Bridge Builders Lecture Series: "Is Interfaith Dialogue Dangerous to Faith?"

Brazos Book of the Month July 2010

The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman

The Imperfectionists is about the quirky, maddening, endearing people who write and read an international newspaper based in Rome: from the obituary reporter who will do anything to avoid work, to the young freelancer who is manipulated by an egocentric war correspondent, to the dog-obsessed publisher who seems less interested in his struggling newspaper than in his magnificent basset hound, Schopenhauer.

For its staff, the true front-page stories are their own private lives. As this imperfect bunch stumbles along, the era of high terror and high tech bears down, the characters collide, and the novel hurtles toward its climax…

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Bridge Builders Lecture Series: "Is Interfaith Dialogue Dangerous to Faith?"

Start: February 25, 2010 - 7:30pm

End: February 25, 2010 - 9:30pm

The Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance at Rice University and co-sponsors Coalition for Mutual Respect of the ADL and Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston present the Interfaith Amigos. Frequent speakers at churches and civic groups in the Northwest, Pastor Don Mackenzie, Rabbi Ted Falcon, and Sheikh Jamal Rahman bring a message of deep hope and profound possibilities for healing both person and planet. Their work comprises a dialogue of the head, the heart, and the hands, encouraging greater understanding, compassion and social action in the world. There will be a book signing following the lecture of the Amigos' book Getting to the Heart of Interfaith.

This event is free and open to the public. The series has been made possible through a generous grant from the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Charitable Foundation. More details here.

Location:

Christ the King Lutheran Church
2353 Rice Blvd.
Houston, Texas