Events Schedule

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Afternoon		Workshop Participants arrive
6:00 - 8:00		Opening Dinner. Word of Welcome, Prof. Dr. Miroslav Volf

friday, July 25, 2008

7:30 - 8:45 am		Continental Breakfast (optional)
8:45 - 9:00		Invocation, Prof. Dr. Harry Attridge, Dean of Yale Divinity School
9:00 - 10:15		Paper 1: God Is Loving, Dr. Seyyed Reza Shah-Kazemi (Muslim). Note: All papers no more than 30 minutes, followed by open discussion
10:15 - 10:45		Coffee/Tea
10:45 - 12:00		Paper 2: God Is Loving, Rev. Joseph L. Cumming, Director of the Reconciliation Program of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture (Christian)
12:00 - 1:00		Buffet Lunch
1:00 - 2:00		Muslim Prayer Service, “The Virtue of Compassion among Humans,” H.E. Shaykh Dr. Mustafa Cerić, Grand Mufti of Bosnia
2:00 - 3:15		Paper: Jewish Perspective on Loving God and Neighbor, “Some Jewish Views of the Other,” Prof. Dr. Burton Visotzky
3:15 - 4:15		Coffee/Tea
4:15 - 5:30		Paper 3: Loving God, H.E. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Suheyl Umar (Muslim)
5:30 - 6:30		Reception
6:30 - 8:00		Dinner

saturday, July 26, 2008

7:30 - 8:45 am		Continental Breakfast (optional)
8:45 - 9:00		Invocation
9:00 - 10:15		Paper 4: Loving God, Prof. Dr. Ellen Charry (Christian)
10:15 - 11:15		Coffee/Tea
11:15 - 12:30		Paper 5: Loving Neighbor, Prof. Dr. Ingrid Mattson (Muslim)
12:30 - 2:00		Buffet Lunch
2:00 - 3:15		Paper 6: Loving Neighbor, Prof. Dr. John G. Stackhouse (Christian)
3:15 - 4:15		Coffee/Tea
4:15 - 5:30		Paper 7: Love and Speech, Prof. Dr. Suleiman Abdallah Schleifer (Muslim)
6:00 - 8:00		Reception and Dinner

sunday, July 27, 2008

7:30 - 8:45 am		Continental Breakfast (optional)
8:45 - 10:15		Christian Worship Service, Prof. Dr. Peter Kuzmić
10:15 - 11:15		Coffee/Tea
11:15 - 12:30		Paper 8: Love and Speech, Prof. Dr. Harvey Cox (Christian)
12:30 - 2:00		Buffet Lunch
2:00 - 3:15		Paper 9: Love and World Poverty, Prof. Dr. M. Din Syamsuddin (Muslim)
3:15 - 4:15		Coffee/Tea
4:15 - 5:30		Paper 10: Love & World Poverty, Rev. Dr. Emmanuel Clapsis (Christian)
5:30 - 6:30		Reception
6:30 - 8:30		Dinner

monday, July 28, 2008

7:30 - 8:45 am		Continental Breakfast (optional)
8:45 - 9:00		Invocation
9:00 - 10:15		Open Discussion
10:15 - 11:15		Coffee/Tea
11:15 - 12:30		Summary Statements, Prof. Dr. H.R.H. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal, Prof. Dr. Miroslav Volf
12:30 - 2:00		Buffet Lunch (Workshop ends)
Afternoon		Conference participants arrive
2:30 - 4:30		Library Tour (optional). (Conference begins)
2:30 - 5:30		Registration
6:30 - 8:30		Opening Banquet
8:00		Introduction, President Richard Levin, Yale University
8:00		Keynote Address 1, The Honorable John F. Kerry, U.S. Senator

tuesday, July 29, 2008

7:00 - 8:00 am		Continental Breakfast (optional)
8:30 - 9:30		Words of Welcome. Rev. Joseph L. Cumming, Director of the Reconciliation Program at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Prof. Dr. Miroslav Volf, Henry B. Wright Professor of Systematic Theology, Yale Divinity School, Prof. Dr. H.R.H. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal of Jordan
9:30 - 10:15		Keynote Address 2, H.E. Shaykh Dr. Mustafa Cerić, Grand Mufti of Bosnia. 30 minutes followed by Q&A
10:15 - 10:45		Coffee/Tea
10:45 - 12:00		Conference Panel 1: God is Loving, Prof. Dr. David Burrell, Prof. Dr. Alan Godlas, Prof. Dr. Taha Abd Al-Rahman, Prof. Dr. Miroslav Volf. 10 minutes each followed by Q&A
12:00 - 2:00		Buffet Lunch
2:00 - 3:15		Conference Panel 2: Loving God, Ayatollah Prof. Dr. Seyyed Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad, Prof. David Ford, Prof. Dr. Peter Kuzmić, H.E. Shaykh Naim Ternava. 10 minutes each followed by Q&A
3:15 - 4:15		Coffee/Tea
4:15 - 5:30		Conference Panel 3: Loving Neighbor, Dr. Martin Accad, Rev. Dr. Tokunboh Adeyemo, Judge Prince Bola Ajibola, H. E. Prof. Dr. Mustapha Cherif, H.E. Shaykh Dr. Tayseer Rajab Al-Tamimi. 10 minutes each followed by Q&A
5:30 - 6:30		Free Time
6:30 - 8:00		Dinner

wednesday, July 30, 2008

7:00 - 8:00 am		Continental Breakfast (optional)
8:30 - 10:00		Keynote Addresses 3 & 4, Shaykh Al-Habib Ali Al-Jifri, Rev. Dr. Robert Schuller. 30 minutes each followed by Q&A
10:00 - 10:45		Coffee/Tea
10:45 - 12:00		Conference Panel 4: Love and Speech, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hashim Kamali, Dalia Mogahed, Dr. David Shenk, Shaykh Dr. Abdal Hakim Murad Winter. 10 minutes each followed by Q&A
12:00 - 2:00		Buffet Lunch
2:00 - 3:15		Conference Panel 5: Love and World Poverty, Rev. Dr. Heidi Hadsell, Amina Zalmia Rasul-Bernardo, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Prof. Dr. Emilie Townes. 10 minutes each followed by Q&A
3:15 - 4:00		Free Time
4:00		Depart from Hotel for Afternoon “Getaway”
9:00		Return to Hotel

thursday, July 31, 2008

7:00 - 8:00 am		Continental Breakfast (optional)
8:30 - 9:30		Conference Panel 6: Summary Statements (Christian, Muslim, Jewish), Rabbi Douglas Krantz, H.E. Prof. Dr. Abdelkebir Alaoui Medeghri (presented in absentia), Dr. Mohammed El Alouini Al Sharif, Dr. Geoffrey Tunnicliffe. 10 minutes each followed by Q&A. Summary Document
9:30 - 10:30		Keynote Addresses 5 & 6, Prof. Dr. Leith Anderson, Prof. Dr. John DeGioia, H.E. Prof. Seyyed Hossein Nasr. 30 minutes each, no Q&A
10:30 - 11:30		Coffee/Tea
11:30 - 1:00		Summary Statements and News Conference. Prof. Dr. H.R.H. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal, Prof. Dr. Miroslav Volf
1:00 - 2:00		Buffet Lunch (Conference ends)
Afternoon		Conference participants depart

Prayer Times and Locations

Muslim Prayer. A designated prayer room will be available both at the hotel and at day venues. The location will be announced. Suggested prayer times (Iqama):

Fajr (dawn)	5:00 am
Zuhr (noon)	1:45 pm
Asr (afternoon)	6:15 pm
Maghrib (sunset)	8:45 pm
Isha (night)	10:00 pm

Christian Prayer. In the spirit of 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24, prayer rooms will be available both at the hotel and at day venues for individual and corporate prayer. The location will be announced. Also, a prayer team will be interceding throughout the conference, asking God’s blessing and guidance on our meetings. Participants can share prayer requests with that team by sending the request to prayersofblessing@gmail.com.