


2:00pm | Amanda Tyler

“On Democracy and Christian Nationalism”

Amanda Tyler

Executive Director

Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty

About Amanda Tyler


3:00pm | Asher D. Biemann

“The Renaissance Imperative: Jewish Reflections on the Necessity of New Beginnings”

Edgar M. Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies

University of Virginia

About Asher D. Biemann