Side Notes
Where Is Your Compass
Mar. 1, 2011—
Islamic Awareness Week
Feb. 7, 2011—
PASSPORT PROJECT: Masjid Visit
Feb. 3, 2011—Thursday, February 3 · 6:30pm Divinity School Commons Room Join members of MOSAIC* and tour the Islamic Center of Nashville. Those interested will meet in the Common Room of the Divinity School at 6:30 PM and carpool to ICN. For additional information contact Anthony Fatta. *MOSAIC is Vanderbilt Divinity School’s interfaith student organization. Its mission...
The Grey Zone
Jan. 27, 2011—Thursday, January 27, 6 PM Sarratt Cinema In 2005, the UN designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The story of five prisoners in the Auschwitz concentration camp as told through the memoirs of Dr. Miklos Nyiszil, a Hungarian Jew chosen by Josef Mengele to be the head pathologist at Auschwitz. In, The Grey...
Recollecting Maryam
Dec. 11, 2010—An Inter-textual Encounter with Mary in the Biblical and Quranic Traditions Saturday, December 11th from 6:30pm–8:00pm Scarritt-Bennett Center, Harambee Auditorium The person of Mary/Maryam occupies a significant place in both the Christian Bible and Muslim Quran. On Saturday, December 11th from 6:30pm–8:00pm, she will serve as subject of a shared dialogical encounter between Islam and...
What does the Bible say about Homesexuality
Dec. 5, 2010—Sunday, December 5, 7 PM Furman 114 Are you a Christian or Jewish? Gay? Both? Neither? If you have ever wondered exactly how homosexuality is dealt with in the Bible, this is the event for you! The Vanderbilt Lambda Association joins with Vanderbilt Hillel and the Wesley/Canterbury Fellowship to bring you an open discussion about...
Faith in Art
Nov. 10, 2010—Wednesday, November 10, 7 PM Student Life Center USA (1989) Dir: John Duigan. The true story of Archbishop Oscar Romero who lived in El Salvador during the political unrest in the 70s. Despite persecution, Romero continued to speak out against the atrocities the government committed against the people of El Salvador, until his public assassination...
Liberation Theology – 40 Years Later
Nov. 8, 2010—with Gustavo Gutiérrez Monday, November 8, 7 PM Benton Chapel, Divinity School Dominican priest, Peruvian theologian, and author of libertation theology’s foundational text, Gustavo Gutiérrez currently holds the John Cardinal O’Hara Professorship of Theology at University of Notre Dame. A reception honoring our guest begins at 6 PM in the Divinity Reading Room Sponsored by:...
Interfaith Soccer Tournament
Oct. 30, 2010—Saturday, October 30, Noon – 6 PM Intramural Field #2, Student Recreation Center You are invited to attend the Interfaith/MLC Soccer Tournament! It is a friendly tournament consisting of different cultural and religious student organizations in Vanderbilt. Come enjoy this cultivating experience as a player or a spectator. There will be FREE T-SHIRTS to the...
Fast-A-Thon
Oct. 26, 2010—Tuesday, October 26 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Student Life Center Muslim Students Association presents its annual Fast-A-Thon! “Go hungry for a day so someone else won’t have to.” Then join with members of the Muslim Student Association at the SLC Ballroom for a delicious Middle Eastern dinner and a short presentation on hunger in...