Posted 12th August 2001

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nter-faith Relations - Marc Ellis Marc Ellis is a prominent American-Jewish theologian who has been visiting Uni of Canterbury talking about Palestinians, interfaith relations, Holocaust.

He has similar views to those held by Naom Chomsky and Edward Said. Please let others know of the 2 presentations he will making in Auckland this week. Many thanks. David Wakim.

PROFESSOR MARC H. ELLIS in AUCKLAND SPEAKING on

1. PRACTICING EXILE: ON THE FUTURE OF JUDAISM, ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY

2. INTER-FAITH RELATIONS

WHEN?: TUESDAY 14th AUGUST..

TIME?: 2.00 to 4.30 p.m. [Practicing EXILE....] 6.00 to 9.00 pm [Interfaith faith relations...] WHERE?: Wesley Hall of St. John's College, 202 St. John's Road, Meadow Bank, Auckland. Following information about the sessions has been provided by The Rev. Dr. Keith Carley, Ph. 521-2725, email: k.carley@auckland.ac

Marc H. Ellis, Professor of American anmd Jewish Studies, Balor University, Waco, Texas, Formerly Professor at Maryknoll School of Theology and Director of the Justice and Peace Program of Florida State University. Professor Ellis brings critical insights from his experience as a Jew working alongside Palestinian Christians and Muslims in their desire to find peace in the Middle East.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu has written: Ellis provides a "vital contribution to solving one of the remaining intractable problems of our time."

[Dr. Ellis] will speak in the Wesley Hall of St. John's College, 202 St. John's Road, Meadowbank On TUESDAY, 14th AUGUST at 2-4.30 a public meeting, at which Professor Ellis will speak on "Practicing Exile: On the Future of Judaism, Islam and Christianity," with time for discussion. And at 6.00-- 9.00 pm-- a Class on Interfaith Relations, which will welcome visitors on this occasion. A donation of $5 towards expenses for each of the sessions would be welcome.

Among Professor Ellis's nine books are: Toward a Jewish Theology of Liberation, Revolutionary Forgiveness: Essays on Judaism, Christianity, and the Future of Religious Life, and O Jerusalem: The Contested Future of the Jewish Covenant. ..