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SUMMARY:Joy: Community\, Inclusion\, and Social Justice ​| A GTU Interfaith Conference
DESCRIPTION:This interfaith conference will feature plenary speakers Amy Hollywood (Harvard Divinity School) and Mary Clark Moschella (Yale Divinity School) as well as a number of presentations from the GTU community speaking from their different traditions and disciplines on the place of joy in religious thought and practice. Register on Eventbrite to attend. \nSpotlight on These Themes and Sessions: \n\nPlenary: “Novel Theology\,” presented by Amy Hollywood\, Harvard Divinity School – 1:00pm PT\nPanel: Joy and Justice: 1:30-2:55pm PT\n\nRebecca Esterson – “Helen Keller on Optimism\, Activism\, and Her Swedenborgian Faith”\nMahjabeen Dhala – “Joy in the Qur’an: Faith\, Community\, and Social Justice”\nNancy Lin – “Qualities of Joy: Some Buddhist Examples”\n\n\n\nThe full-day schedule will be as follows: \nWelcome & Introduction to Conference Theme: 9:00-9:10 am PT \n\nJennifer Davidson – Welcome\nDeidre Green – Opening Remarks\n\nPanel 1:  Joy in Community and Tradition: 9:10 – 10:30 am PT \n\nSam Shonkoff – “Joy as Self-Transcendence in Hasidism”\nJohn Klentos – “Joy from an Orthodox Christian Perspective: Byzantine Liturgical Hymn-Texts”\nLaurie Garrett-Cobbina – “Let’s Do What We Do”\n\n10 minute break \nPanel 2:  The Transformative Power of Joy: 10:40-12 pm PT \n\nJess Jones – “The Joy of the Saints: A Christological Approach to Joy From a Latter-day Saint Perspective”\nElizabeth Peña – “Looking with Wonder: The Slow Art Movement”\nValerie Miles-Tribble – “The Joy of Knowing Amid the Unknown”\n\nLunch Break 12:00-1:00 pm PT \nPlenary 1: 1:00-1:35 pm PT \n\nAmy Hollywood\, Harvard Divinity School – “Novel Theology”\n\nPanel 3: Joy and Justice: 1:35-2:55 pm PT \n\nRebecca Esterson – “Helen Keller on Optimism\, Activism\, and Her Swedenborgian Faith”\nMahjabeen Dhala – “Joy in the Qur’an: Faith\, Community\, and Social Justice”\nNancy Lin – “Qualities of Joy: Some Buddhist Examples”\n\n10 minute break  \nPanel 4: Exploring the Mysteries of Joy: 3:05-4:25 pm PT \n\nChris Hadley – “The Pain of the Cross and Trinitarian Joy: Reconstructing Balthasar’s Childbirth Metaphor”\nArthur Holder – “’Likeness is the chief delight’: Meister Eckhart on Metaphysics of Joy”\nRita Sherma – “Ananda: When the Name of God is ‘Joy’ – A Hindu Ecofeminist Perception of Existential Joy”\n\nPlenary 2: 4:25-4:55 pm PT \n\nMary Clark Moschella\, Yale Divinity School – “Justice and Joy”\n\nClosing Remarks: 4:55-5:00 pm PT \n\nDeidre Green
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