I hope to listen to this program on ABC Radio National although looking at the participants I am not sure if they will get to the deep issues of difference in the world’s religions and the impact of each religion’s particularities on attitudes to fanaticism and violence.
God After Ground Zero – http://www.abc.net.au/rn/spiritofthings/stories/2011/3310933.htm
The 9/11 attacks prompted a major critique against Islamism in particular and against ‘fundamentalist’ religion in general, and kick-started an international atheist movement. Muslims, Christians and Jews have had the unenviable task of re-examining the antipathies amongst them, and finding ways to repair relationships. Sultan of Oman Professor of Arab and Islamic Studies at the University of Melbourne, Abdullah Saeed, Associate Professor at the Centre for Research on Social Inclusion at Macquarie University, Marion Maddox, and Co-Chair of the National Dialogue of Christians Muslims and Jews, Jeremy Jones, OAM, discuss the impact of 9/11 on interfaith relations.
11 September, Sunday 6pm, repeated Tuesday 1pm and Wednesday 2am, ABC Radio National with Rachael Kohn.
See my ‘Fanaticism and Faith’ at Ethos (engage.mail).
