BUFFALO, NY - The Canisius University Joseph J. Naples ’41 Conversations in Christ & Culture Lecture and Performance Series presents Miroslav Volf, founding director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, on Thursday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Grupp Fireside Lounge of the Richard E. Winter ’42 Student Center. Volf’s talk is free and open to the public.
One of the world’s most celebrated theologians, Volf is the author of many award-winning books, such as Allah: A Christian Response (2001) and Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness and Reconciliation (1996). He received the Grawenmeyer Award for Exclusion and Embrace, which Christianity Today named one of the most important books of the 20th century. Volf has served as an advisor for the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and for several years co-taught a course on globalization at Yale with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair.
He is a frequent commentator on religious and cultural issues for national media outlets such as CNN, NPR and Al-Jazeera. A member of the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Evangelical Church in Croatia, Volf has been involved in international ecumenical dialogues and Interfaith Dialogues, and is an active participant in the Global Agenda Council on Values of The World Economic Forum. A native of Croatia, he regularly teaches and lectures in Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and across North America.
The Joseph J. Naples Conversations in Christ and Culture Lecture and Performance Series fosters conversations about important issues involving the relationship between Christianity and culture. It promotes cooperation and understanding across religious, gender and ethnic lines. The lecture series is sponsored by the Canisius University Institute for the Global Study of Religion (IGSOR) and the generosity of the ecumenical community of Western New York.
For more information, contact Timothy Wadkins, PhD, professor of religious studies, at (716) 888-2824 or @email.
Canisius is one of 28 Jesuit universities in the nation and the premier private university in Western New York.
