Across the Borders of Tradition: Conversations in Jewish and Christian Thought and Theology
Wake Forest University School of Divinity will launch the Initiative on Religion, Pluralism, and American Public Life on November 7, 2024. The inaugural program for 2024-2025 will focus on the theme Across the Borders of Tradition: Conversations in Jewish and Christian Thought and Theology. Over the course of the year, the Initiative will feature some of the nation’s leading theologians and scholars of religion examining the intersections of Christian and Jewish thought and theology, new directions in Jewish and African American religious thought and theology, and religion, pluralism, and democratic futures. The 2024-2025 featured speakers include the following:
Event Participants:
Asher D. Biemann
Edgar M. Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies
University of Virginia
Ayelet S. Cohen
Pearl Resnick Dean of The Rabbinical School and Dean of the Division of Religious Leadership
Jewish Theological Seminary
Terrence L. Johnson
Charles G. Adams Professor of African American Religious Studies
Harvard University
Amy-Jill Levine
Rabbi Stanley M. Kessler Distinguished Professor of New Testament and Jewish Studies
Hartford International University for Religion and Peace
Corey D. B. Walker
Dean of the Wake Forest University School of Divinity
Wake Forest Professor of the Humanities
Wake Forest University