Past Events
Thursday evening, January 26, 2012
The Amazing Faiths Dinner Dialogue in Harrisburg was held at St. Stephen's Episcopal Cathedral. The Dinner Dialogue of the Amazing Faiths Dinner was created in 2006 by Dr. Jill Carroll who was at that time the Executive Director of the Boniuk Center for Religious Tolerance at Rice University in Houston. Mayor Bill White convened a team of community interfaith leaders which included Dr. Carroll in Houston in the fall of 2006 to capture the spirit of a book of photography and religious text by Roy Spence, entitled: "Amazing Faiths of Texas."
Wednesday evening, January 4, 2012
Held at the Hadee Mosque located at 245 Division Street, Harrisburg, PA
The Religion and Society Center, and the Interfaith Alliance of Pennsylvania, is initiating an interfaith dialogue with congregations of different faiths called "Cooperating Congregations".
At our first gathering began a series of multi-faceted, multi-faith dialogues. Members of the Hadee Mosque introduced a study of the Quran which described the core tenets of Islam. Rabbi Carl Choper then discussed the framework of Cooperating Congregations and described our mission and objectives for expanding understanding of the different faith traditions, the scriptures that form those traditions, and the celebrations that commemorate those traditions.
Wednesday 9 & 16, 2011
SHARING ISAIAH: COMMON PROPHECIES, CONTRASTING MESSAGES
A Jewish-Christian Study-Dialogue in Four Sessions
Over the Book of Isaiah
Messiah: God or Man? Isaiah 11: 1-10
PRESENTERS: Rev. Deborah Volker & Rabbi Eric Cytryn
Good News, Isaiah 61: 1-11
PRESENTERS: Dr. Andrea Lieber & Father James Podlesny, O.S.B.
Sunday, September 22, 2011
Interfaith dialog initiated in the September 11, 2011 panel discussion at St. Stephen's Episcopal Cathedral. The Religion and Society Center plans to create a sustained multi-faith dialogue program in Central Pennsylvania, moving forward from September 11, through September 22 and beyond.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Stephen's Episcopal Cathedral
How Can We Build Our Future Together?
Presented by the Interfaith Alliance of Pennsylvania and St. Stephens episcopal Cathedral
Ceremony with Presentation by Imam Yahya Hendi, Islamic Chaplain of Georgetown University and Founder of Clergy Beyond Borders
Interfaith Panel Discussion:
Dealing with Extremists Within Your Own Faith Building Our Future together
July 31, 2011
Stephen's Episcopal Cathedral
Interfaith Garden Gathering
February 8, 15, 22, March 1, 2011 A Jewish-Christian Study-Dialogue in Four Sessions Over the Book of Isaiah
February 2, 2011
Messiah College
Discussion and film at Messiah College on forgiveness and oppression.
September 12, 2010
Stephen's Episcopal Cathedral
An Interfaith Remembrance of September 11, 2001
January 2010
Mon. 11, The Interfaith Alliance PA Board Meeting
May 26, 2009
Religion & the Environment
The Jewish Community Center Of Greater Harrisburg
3301 North Front Street, Harrisburg (intersection of Front and Vaughn)
February 2008
Sun. 17, Interfaith Coalition on the Environment Meeting, Developing a presentation. 3pm.
Mon. 18, Walking Through Exodus. 11:30-1:30 with lunch.
Mon. 25, Jewish-Christian Dialogue Planning Group. 10am at Beth El Temple.
Wed. 27, Religion and Society Center Board Meeting. 7pm.
March 2008
Mon. 3, Walking Through Exodus. 11:30-1:30 with lunch.
Mon. 10, Walking Through Exodus. 11:30-1:30 with lunch.
April 2008
Wed. 2, Religion and Society Center Board Meeting. 7pm.
Mon. 14, Rama Navami Interfaith Banquet at Lebanon Valley College. 6pm.
Dec. 2007
Wed. 9, Religion and Society Center Board Meeting. 7pm.
Wed. 12, Interfaith Alliance Policy Meeting, 5:30pm.
Nov. 2007
Mon. 19, Interfaith Coalition on the Environment meeting. Contact us to get involved. 7pm.
Wed. 21, Interfaith Thanksgiving service. Contact us for more information.
Tues. 27, Interfaith Alliance program Prayer in the Legislature. 7pm.
Thurs. 29, Jewish-Christian Dialogue Committee discuss the Vatican document "The Jewish People and Their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible".
Oct. 2007
Sat. Oct. 6 (10am-1pm) or Sun. Oct. 7 (1-4pm), Energy Costs & The Environment:
The Practical & Moral Bottom Line For Your Congregation. St. Stephens Episcopal School. Interfaith Coalition on the Environment.
Tue. 4, A session with Bob Edgar, former General Secretary of the National Council of Churches, and before that, six-term former US Congressman from Pennsylvania. 8pm
Tue. 11, An Evening of Remembrance and Hope, a gathering at The Islamic Society of Greater Harrisburg. 7pm
Tue. 25, Kanti Jasani speaks on Jainism, an Eastern religious tradition little known in the Harrisburg community. Harrisburg JCC. Pennsylvania Interfaith Alliance, Religion and Society Center Tradition and Pluralism Project.
Aug. 2007
Mon. 27, Jewish-Christian Dialogue Committee, discussing Divino Afflante Spiritu, "The Jewish People and Their Sacred Scriptures in the Christian Bible" and "Bethel Confession". 10am
Jul. 2007
Thu. 5, Interfaith Environment Coalition meeting, 7pm Thu. 24, Mohammed Safiullah on Ahmediyya Islam and Farzana Safiullah on his work with the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence.
Jun. 2007
Wed. 6, Interfaith Environmental Coalition Meeting, Sustainable Lifestyle Initiative
May 2007
Wed. 2, Energy Cost-Reduction Workshop Planning Meeting, Sustainable Lifestyle Initiative
Mon. 7, Interfaith Environmental Coalition Meeting, Sustainable Lifestyle Initiative
Sat. 19, Board Meeting
Tue. 29, Two Presentations: First, Behzad Zandieh, a leader of the local Bahai community, introduces the Bahai faith. Then, Stephen Glassman, the Chair of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Committee, explains how housing and employment discrimination, in Pennsylvania, is legal on the basis of gender identity and sexual orientation. Following is a discussion on how the interplay of religion and politics contributes to this situation. Mr. Glassman explains the law-based work of the Human Relations Commission. Harrisburg JCC. Pennsylvania Interfaith Alliance, the Religion and Society Center Tradition and Pluralism Project.
Wed. 30, Jewish-Christian Dialogue Planning Committee Meeting
Apr. 2007
Wed. 18, Board Meeting
Thu. 26, Jewish-Christian Dialogue Planning Committee Meeting
Tue. 24, Mad Hatters and Current Matters - discussing issues of environmental ethics and public policy, including the the matter of mercury emissions, still under consideration by the legislature, and the ethical implications of global warming in light of a newly-released international report. Dr. Judith Samkoff, an epidemiologist, and Dr. Kathrine Baker, an environmental biologist at Penn State Harrisburg, will be on hand to lead the discussion. Pennsylvania Interfaith Alliance, the Religion and Society Center Tradition and Pluralism Project.
Mar. 2007
Wed. 7, Board Meeting
Thu. 22, Jewish-Christian Dialogue Planning Committee Meeting
Tue. 27, Rev. Churchill Pinder, Dean of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Harrisburg, speaks about the current deliberations and negotiations surrounding Gay and Lesbian issues within the Anglican Communion, which involves the Episcopal Church. Pennsylvania Interfaith Alliance, the Religion and Society Center Tradition and Pluralism Project.
Feb. 2007
Sat. 3, Jewish Spiritual Life Center Tu b'Shevat Gathering
Wed. 7, Board Meeting
Thu. 22, Christian Jewish Dialogue Committee
Tue. 27, The Mennonite tradition and the extensive Mennonite involvement in providing mental health care with dignity. Harrisburg JCC. Pennsylvania Interfaith Alliance, the Religion and Society Center Tradition and Pluralism Project.
Jan. 2007
Tue. 23, An introduction to Roman Catholicism by father Shuda, spitiual leader of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament in Harrisburg, and an introduction to organized Atheism with Mr. Carl Silverman, representing the ideas of Pennsylvania Nonbelievers. Harrisburg JCC. Pennsylvania Interfaith Alliance, the Religion and Society Center Tradition and Pluralism Project.
Wed. 24, Jewish-Christian Dialogue Planning Committee Meeting