Exclusion and Embrace: A Discussion on What it Means to Embrace the Other

Monday, August 8, 2022
1:00pm EST
Via Zoom

Join us for this special and timely conversation with our Rick Love Peacemaker Award winners, Professor Miroslav Volf and Muslim faith leader and peacemaker Hurunnessa Fariad. Hosted by our President, Martin Brooks, this conversation will delve into the "why" and the "how" of embracing 'the other.'

The discussion will be based around Dr. Volf’s book, Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation.

Professor Miroslav Volf is the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale Divinity School and the Founder and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. He was educated in his native Croatia, the United States, and Germany, earning doctoral and post-doctoral degrees (with highest honors) from the University of Tübingen, Germany. He has written or edited more than 20 books and over 100 scholarly articles, and his work has been featured in the Washington Post, Christianity Today, Christian Century, Sojourners, and many other outlets.

Hurunnessa Fariad is Director of Outreach for Multi-Faith Neighbor’s Network. She is also the Secretary of the Board of Directors at Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy, part of the Leadership Circle for One America Movement, Member of the Fairfax County Faith and Equity Committee, Board member at Lutheran Social Services National Capital Area, Board member at American Muslim Institution, and involved with many other faith-based organizations.